Ralph's B'day Celebration

Sunday, the 15th was a glorious day ...

Decades ago, I emerged on this planet.

I am blessed

Sunday, My Son & I celebrated my birth.

After a delicious breakfast of Chocolate covered juicy Strawberries,

We headed into the city.

Once in the city,

We headed to the Highline

With others we took a stroll along the Line

Stopping to take some photos of gems that caught our eye.

Many people from all over were there enjoying the beauty

of this oasis in the city.

'bout noon, we were getting hungry

little did we know what our hunger would lead us to ...

Could you guess?

Artichoke Pizza of course

AP had an interesting menu

you could order pizza by thirds

To sample their ware we ordered 3 thirds

each with a different topping

By means of Fuzzy math and possibly other 

wizardry

the 3 thirds did not equal 1 pie

3 1/3 of AP's count = 1 1/2 huge pie

loaded with toppings of course

The best?

I am glad  you asked.

The best was of course the Artichoke Pie !!!

It's dough wasn't Neapolitan - No ...

the dough wan't Sicilian - No ...

It was definitely Genoase - light -

just right dash of salt flavor

with olive oil rounding out the flavor base

The artichokes completed the culinary delight.

We washed it down with ...

artichoke beer ...

Unique for sure.

The meal was delicious

the atmosphere and service was good.

The meal did however, present a problem.

9 slices faced us after we had eaten our fill

What to do?

Thomas requested 3 small pizza boxes

The server was at first puzzled

Until we told him we were going on a search

For 3 hungry people

The server quickly returned with 3 small pizza boxes

each packed with 3 slices

We walked about 1/2 mi to St Francis of Assisi

in search of hungry people.

The first a man in a wheel chair

the Second a man looking through the garbage

the third a man propped up by a wall down the block

from St Francis of Assisi

Each was grateful for the gift

Just after passing St Francis

I, the birthday celebrant, 

shocked my son

suggesting we walk 

to the SI Ferry

Recovering from the Shock

Thomas and I headed due South

South 3.5 miles (5.6 klicks) that is

On the Ferry, we headed to SI

Taking photos along the way.

Back to Manhattan 

later in the day.

The sky was giving a performance

Clouds constantly changing their coloring and shape

down to the park by the ferry Thomas and I watched the sun set

took more photos of the sky's performance

Thank you Thomas 

for a great day of adventure

Thank you God for all 

that we experienced

the dark chocolate 

drenched strawberries

the Artichoke pie

the gift giving

the long walk to the Ferry

the dazzling entertainment

 performed by

the sun, and the clouds

What a day to celebrate decades on the planet

What a day to inspire us to create our next adventures