A Visit to Cold Spring, NY – Here Coffee and Beer

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My first stop wasn’t Cold Spring though. I’m compulsively punctual. I’ll get to a particular location an hour early, rather than risk being 1 minute late. This means that, when I’m taking a train, I often get there very early. Luckily there’s a small place next to the Ossining Metro North station where you can have coffee and/or snacks while you wait for your train. They also have a great selection of craft beers, which since it was fairly early in the morning I skipped, tempted though I was.

It’s called Here Coffee + Beer

While there I was particularly impressed by these large, metal, machines. I assume they are some kind of commercial coffee roaster. Very picturesque.

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Taken with a Sony RX100 MVII

Seeing a Broadway Show – After show meal with my daughter

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After the show we stopped at a fairly new restaurant in Grand Central Terminal.

It’s called Grand Brasserie, and the New York Times described it as follows:

Rick Blatstein, having sold OTG, his airport restaurant company with hundreds of outlets, continues to think big. His new company, Vizz Group, has taken over the landmark Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal, previously run by City Winery, and the adjacent dining room, formerly Cornelius. Grand Brasserie is an airy 400-seat restaurant and bar, open during the terminal’s hours. The Rockwell Group’s design with Art Deco and Beaux Arts accents and splashes of scarlet on tabletops and seats reflect the style of many Parisian brasseries and railway terminals.

About three weeks ago I’d had lunch there with her husband who was there on business

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Taken with a Sony RX100 M7

Lunch at the Boathouse, Ossining, NY

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I went for lunch to one of my favorite riverfront restaurants yesterday: The Boathouse in Ossining, NY. It was a somewhat grim day, overcast and rainy. However, when we got to the restaurant the situation had changed. It was foggy, so foggy that you couldn’t see the other side of the river. There was no wind, and the water was like a mirror. It was foggy, but from time to time the sun would peep through. Then the fog would roll back in. Perfect for taking pictures. Unfortunately, for once I didn’t have a camera with me – except for my trusty old iPhone, which I used to take these pictures.

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Taken with an Apple iPhone SE II.