In need of nourishment.....

Willow

.... father and I strolled along contemplating the gastronomic offerings the vendors displayed. We finally settled on a couple of Coney Island’s finest frankfurters and topped them off with (of all things) sauerkraut! They were deliciously wonderful……and called “hot dogs”. I can see why!

 As we strolled the boardwalk, we realized that we could possibly work a little business into our sojourn. So we decided to stay for the evening at the Hotel Brighton. It was only a short walk away and would allow us to spend the next day shopping at the Russian furriers we knew to inhabit Brighton Beach.

Willow
https://www.etsy.com/listing/97678088/
purple-woolsilk-jacket-with-vintage

By the by, interestingly, the Brighton Hotel had been moved up the beach before we got there…..that’s right…. “after a series of winter storms threatened to swamp the hotel, a plan was developed to move it in one piece 520 feet further inland by placing railroad track and 112 railroad flat cars under the building and using six steam locomotives to pull it away from the sea. Engineered by B.C. Miller, the move was begun on April 2, 1888 and continued for the next nine days, being the largest building move of the 19th century.” (according to Wikipedia). Tell that at the next ladies luncheon!.....astoria

        By the by, luncheon attire:

Ruby
https://www.etsy.com/listing/97671511/
cashmere-retro-jackie-jacket-with-fur

By the by, to go back to the beginning and catch up to all of Astoria's adventures go to:
http://buttonbroadmemoirs.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-this-my-100th-birthday.html