cheese and good friend.

on the day i finally got to meet a dear friend deb( dearer now more than ever) from bonbon for the first time in person we found ourselves dinning in at the most wonderful place five leavesin greenpoint. the food was incredible, deb and i enjoyed salads along with the most delicious truffle fries, my mother had mussels with a coconut and curry. for dessert we had panacota( aran so delicious we thought about you the whole time)and sticky date pudding.

then later we walked around williamburg. we went in and out of shops till we stumbled upon the bedford cheese shop! so delicious i think i did a faux pas when i asked " I would like a cheese that burns the roof of my mouth" an expression k. and i use for very sharp cheese- but being professionals as they were found us the perfect one we all took some home. as we were getting ready to cash out they asked us if we wanted any of their breads to take home on the house OH YES PLEASE! every night after we came back to the apartment from a full day and night my mum and i would put our pj's on and have cheese with bread, avocados and mangoes.( sorry for bad pics)

what is your favourite cheese?

four & twenty blackbirds and maman

my time with my maman was just so wonderful. she was glowing the whole time. we spent a few days in brooklyn the weather was hot and the days flew by. I was spoiled by my mum in every way. right on the corner of our gorgeous apartment in park slope was a month old cafe that has become peoples favourite and that is where we started our mornings-'four and twenty blackbirds" i loved everything about the place and found inspiration for our hopefully soon new addition to our house.

I would like to post some of our time in brooklyn, boston, montreal in this week. I cannot do any of that if i do not say the following.

maman you are so inspirational to me. you are the love in my life. today i received an email from you that was by far the most beautiful, kind and gracious-those things are visible in everything you do. I know how lucky i am for spending time with you, for being able to say i came from you and that i am your daughter. I learn so much about how to live a kind life. hearing you share your stories with deb brought me to tears and i found myself wishing i had started to ask questions about your life sooner. I will count the days till our autumn getaway. all my love.

more time and brooklyn

dear readers i did not even let you know i was going away. sometimes i can not even find the words to say one more thing does that ever happen to you? it happened to me last week. want you to know that we have been in new york my mother and i , we have had the loveliest time, seen beautiful things and tasted wonderful food. I have also met someone so dear to me for the very first time and have come away from it with hope and inspiration. so you see i have so much to share with you.

Yet my dear friends i am not ready to fully come back and although i will be at the farm for two days i will be heading to montreal for another small getaway then i will be back with elle and dylan which for k and i is the highlight of our year.

although i have done everything possible to relax it seems that the tiny men that work the wheels of my brain and thought do not wish to take a day off and i cannot find a quiet moment but if any of this seems sad please know with every moment such as this comes something wonderful.

here is a tiny glimpse of my time in new york more specifically brooklyn.