Around NY & CT

The weekend started rather late on Saturday as I slept in. It was late afternoon as we headed to check out the Portugal Day in Ossining downtown. Though much smaller than the Ossining village fair last weekend, we were surprised by the fact that a Portuguese community that warranted its own festival actually existed in our town.
I had my favorite Portuguese food, grilled sardines while Nelson ordered a "bifana" (a sandwich with pork cutlet). There were a couple of jewelry stalls and I bought a new pair of earrings for $4!

Then we headed to Spring Valley theaters for the evening show of Ravaan. Though it didn't garner as much viewer appreciation as Rajneeti, I still wanted to see this Mani Ratnam epic on the big screen.
I enjoyed the cinematography and the brilliant acting by Aishwarya & Vikram. I found Abhishek quite entertaining even though he has been criticized by critics. I didn't enjoy the music as much as I have with other Mani Ratnam/AR Rahaman collaborations. On our way back we picked up the last big piece of furniture for our living room from Best Buy in Palisades and grabbed a quick dinner at Lefteris in Tarrytown just before the kitchen shut down.

On Sunday we met my in-laws for lunch at Lisboa restaurant in Waterbury, CT, a midway point between our two homes.
We had a great Portuguese meal that included caramel pudding, one of my all time favorite desserts. After lunch, we headed to Ives farm in Cheshire hoping to pick some strawberries. Unfortunately we were a couple of weeks too late even though it is technically still the season. So we headed to the Cheshire mall for our fall back family activity!

Ravaan poster courtesy of: log.ivinay.com/post/528118781/raava-movie-poster