Another Saturday..... Another brunch...... Another corner of Brooklyn to explore. We started with the Brooklyn flea - an outdoor flea market that sells all sorts of things from street food to street signs, vintage and new clothes, and everything in between. Everyone was out to enjoy the sunshine, which makes for great atmosphere, but nothing really tempted us at the markets. We moved on to an area of Brooklyn I have been looking forward to exploring - Williamsbur...

After 2 days bed rest I'm feeling much better than I was, and ready to get back to the streets of manhattan. I'm sure I am scaring people with my cough though, they keep telling me bless you after I cough. Jane wants to return to the Chelsea market to get some take home presents, and we both end up spending money at different places - Jane a new handbag at Kenneth Cole, and me some gorgeous vintage plates from La Maison Supreme. I have been looking at differe...

Today we are booked in to do the Greenwich village food tour with free tours by foot. We meet at our designated spot on Waverley street and go straight to Washington square. It is a glorious day and the park is packed with students sun baking, skateboarders, musicians and nannies. Back in the day this used to be a very dodgy place to hang, and was the turf of drug dealers, now it has been completely cleaned up. The New York State university has buildings all ar...

Our last morning in boston - and only one thing left to do - Paul reveres house. It's the oldest building in boston, built in 1680, but Paul did not live there until 90 years later. The two rooms on the ground floor are devoted to the original era of the building, with a rustic kitchen hearth, and formal furniture in the sitting room. Upstairs is a bedroom parlor from Paul's era, and another bedroom which would have been occupied by his kids. In his time their wo...

Another rough night, but cannot afford the time to be sick. We head out to south end, an up and coming area with lots of converted warehouses and artists and good restaurants, a much newer and more spacious part of town. We went out for a traditional weekend brunch at the union grill - brunch goes from 10-3 but there is a special deal between 10-11 where you get coffee, juice, sour cream coffee cake and omelette for under $10. There was already a crowd waiting fo...