Queen Scallop

This has been a long, wonderful day spent with my daughter's in New York City. Chris is at home, taking care of our fur babies, while I play. We had a flight from Atlanta this morning and even arrived earlier than expected. We found a taxi after getting our luggage. Then the real adventure began for us! Not only is the President arriving to the tower that bears his name, but there is a parade celebrating the Dominican Republic! Amidst mutterings from our taxi driver, we spent an entire hour dodging and weaving traffic and potholes big enough to lose a small car in. It seemed like every street we tried to use was blocked, either by cars, barriers, or police with attitudes. We finally got to the hotel only to not be able to check in until about 3pm. We checked the luggage and went out into the melee of people. After lunch at olive garden and perusing a couple of stores, we came back to the hotel long enough to drop off purchases and then go to dinner. We then spent several hours wandering the area, going to the Carlo's bakery. We then actually caught a live street show (with a little hustle thrown in!). We also found a gentleman with groceries from whole foods. Eight blocks later across from Bryant Park we had some small amount of groceries for us too!
Just what does this have to do with a queen scallop? This day brought back a flood of memories about my mother and our yearly trips to a National women's convention. One year I made Queen scallop earrings and necklaces for the officers that went to Tampa.
It also reminds me of this pillow in our hotel room last night. "Travel - the only thing you can spend money on that will make you richer."

Queen scallop, acrylic on canvas
Day 42 of the 100 days-100 paintings