Today's Adventure!

Today Miss B. and I visited with Mel up in Westchester! We went to Philipsburg Manor (part of the Historic Hudson Valley!) First, though, upon meeting up with Mel, we did get to partake in some tasty home-baked pumpkin bread (go Mel!) and then we had lunch at the City Limits diner (part of the same restaurant group that owns Molyvos and Oceana). Lunch was tasty and fun (Sophie was very excited about the gi-normous donut that hung from the ceiling...) and after lunch we headed up to P-burg Manor. Turns out the main house at the manor is a stone house from 1750, which made it similar in some ways to our stone house from 1760! The first floor of the house contained the kitchen and butter churning area and had stone walls painted white, just like in our nook. I asked the tour guide whether that was historically accurate and it turns out that it is! Apparently, one of the other historic Hudson Valley homesteads (Van Cortlandt Manor) even had a "recipe" for the whitewash paint amongst their historic documents. The kitchen area also had a big fireplace just like in our dining room. Unfortunately, photography in the interior of the house was strictly verboten, but below are some pictures from the grounds and the exterior. Sophie did great while on the house tour-- keeping her composure right up until the end when she got a giggle fit while the tour guide was discussing the Rockefellers. Phillipsburg Manor also has farm animals-- so we got to see a cow being milked, two oxen, a bunch of sheep, some turkeys and their barn cat! Afterwards, we went for tea and scones at the Silvertips tea room in Tarrytown. Clotted cream! Oh my heavens!! A great day was had by all!!