Hello Again, New York

Hello Everyone,
   My Mom and Godmother just came for a super quick visit, they stayed for 1 week total, while they were here we drove up to Saratoga Springs NY. You remember that place right? It's where this blog was first created! It was really sureal being back "home" in a way, my home away from home, the east coast has turned into a small place of comfort. I remembered every street corner and could have walked the entire city by myself, some things had changed but it was all very familar. We drove by my old house and I almost wanted to go inside, pour myself a cup of tea, cook something on my gas stove(that I miss terribly!) and say: "yupp this is where I live :)".
    But since I was a tourist, and tour guide to my family, we stayed at the Saratoga Downtowner. I remember this place being something...not too fancy looking on the outside, but check this place out!

Inside the Saratoga Downtowner

 
We had a beautiful dessert for breakfast at Mrs. London's

   My favorite place in town is Northshire Bookstore, you can find tons of interesting books, stationery, and small gifts. It's very quirky so it always makes me happy to be there. 

Cute soap with funny quotes

A quite reading area in the back.

   

   A new store that just opened was the Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. A place entirely devoted to tea from around the world and local honey! I tried to smell all the tea they had but even then I didn't have enough time. As a passionate tea lover, I wish this place was around when I lived here.

The wall of tea!

You can sample the honey too!

      I took lots of pictures of old cemeteries on my trip but that will have to wait for another day. Stay tuned for some really beautiful cemetery adventures!

   Thanks for Reading!

Indulge in the Little Things

Hello Everyone!
   For a while now, I've been meaning to show my hubby a particular neighborhood in our town, that I discovered on my own a few months back, the reason being because it strongly resembles the city where we used to live in upstate New York. However, I'll need to make another post about this area because I'd need to put aside a day to explore it properly. It's so beautiful and really deserves it's own post!
   The very first thing we did was get a bite to eat, it was lunch time, so we popped into this charming little cafe called 'Indulge'. Which also happened to be located right next door to the gastro pub 'Circa 1918', that my husband said he's been meaning to bring me someday.

My hubby ordered their B.L.T.A.E

I ordered the tuna tacos

   Afterwards, we each got a sweet treat from the bakery, an oatmeal cream pie and a boston cream donut. With our bellies full and happy, we walked down to the street corner, where my favorite antique shop was located. This antique shop is really cool because it used to be owned by a doctor, so many of the rooms were once examination rooms; It also has a cafe!

   Instead of going home after our shopping, we drove around the neighborhood a bit and discovered a small hidden park, with a little running stream. We also found the ocean, haha, it was so close to us and we didn't even realize.

The tiny secluded park

   If it wasn't so blistering hot that day we would have stayed longer but the humidity was really high, which means if the temperature says 92 degrees fahrenheit, it actually feels like 102!

                                                                              Thanks For Reading!