After dropping off
some freshly picked corn to a couple more of Candy's "vendors" ...
she has quite a corn network going on here ... we took off on a
Candy-and-Roger-Tour of the western Catskills. We stopped in Liberty at the Munson Diner ...
The Munson Diner, one of
the first streamlined, stainless steel diners, was located at the corner of
49th and 11th Avenue in New York City in 1940s. Over half a century ago,
the New York Times wrote
it was where all classes of New Yorkers gathered on equal terms, especially as the nightclubs met
the night shift
In more modern
times, the Munson was featured in the Seinfeld TV series and in television
commercials. In 2005, the diner was moved to Liberty, in the heart of
Sullivan County and known as a Northeast capital of
diners.
I was not a Seinfeld
fan (I know, I know ... that's practically un-American ),
but, being the TV junkie/movie junkie that I am, Candy and Roger thought we'd
enjoy a "nosh" (from the Yiddish nash; from Middle High German naschen to eat on the sly; to eat a snack or
to munch
... "noshing on pizza" Webster's Dictionary) at the Munson Diner ...
So Seinfeld fans, does
this look like it did on the show?
Following our nosh
(bagels and cream cheese and beverages), we had one last errand to run at the
local pet store. While Candy and Roger bought dog food, Steve and I wandered
around looking at all the cats, dogs, birds, ferrets ...
... and fishies.
If you remember my East
Branch Postcards from 2007, you'll remember that I was basically kicking myself
for not getting a picture of an old bus out in the field at the site of the
1969 Woodstock Music Festival. So, this time I asked if we could possibly
cruise by so I could get a quick shot of the bus. Well, not only did we cruise
by ...
... don't you love this
"rainbow" at the entrance? ...
... we drove right up to
the farmhouse ...