Fun afternoon with friends

Rex and Justin Davis at lunch time on Restaurant Row
We ate at an Italian place, Justin's choice
Justin is standing by the little door that opens up for the little box that slides up and down the pole to his right, an elevator, in the convent.
This is the view from the top of the stairs looking down to the elevator box that slides up the pole
Elder and Sister Carpenter who live in the convent. Their little suite is actually not bad especially compared to the rest of the convent
On top of the convent roof, up about 6 stories

Rex and Justin Davis were in town with one of Rex's tour groups. We spent the afternoon with them. Rex showed us where "Restaurant Row" is and we ate at an Italian place that Justin picked out. Not many tourists know about this place, but we thought it was awesome. It is right down town on 46th street off 6th avenue. All up and down the street are cute quaint little places that you walk down into. The food was great.

Next we took the subway down to 14th street where the Convent is that the church owns. We needed to check out some of the furniture left there to see if it is anything we can use when we move up to Monticello. The place was amazing. It has tons of staircases and little rooms for sleeping, and big ones for gathering and teaching. I would have loved to see it in it's prime. The Carpenters, (a senior couple) are still living in it. Their little nook is quite nice. There is about 6 different levels. Justin was anxious to try a stair case that went to the roof. It was a great opportunity and we enjoyed it. Not much furniture we would want to use. The place is really should be condemned and is in certain areas.