A bit more City history.  We join a Shop Life tour at the Tenement Museum.  It is an engaging way to learn about the lives of early immigrants and the communities that formed, morphed and reformed through the years.  We start in a German Saloon; how the business was run, what life was like for the owners, and the role this saloon played in the community.  Other businesses include a kosher butcher shop, a lingerie shop and a wholesale business.  We spend 1 ½ hours but could have spent a lot more time there.  The only disappointment, we found out after we got there that they would not allow Willa into the museum.  There is no real reason but they would not budge so she and Tracy had to cool their heels (at BIVE a Vegan ice cream parlor) the whole time.  

Of course, we couldn’t leave BIVE without trying something.  The flavors have odd names (it is the Lower east Side) but the dark chocolate peppermint one Kent and I share (Digestion) is creamy and delicious.  I could have done without the chia seeds though.  A berry version (Antioxidant) gets raves as well.   Tracy tried a couple others while she waited but the rest of us passed on Calm, Recovery, Energy Boost, and Immune Booster.  Next, Thai for supper.  We are all very happy with our choices.  The kids head out for a Manhattan nightcap while Nana, Grandpa, and Willa call it a night.  It is an uneventful subway ride home where we hang out ‘til her folks get home.  It was a perfect ending to the day for us.