Sunny Sunday

The days slip by so quickly that I didn't realize there was no Saturday post. We had dinner with Laura's parents on Saturday evening which is always a pleasure. Quite by accident I chose The Capitol Grille in the convention area of Intenational Drive and it was a good choice. Another great steak house with the feeling of experienced staff and great people in the kitchen. We started with house cocktails, a pineapple martini which was quite delicious. My appetizer was fresh mozarella grilled in prosciutto and served with heirloom tomatoes in a balsamic dressing. Mike had the smoked salmon, Rich had the clam chowder and Claire had the chopped salad. We all had steaks, mine was topped with crab in a bernaise sauce. No one complained! Dessert was a  coconut cream concoction that had a most delicious cookie the size of a small plate, like a very thin shortbread but coconut flavored. DeLiSh all over the place.

Earlier on Saturday we went to The Loop to get our St Patrick's Day shirts for our outing tomorrow.  We are going in a van, twelve or fourteen of us, and so there will be no worries about parking or drinking and driving. I believe we are going to Pat O'Brien's but any more than that, I cannot say. I hear there will be hurricanes, though! Finally got the black jacket that was on my shopping list.

Another finally...we seem to have a house for next March. It has a couple of shortcomings, not the least of which is a small pool, but other than that it will probably do just fine. A couple from Stellarton is in it this year and they like it except that the pool faces the pond rather than the conservation area which they prefer. I would too, given the choice, but this time  we don't really have that choice on the table. There's a relatively long story in the category of SMALL WORLD but I am not going to go into it. Suffice to say we are set for 2015 and that's all. Details.

We visited with Aaron and Rika via Skype this weekend. Also checked in with Bhreagh and Chris while Jocelyn and Laura were having a birthday  lunch at American Girl along with Jocelyn's doll. The pics on facebook look like a good time was had by all.

After Mass today we drove to North Shore Golf to check out the location and to be sure we could get there with no problems on Wednesday. That will be an early drive.

Nothing much else going on. The race at Bristol seems to be in a rain delay. We were in the pool under the light of the silvery moon last night and again this afternoon in the heat of the day. The water is probably too warm but it was quite refreshing nonetheless.

Starting week three. That is upsetting since week three is followed by week four and that means departure. On the other hand, it's heading to O'Fallon for another visit! Hope all is well where you are; we are hanging in, vacationing for all it's worth. I'll be back.