All Hail Ina

I am a big fan of the Barefoot Contessa,  Ina Garten. I watch her while I am on the elliptical machine at the gym. Usually, just viewing her prepare her food satisfies my taste for it, though sometimes it looks way to rich. And I love the way when she's having a dinner party, her guests are mostly the gay guys from the neighborhood, while when it's her husband, he's usually relegated to the kitchen or patio to dine solo. Anyway, I made her lobster pot pie this spring and as promised it was delicious. I cut back on the portions a bit, which was my loss, but it was pretty darn good.

Random Photos

Hamilton Grange, Alexander Hamilton's country house is no longer in the country. Here it is being moved for the second time in its history from Convent Avenue to a site in Saint Nicholas Park. In 1889 it was moved from its original location about two blocks north.

Not far from Hamilton Grange is the George Washington Bridge. It's towers are about 600 feet high and its span is close to a mile long.

Trinity Church Cemetery, the uptown property of the famous church at Broadway and Wall Street is the resting place of many local politicians and society notables including a number Astors. Ed Koch just bought a plot there, even though it is an Episcopal cemetery. I am not sure who the goddess on this column is.