Yes, I know it’s a “Hallmark Card” merchant’s advertising day. Yet I enjoy its effect on my psyche. Days before I think about my dad, and his dad, in unusual ways — considering whether to put a picture of dad up on the blog, or FaceBook — then the pictures of dad and grandpa run through my memory. I think about “son-in-laws” and grandchildren; and family trees and broken branches. I wonder what Tanya may have in mind. I imagine Sophia making cards for me and her dad. I wonder what this “father’s day” will be like. I really enjoyed lunch with Tanya at Cafe Corazone and thought I’d like to share that dining experience with Ann – so Tanya and I decided – brunch there – at whatever time Ann would like to make it. But Ann had already planned on spending the day with her son Josh on his farm in Eagle. So I met Tanya, Jerome and Sophia at the Cafe a bit before it opened at 10am. A dozen people, in all manner of dress, had also begun to gather there on this warm, sunny, Sunday summer morning.
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Casual dining on the patio – to be sure…
always a delight to share time and space with Sophia…
and Jerome…
and Tanya…
I continue to marvel at the decor (and architecture).
After our leisurely, two hour brunch we walked a few blocks South in this newly gentrifying “old” neighborhood. A gallery owned by the artist was hosting a baby shower for a relative — and so the balloons.
The neighborhood is filled with unique touches…
A few blocks South… a small grass lot hosts a little farmer’s market… a dozen canopies with fresh vegetables, handmade soaps (I bought a bar for Ann), free books (I gifted myself with Ambivalent Zen, organically grown meats, handmade wooden kitchen tools, fresh bakery and some lovely guitar music…
Kimberly A Theisen, makes soap… get some at katmade.com
Sophia wanted to move on to the Zoo… and didn’t like the news… that it was unlikely…
I continued strolling “the old neighborhood” on my own — after leaving the “farmer’s market.”
The Riverwest Neighborhoods host 2 or 3 different micro breweries.
Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
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