So...whats for dinner?

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  • bedo
    bedo Member Posts: 1,866
    edited July 2015

    Oh Carol, you Wild Woman, you. lol

    Oh, Lacey, so sad. I lost my dog Austin after many years and still haven't completely gotten over it. Can you find a vet that can come to the house? Austin didn't like the vet, so he came to us. Austin was allowed on the couch, (where he was all the time anyway), with me, and it was better for him. I don't know about your friend's dog, but I know you will help.

    I came home from work today after about 2 hours of working. Not sure what's wrong. Maybe acute exhaustion. IDK

    Told them I would make it up on my day off this week. Fool.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    Exercised at the gym in town then hot-footed it to Great Northern Café for breakfast. The café is conveniently located in walking distance from the gym. Ordered one of my favorites there, sausage and cheese omelet. I figure the cheese is at least partially processed cheese but the omelet is so-o-o good. Instead of toast I order a "cake," otherwise known as pancake. It's dinner plate size and comes with a blg lump of butter on top. We situate the plate between us and share, sometimes engaging in a clash of forks! Just kidding.

    The omelet comes with hashbrowns that are the ubiquitous hash brown makings delivered by Sysco trucks all over the country. I don't eat them but dh does so I brought mine home to warm up at some latter breakfast.

    This afternoon we're riding to Bemidji with another senior couple, not as senior as we are. They're foodies and love good pizza. There's a pizza restaurant in Bemidji they like a lot. We're going there for pizza then are going bowling. This should be a hoot since I have bowled maybe three times in my life. I'm looking forward to the pizza.

    Bought cucumbers, new potatoes, a loaf of bread and double fudge cookies at the farmers' mkt.

    My sympathy to your friend, Lacey. It's kind of you and your dh to visit and lend her comfort.

    Bedo, I'm worried about you, girl.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited July 2015

    Carole hope your having fun in the Northland. I can't wait til hubby and I retire and we go back to the Superior, WI area. I miss home so much!

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited July 2015

    So the hospice care continues here, with DF struggling daily with the decision about what to do....and too many unsolicited opinions from friends and relatives. This AM, DH went downstairs and he suggested that this morning would probably be the end. Then all of a sudden, the weak, failing dog popped up, walked onto the porch and barked at a neighbor walking a dog. Oy! This is never easy....especially since this dog's life and death has so much punctuated meaning to my DF's many life losses. To be continued....

    We did do a bit of beaching today, and pooch was in comfortable enough shape that we went out to dinner.

    The food was all excellent except for my main course, cavatelli with lamb....I think the lamb escaped from the pan! The local fried squid appetizer with a shaved root veggie salad was divine! DH and DF totally enjoyed their bluefish entrees. We shared two sides...broccoli with a mild anchovie sauce, and roasted beets with a spicy yogurt sauce. Both were excellent.

    Desserts were good...a pavlova (?) and also a banana pudding. But nothing compares to the dessert Susan and I had at Babbo. I must go back and read what we wrote about it so I can aptly describe it to DF. Oh my!

    There were some celebrities at the restaurant. I first noticed some local TV personalities sitting across from us....and then, it was such a riot to see a whole table jump up and greet a blonde woman who came in with Ted Danson and his wife, Mary S., who sat at the next table. We figured that the blonde had to be a director or producer to have everyone falling all over her. So much for glitterati sightings.

    Carole, I bet you had a good time bowling! I always think of it as such a fun sport for all ages. :) And let's hear about how good that pizza was.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    The pizza was very good. DH and I ordered our own small pizzas. He had a house Italian pizza with regular crust, It had tomato sauce, several meats and included onions. I didn't taste it, of course, because of the onions. He liked it but didn't eat all of it because there was more "heft" to his pizza.

    I had the house three-cheese with olive oil and extra thin crust. I added diced tomatoes and asked for garlic. They were out of garlic and did sprinkle granulated garlic. It was quite good and I ate all of it except two pieces that the other couple ate. They had the three cheese and olive oil and added Italian sausage, which was very good. Mine would have been better with the Italian sausage or some kalamata olives but they didn't offer those. The crust was made with white flour and was browned on the bottom and crunchy. I still prefer my own home-made pizza with a whole wheat crust. I would definitely go back to Dave's Pizza. The waitress told us they were expecting a group of 80 mission workers an hour later. The restaurant wouldn't seat 80 so that must have been a crowded place.

    The bowling was great fun. I was between sizes with the bowling shoes, plus my feet are very narrow so I looked like I was wearing clown shoes. They were bright orange and green. I used a 10 lb ball that was reddish orange and kinda went with the shoes. LOL! I bowled the alley quite a bit but did have some good rolls. I would do that again, too. It was quite reasonable. $1 to rent the shoes. $12 for an hour for the 4 of us. Vicki, who is quiet and very un-athletic, was the winner. DH has bowled in the past, had some strikes. This was maybe my 3rd time ever to bowl and my score was the lowest.

    Dinner will have to be leftovers. Navy beans and rice.

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited July 2015

    Lacey, so sorry about your friend. I still haven't gotten over the deaths of my shelties who died a week apart. Devastating. They are such nice dogs.

    A couple of years before bc, dh and I and two friends took up bowling. We bowled several times a week and got fairly decent. Bought good equipment and everything. After surgery and chemo, we never got back to it. Now my wrists and thumbs are so bad I'm not even sure I could do it. Too bad. It was very fun.

    The first of my guests are coming this afternoon so I need to get cracking. Yesterday I made Welsh cakes (thinking of you lacey). Tonight we are having a belated birthday dinner at a new place in town with our friends. Btw, the lobster tails were DELICIOUS!

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited July 2015

    Thinking pork chops, stuffing and veggies

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited July 2015

    Last night I was not hungry but made DH a shrimp Louis salad over romaine. We did not go to $2 Tuesday night before last but instead used a gift card we won at Team Trivia a few months ago at the German restaurant nearby. They have moved Team Trivia to Mondays so we have now decided that we need to go there on Mondays with a killer trivia team, and then go to $2 Tuesdays the next night. Now I just need a plan for all the other days of the week and I won't have to cook! Just kidding! Here is a news flash for today - I made vegan chocolate cupcakes this morning! Today was the last day for my physical therapy intern - he has now completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy! To celebrate I took cupcakes for the whole Physical Therapy department (this is in Sport Medicine at the U of S. Florida) and some of them are vegan, so I took vegan and regular cupcakes. There are no eggs or milk, the dry ingredients are normal, but the wet included a lot of vanilla, cold coffee, canola oil, and apple cider vinegar! Crazy, right? The batter is super thin, you could literally pour it into the paper liners - I was skeptical, but it bakes up just like a regular cupcake. Apparently some kind of vegan magic happens in the oven in 16 minutes! The good news is that frosting is pretty much already vegan if you don't use butter - yay! They taste good - I would totally make them again!

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited July 2015

    I am vegging out (haha) on 4 back pages. It is oppressively hot here with nary a cloud in the sky and no breeze. Different from past days. I'm hiding in the house with the shades drawn.

    Per chance is this the gazpacho recipe? I have "The New Joys of Jello" and it's in there just like this website shows.The 2nd is a critique of the book with pictures no less but alas no gazpacho recipe.

    http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_0/1999/MAR/...

    I think bad/ugly retro food could be good reading for that snowed in day.

    http://www.badanduglyofretrofood.com/2012/05/jello...

    11 pages of jello salads from the Lutheran ladies

    http://z12.invisionfree.com/Lutheran_ladies/index....

    and high class jello desserts. No one should be without a repertoire of jello stuff lol.

    http://www.somethingswanky.com/jello-desserts/

    Eric - echoing Nancy's BooHiss to Boss Man a few pages back. Thank you for your service.

    Nancy - Happy Belated Birthday.

    Everyone has been so busy, coming and going. Susan I hope your project is humming along.

    As usual I can remember little of what we've had. My favorite Stouffers' meatloaf, roasted potatoes and coleslaw and Lee Kum Kee Broccoli beef stir fry with a ton of extra vegies. Have to make something for pool party (102 degrees Sat.) Think it will be a baked chile rellenos casserole. No way am I going to try to roast peppers and no doubt the only ones I'd find are hot. Get tired quickly out shopping in this heat. Had to go unexpectedly to town on Tues. to retrieve DH's repaired tire so did some things then. School supply shopping for church backpack yet to finish. Have new optometrist appt tomorrow. Hopefully I will like her better than the new replacement at my old place. Lacey - how do these docs just up and close? My opt. retired, understand that but just closing? Better offer somewhere else?

    We've also been the sick doggy route, finally took her to vet Friday. Declined lab work, didn't want to know. Loads of gut bacteria. A week of Flagyl and probiotics have gotten her eating again regularly. It was one day eat, next day not even a treat. Dread any kind of decision about her; think DH will put foot down and say no more pets. Hmmm.

    DH's old truck gets hauled off for Cars for Kids tomorrow. Will not start and he will not put money in it. It was the backup. Next week seems I have no appointments so maybe can get back to cooking more. Even though my oven is very well insulated, it is just too hot to cook much. I need to dig out some of those chicken breasts and make salads. Oh and the few peaches we have are just about ready. Had 2 sitting out DH thought were not ripe and a bit green, nope, sliced them and ate them. Not very big but much bigger than the thumb size plums and Freestones for a bonus. Talk about big I bought 2 plums that weighed 0.8 lb for the 2 of them; at $1.98/lb I bought only the 2.





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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited July 2015

    Luv - I certainly agree about too hot for the oven. The temp on my back porch in the shade is still 98 at 6pm. I love your Jello thoughts. Just in case anyone ever needs a reference (I know this is cooking thread but don't laugh too hard y'all) I just couldn't bring myself to get rid of these when I purged my recipe books:

    The New Joys of Jello (updated 1991), The Proof of the Pudding (Jello 1965), Lipton's Soup & Salad Cook Book (1970), Bisquick Classics & New Favorites (1993), The Dessert Lovers Handbook (Eagle Brand 1969), Rice a Roni Recipes (1994).

    My mother wouldn't let us go bowling when I was a teen because she said there was "a bad element" in the bowling alleys. So of course we had to sneak down there & bowl. Like Carole, I think I've bowled less than 10 times in my life. Special - glad the vegan cupcakes worked out. Nance - lobster envy.

    Lunch yesterday was at a (C-/D+) Italian place that my ex-DH particularly likes (shrimp in the scampi was char broiled so hard I might as well have been eating hockey pucks & broth seemed like plain chicken soup from a can). Service was fantastic or the grade would be lower. Oh well, he was happy & he's doing me some technical electronics favors. Dunch today was the last of the Rao w/mushrooms added over spaghetti. Tomorrow is Fuzzy's Pizza with my domino group. This was one of George H.W. Bush's hangouts but I didn't know about it then. Spectacular pizza & good salad. Hmmm - an Italian trending week?

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited July 2015

    Hope things go gently for and with your dog, Luv.

    DF's pooch is hanging in and she has decided to return home from the island after we leave so that she can be near her vet, her daughter, and her social support system. She is literally keeping her alive daily with all sorts of hydrating, and med/foods, and somfar it is working.

    We went to the beach briefly this afternoon and had a quick dinner at a seafood joint on the way back to the house. DH had a lobster roll with butter on it and a big bowl of clam chowder. I had a cup of lobster bisque and a crabcake sandwich. We stopped and bought Talenti's gelato and some macadamia nut cookies to have for dessert here.

    Tomorrow evening we'll go to a newer place called the Blue Canoe, and then to a movie related to The New Yorker Cartoon writers. It should be interesting. Then we'll beback on the Ferry on Saturday.


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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    Late lunch at A & W after golf. Hot dog with chili and melted cheese, fries, and icy cold diet root beer. LOVE the root beer in the chilled mug. All the food tasted good. No dinner tonight. I had some watermelon a few minutes ago. Dh is warming up his leftover pizza. We have Snickers ice cream bars in the freezer. Will probably have one of those.

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  • Redheaded1
    Redheaded1 Member Posts: 1,600
    edited July 2015

    BAd element in the b owling alley? My mom never objected to that, but I was told to stay out a confectionary near our home, as it had a pinball machine in it, and that was not acceptable for a young girl to be near.....HA.

    Bowling is part of my therapy---start back with League in Sept. 10 lb ball alternatiang with an 8. Usually throw a 12, but doubt that will happen again...

    Dinner is spaghetti with Rao's Eggplant sauce....

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    Redheaded, I have not seen Rao's Eggplant sauce. The bowling alley in Bemidji was new looking and quite pleasant inside. Bemidji claims to be the home of Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox. There's a huge murel across the top of the bowling lanes depicting Paul and Babe. And the interior is well lighted.

    Tonight's dinner will FINALLY feature leftover navy beans and rice. Plus dh will grill some store-made brats that have been simmered in chicken broth. He will put them on a hot grill long enough to brown them. I'll slice up some home-grown cucumbers for a salad. I bought them at a farmers' mkt.

    We drove to Bemidji today to look at a boat. While we were there, we went to an ice cream place and had a delicious ice cream that had caramel, chunks of dark chocolate and a tinge of sea salt. It was delicious.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited July 2015

    Sorry to disappear... but man the third week of this drug knocks me to the curb. We have eaten. We have had grilled chicken. We have had lava bean salad. The French cousin went to Concord but is now back home with us. Tonight, we did a family meal. The three of us had swordfish grilled, while the kids had steaks on the grill. First course [we missed the real first course] was the protein, baked potato, and fof "us" broccoli and for them "grilled asparagus." We then did a cheese/salad course. The cheeses were selected by Marie-Sophie. We finished with extraordinary French chocolates that M-S brought from France as a gift. Her mother picked the most special gifts for her to bring with her.

    I am exhausted. But, would you be with a day like this? Wake at 6:30, code from 8-10:30. Conference call to troubleshoot a web integration issue. Work with a different client by email to fix another issue. Go to open house. Then at 1:15 drive to Concord. Drive to Farm 1, Farm 2, then supermarket. Home. Email buyers email which took 40 minutes to write. Visit two more properties. Cook dinner for five. Dinner over at 9. Make popcorn for the "movie club" group of three watching Sandlot.

    Off to do tourist Boston in the AM. It is time to get this young woman into Boston proper. She is ready. There is an interactive art festival happening on the Greenway, so we will head in that general direction. The website is very non-specific. Since I just fell asleep between writing those two sentences, I need to close out.

    Sorry not to respond to each of you, but I do read all of your posts.

    *susan*

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited July 2015

    Susan - you are amazing. I don't know where you find your energy. Glad your cousin is having a good visit. Hope tourist Boston goes well. I'll be looking for a list of what we should see in another couple of months.

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited July 2015

    Susan, you just exhausted me...and all I did today was take a three mile walk to the general store, keep dying doggie vigil while sitting and talking with DF and my DH, go out to dinner (a beautiful harborside table), and then attend a great movie and talk event featuring the cartoon editor of the New Yorker. Oh and packed for our trip home in the morning. (Return packup is soooo easy! No decisions!) So, compared to your feats, I should be loaded with spare energy! Hope you have fun in "the bean" tomorrow. :) Shall I suggest that you be careful not to overdo! LOL

    Will post some pix of Vineyard when I'm home. Eager to return, tho it is soooo beautiful here.

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited July 2015

    Wow, that's your kicked to the curb routine? Double wow Susan. When I feel kicked to the curb, it takes me half an hour to work up the energy to go from the bed to the couch. I really hope the SEs calm down.

    Lacey, I also have a "famous people story". While working at the Superbowl, I was needing to get a picture of a hallway where I was going to be setting up some equipment. I was all set up to get a picture when a bunch of people begin walking in. I'm sitting there waiting with my phone/camera in my hand, starting to look impatient when several folks stop and ask if I want to take their picture..."No, I'm trying to get a picture of the corner of the hallway." After they left, the nearby security guard that was with me started laughing...the bunch of people were the Patriots players coming in for their team picture.

    About 5 years ago, a friend rescued two nearly dead dogs that were (probably abandoned) in the desert Two weeks ago, one of the dogs died while asleep and the other dog is taking it hard..but then my friend is also taking it hard...dogs and cats sure know how to burrow into a heart.

    Carole, DD makes a good navy bean, rice and chicken dish.

    The Mother Hubbard rhyme is certainly "weird". For what it's worth, "Pop, goes the Weasel", in college, was a great beer drinking song! :-)


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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    Susan, most of us would be falling asleep between sentences after following your routine WITHOUT a treatment drug. Please take it easy on yourself.

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  • bedo
    bedo Member Posts: 1,866
    edited July 2015

    Oh Goats, you had me laughing so hard. I always thought jello came from horse hooves, don't know where I got that idea.

    Going to the Farmer's market to pick up squid. I know,
    gross, right? But they are little and good sautéed in oil S+P

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited July 2015

    Gelatin is actually very much from animal by-products. And squid is delicious!!!! I like to add some hot peppers to the pan for some added kick. That is a Portuguese thing so common around here.

    *susan*

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited July 2015

    making lasagna roll-ups

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited July 2015

    Bedo - I bought some green beans - admittedly from WallyWorld - to try your pickled green beans. I went to Spouts too but forgot to look for them there but did a doubletake at WW when I saw them. Sprouts had their cage free eggs $2.50/dozen. I know cage free is just a fancier name from not quite so crowded but I was very pleased at the price. They also had mangoes 3/$1 and had their figs in unlike TJs who doesn't yet. I have yet to get to Fresh Market. I passed right by it yest but it was so hot and I was on a mission to go/get what I needed for today. Not planning to back to Ft Worth until the end of August.

    Yesterday was a roasted garlic deli chicken from WW with some pre-pack potato salad and pineapple/watermelon. Today we are going to that pool party. Maybe dangle feet very late, no swimmy. Making something called not kidding you "John Wayne Chile Rellenos Casserole". See Ree Drummond has a version too. Bought 2 largish cans of whole chiles yesterday at WW, never made it to the big Mexican Market, never remembered I wanted to go. I might need to get these rinsed pronto, hope they're not too hot. Also Hidden Valley Fiesta Ranch Dip. Hosts making ice cream and German Choc. Cake so no sweets needed. Taking plenty of canned stuff to drink, DH with his Shiner, me with my canned Perrier and Pure Leaf raspberry Tea plus a bottle of wine Sweet Edd's that we had in April and DH and I loved. Hostess makes killer margaritas that I might have to sneak some sugar into. This is the Mexican Food group we go out to eat with regularly. "Mexican Food" a loose term with us lol.

    Gadzooks Susan - No way could I keep up with you. Hope you get some down time for Susan this weekend.

    Doggy is better and then not. Went for Optometrist appt and she did not eat all day with DH home. Think a bit of separation anxiety? And really/truly this is a quiet house. Not much excitement day to day. Then last night when we were fixing our plates she got into the trash ready to go out. Pulled out a chicken bone from the deli chicken. Don't think she got much, maybe a gristly end. Thank goodness she growled fiercely at DH but he got her to leave it. Today it is back to scarfing down food.

    At least I can say the opto. was better than the other one but darn it checked my vision RX and she didn't put in pupillary distance. I'm pretty sure in this state it is required and she sure knows it was my glaucoma doc who referred me there. Hoping it was just an oversight and I can get it corrected. Filed on my med. insurance, she was not cheap. See what they pay, not sure she can collect anything since I have the other doc.

    Mommy - must have cooled off some up there.

    Off to round up ingredients and things to carry them in. Hope everyone has a good day.

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited July 2015

    Today was a bunch of bush trimming and lawn mowing (lawns in a desert make no sense to me, but....) Next is driving the 57 truck to the scrap metal place with the bent parts from DD's car..

    The store had unfrozen whole pork loins for $1 a pound (!), so I got two and went after them with the old meat saw. The refrigerator is full of pork and I'm slowly moving it to the freezer. There were some left over bones that, in a moment of "well, OK", went to the dogs. They are outside under the orange tree and fully enjoying themselves.

    We haven't decided on dinner yet. I'm thinking of hamburgers on the grill or maybe some BBQ chicken as they are non-house heating and Sharon is in full agreement on the non-house heating. It was over 100F at 7am this morning... Maybe some pork on the grill...hmmm.....


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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited July 2015

    Plan to cook some fresh green beans that have been in the refrigerator a number of days. Will dice up a couple of slices of bacon for flavor and cook the beans in chicken broth with very small new potatoes. The meat will be pork medallions. May do the pork piccata dish. I may do the cooking outside on the deck. I have an electric one-burner and also an electric skillet. It's difficult for me to tear myself away from the stove top, but keeping the cooking heat outside would be smart.

    It is quite bearable outside though more humid than I like but it was warmer inside the camper so I have the a/c units going. Most of the campground folks went by boat to "the sandbar," where they hang out and drink and eat and socialize. We were invited but passed.

    DH located a used older boat in St. Cloud, two hours away, that seems to have all of his requirements. We will probably drive down there on Mon. to look at it.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited July 2015

    luv- its only in the 80s here. Supposed to get back into the 90s here by Tues. and be like that right up to Sat.! Made enough of tonight's dinner for another night!


     

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  • Redheaded1
    Redheaded1 Member Posts: 1,600
    edited July 2015

    Hot, HUMID, and threatening storms. Said we would have this a.m., but didn't, still nothing this afternoon, don't know if we will be hit or missed tonight.

    Susan, your post wore me out and I don't know how the heck you do all you do....

    Today I slept till 8: a.m. then I dressed, went to Farmer's market and bought Green beans . new potatoes and beets and some lavender spritz that is supposed to be a natural bug repellant. Then to Dad's to check on him, helped him get his breakfast after he refused to go out to eat. He hinted that I could l make pancakes and sausage, but I did that for him on Thursday am. and when I went back at noon he was cooking oatmeal and jumped all over me about not being able to poop if he didn't eat his oats and bran flakes every day ....so I thought, you don't need to eat a four course breakfast twice this week...... So then I went and walked 1 mile around the lake and had breakfast (waffle/bacon/coffee) then to grocery store to pick up the stuff I needed to fix the green beans (bacon) and 79.00 later, I came home, put away groceries, did a couple loads of laundry, visited my elderly neighbor, and cooked summer squash with onions/garlic, a grilled steak and a baked potato. Now I have dishes in the sink and laundry to put away, and I just want to soak in the tub, but I need to wash my hair, so a shower it will be......

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited July 2015

    I see that everyone is busy despite the weather issues, and your shopping/meals sound great!

    Carole, hope the boat works out....you probably know that old saying about the first and last days of a boat owner's life. ;). We saw some outrageously large and beautiful ones on the way back from MV.

    SO WE ARE HOME!!! Yay!

    DF did not really want us to leave, so it was a difficult departure, but I encouraged her to get herself a ferry ticket (with her car transport) to leave later today since the dog is still alive and she will be more supported in her home town as she goes through the finality of this...and can

    include her adult daughter whose dog it really is. Drama all the way around..many family issues. My DH is a relative saint the way he managed this, including helping DF administer treatments to the dog while we were there, since I am very allergic to the pooch.

    Relating to weather, I am shocked at how cool it is out...tho I know we are scheduled for the heatwave this week.

    We had practically nothing to eat this morning before heading to the boat, so were really starving by the time we arrived home. Not a thing to eat in the fridge...very tired....so we decided why not go out??!! We went to a very small Italian restaurant in a nearby town, started by a chef/owner whose restaurant we frequented thirty years ago. DH was happy to chat with the chef about how we frequented his place "back in the day" and were "charter members". LOL He had veal saltombocca, and I had eggplant rollatine with pasta. Both were good. We shared a salad.Tho we could have ignored dessert, there was an ice cream place across the street and we made it over there selecting some tasty flavors. I enjoyed talkng with the college kids who were working there about their college experiences.

    So we are mired in laundry and I will get back to that now.....

    Eric, the story about the Pat's Pic was funny. Suppose that they thought you were just being glib? Although, I suspect more than a few of them have iPhone pix of hallway corners! LOL

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited July 2015

    Hopefully I didn't deflate their egos. <groan/> In reality, I was busy and in a hurry. Plus, I figured that with the "all access/good anywhere" pass I was wearing, I wasn't supposed to be running around like a crazed 10 year old fan.

    Dinner tonight is BBQ chicken and grilled hamburgers. It's 108 outside, so I almost don't need the propane running.. :-)


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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited July 2015

    Eric......LOL. And I doubt those EVER get deflated!

    Hope things cool down for you westerners. Waiting for thunderstorms here. :/ We'd planned to head to the Farmer's Market at noon, but any lightening will obviously impact their opening. What a hard life farming is.

    Have a good Sunday everyone......

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