The French Bunny is a cute little place on the square. It has a lovely mix of consignment pieces and new things. We also enjoy perusing Main Street Antiques at the end of the block. They have a varied garden section out back with some great bargains. The ladies who run it act like they have known you forever, making you feel right at home and are always ready to wheel and deal. We never leave there empty handed! Why, on the last trip I found this giant concrete pineapple that our courtyard unknowingly was just crying out for! Poor Reagan had to bring it in from the car because...well...have yall ever tried lifting concrete? It rode everywhere with me for at least 2 weeks or more because I wouldn't let Gary touch it! I love it though and its doing a fine job of welcoming folks beside our front door; that is, once they get past the locked gate.
There is another fine antique shop on the square that is by 'appointment only'. We have peeked in the window often enough to be chomping at the bit to get inside. Kay, Kathy and Barb are the antique mavens. Goodness gracious, Kay can tell you every different type and name of glass and china not to mention furniture! Me, not so much. I like to look at antiques and have a couple of tea tables from the early 1800's that my Uncle Lloyd's great aunt bought in France a hundred years ago. I love them because of the family connection not because I sought them out.
On this particular day we hadn't decided where to have lunch. Odd for us since lunching out is usually the driving force of a shopping date. The girls had gone to the tea room inside The French Bunny before and didn't care for it. They are not tea room girls though, so in all honesty it might not be a fair assessment. There are 2 Mexican restaurants in Farmersville; one new and one old. Jalapenos is the new place and there is also one here in McKinney. I have been and its pretty good. Tony's is the older place. We asked every proprietor for a recommendation and ended up at Tony's. How we came to that decision is sort of amusing.
What a history lesson he gave us. He took us on a tour of his entire shop, explaining the pedigree of each very fine piece of furniture, glass, lamps, and paintings. Why, he has a chest from Salem, Mass. made in 1700! I'd sure like to hear the stories that piece could tell! Most of his things are European though and priced not to sell. In fact we think he just likes to collect lovely things and tell people about them. He clearly enjoyed our visit and not only told us to go to Tony's but offered to buy our lunch! That settled it.
Tony's was very fresh, cooked to order, and all around good Mexican food! We will go back and we even paid for our own lunch:D
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