Gentle Friends, again this year we made a visit downtown to Union Square Macy's store to see their Annual Flower Show - you can click on any of these years -
2013,
2014 or
2015 to see past Flower Show Posts. This year the theme was "Once Upon a Springtime" or "Autumn" or "Winter" - and although really lovely it seemed to be a very loose theme ......
.... the windows outside...
... I really like this shot - it shows how the "Flower Show" is even on the outside ... and butterflies were everywhere in pictures and displays.... one of the few recurring themes...
... along the First-floor perfume and makeup counters ... they were just loaded with really beautiful flowers and plants...
... the focal point was a cloud "Dragon"...
... that when looking straight on was a dragon...
but from the side, you can see the individual pieces....
a better shot of all the flowers and the dragon... and on the floor were these large sticker signs...
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... above the watch counter were these enormous mushrooms...
going towards the Post Street Entrance through the Jewelry Departments ....
... there was this Gothic styled paper Folly...
which opens up and leads to a flower covered wall and throne.....
... and here's Rico siting on the throne!!
above all the different jewelry and handbag areas are raised displays ...
all very pretty but very similar...
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After walking around the store we headed to the roof for lunch.
On top of Macy's and overlooking Union Square sits The Cheesecake Factory...
... looking west towards the Westin St Francis Hotel...
... here's a better shot of the flowering cherry trees ...
these are in bloom all over town and really lend a Springtime look to the City...
...after finally be sat for lunch we started off with a round of cocktails...of course...I had a really delicious "Bourbon and Honey" concoction made with Four Roses Bourbon, Orange Blossom Honey fresh lemon and a spring of Thyme...although delicious we are still trying to figure out why the thyme?? It added no additional flavor, whatever...the pink drink is just a vodka and cranberry...
... appetizers were an order of avocado egg rolls...
... Mike had a Caesar Salad with chicken...
... I had "Cheeseburger Wraps"... I really enjoyed these and will try and make at home...
... Rico and John both had BLT's with fries...
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It was a beautiful afternoon and we sat around in the sunshine yakking away...
so another round of drinks...
...so we had Long Island Iced teas.... these treats rounded out the lunch!!
We had a guest for lunch that sort of perched by us during the whole meal...could it have been the fries we were sneaking to him through the opening in the glass windbreak that kept him hanging about...
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After lunch, we walked around quite a bit and I took this photo of the huge line of folks waiting to take the Cable Car at California and Market Streets. It's a long line and I would always suggest getting on this Cable Car line at Van Ness and ride it back downtown, less crowded and I think more interesting!!
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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!
Take care,
edgar
