Saturday the 14th

Elaina and I wanted to try out a new grocery store that opened in New Bern called "Publix."   I had a feeling it was going to be pricey as far as groceries go, but those kind of stores tend to have more variety of items than we can find in Food Lion or Walmart.

They carry a low calorie kind of ice cream-like item by the brand name of Halo Top that Elaina likes, so we bought that and a few items that just looked good.  It's a beautiful store and has all kinds of immentities, but too pricey for our everyday kind of shopping.

Of course, since it's in New Bern, they have to have their own Bear out front like most bigger businesses in New Bern.  
(Swiss Bern = Bear)

Well, because we were in New Bern, we also had to stop at Andrea's Attic Antiques on Trent.  This is one of our favorite places and I refer to the proprietor as our "Southern Gentleman."  He is a nice man with a truly southern accent.  Not just southern, but more of a refined accent, thus, my nickname for him.  Heard today that he used to be "in insurance."  He has maybe a hundred framed art pieces throughout the store and he is very proud of them.

(This one is labeled 1920s Mission at Santa Barbara, CA $495)

He buys complete estates and keeps the store packed with antiques. Today he was excited to show me a quilt he had just purchased for the store.  He had me help him open it up completely to show it to me.  He was proud of the fact that it was a North Carolina flower design.  He made a point of saying it was not a Pennsylvania Dutch pattern, but was truly a North Carolina pattern.

(The top quilt on the right is the one. Priced at $295.
It was very big!)

I didn't find anything there for me to buy today.  That doesn't mean I didn't see anything I wanted!  Like I said, it's packed with antiques of all kinds and if he was giving them away, I'd gladly take them!

It was a nice day to get out of the house and see new things.