Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thanksgiving Friday
The Busy Needle will be closed on Thanksgiving Friday. I'm looking forward to spending some time with my oldest son, Gavin. I'll reopen it again 10-ish on Saturday morning. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Berroco Trunk Show
The Berroco Women's Sweater trunk show has arrived at the shop. Gorgeous sweaters! These are from the Men's Collection, but with shortened sleeves and in "ladies' colors." They'll be here only through Saturday afternoon, when they'll be packed and sent off to another shop.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Home Thursday night. Caught up with the girls at De La Paz - our local (real) Mexican restaurant - for about 15 minutes, then back home to unpack and sort laundry.
Frank and I both came home with a cagey little cold bug which attacked on Friday morning. Imagine having a wonderful 2 week vacation and then waking up after the first night in your own bed... with a cold. Yech. Mine was very short-lived (thanks, I think, to daily vitamins) and I'm over it now... Frank's has held on and he's now coughing and sneezing. I've threatened to start referring to him as the eighth dwarf - Wheezy - if he doesn't start taking some medicine to get rid of the symptoms.
Frank and I both came home with a cagey little cold bug which attacked on Friday morning. Imagine having a wonderful 2 week vacation and then waking up after the first night in your own bed... with a cold. Yech. Mine was very short-lived (thanks, I think, to daily vitamins) and I'm over it now... Frank's has held on and he's now coughing and sneezing. I've threatened to start referring to him as the eighth dwarf - Wheezy - if he doesn't start taking some medicine to get rid of the symptoms.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
We left Savannah and spent Wednesday night in Spartanburg, SC. Thursday morning we decided to go over the Smokies instead of up I-40... to see a little fall color.
I'd forgotten just how steep the hills were going over toward Cherokee, NC. Steep, very steep. Needed to use lower gears so I wouldn't burn out my brakes! Cherokee has grown so much in 12 years. Those indians have not only learned marketing, but are doing a darned good job at it. The museum has doubled in size and is undergoing another expansion. The casino parking lot was full. Shops were crowded. Parking was terrible.
On to Gatlinburg... which wasn't much better. I think the Cherokees used Gatlinburg as their "model town" as the same problems - no parking, crowded streets, narrow walkways, etc. - plagued both tourist traps. Don't need to go back.
Pigeon Forge was a bit more wide open - four lane highway ran through it - but even it had it's share of touristy stuff. Dollywood, music halls, etc... much as I think Branson, MO, would be as my parents described it. And for all this... very very little fall color! Rats! So much for a plan!
I'd forgotten just how steep the hills were going over toward Cherokee, NC. Steep, very steep. Needed to use lower gears so I wouldn't burn out my brakes! Cherokee has grown so much in 12 years. Those indians have not only learned marketing, but are doing a darned good job at it. The museum has doubled in size and is undergoing another expansion. The casino parking lot was full. Shops were crowded. Parking was terrible.
On to Gatlinburg... which wasn't much better. I think the Cherokees used Gatlinburg as their "model town" as the same problems - no parking, crowded streets, narrow walkways, etc. - plagued both tourist traps. Don't need to go back.
Pigeon Forge was a bit more wide open - four lane highway ran through it - but even it had it's share of touristy stuff. Dollywood, music halls, etc... much as I think Branson, MO, would be as my parents described it. And for all this... very very little fall color! Rats! So much for a plan!
Paula Deen's restaurant and Mrs. Wilkes
Had dinner Tuesday evening at Paula Deen's restaurant, "The Lady and Sons."
Rich food, saltier than I like it but I'm not used to a lot of salt on my food any more. Very rich food. The crab soup was a meal in itself. Bacon-wrapped crab-filled shrimp with a very rich sauce just about did me in. Dessert was very very rich. OMG, I think I had more calories in this one meal than all the food combined on the cruise.
Wednesday morning we slept in and then packed. Lunch Wednesday was at Mrs. Wilkes. This restaurant used to be part of a boardinghouse. I met Mrs. Wilkes the last time we were in Savannah, about 12 years ago, and we both wanted to go back again to her restaurant. Mrs. Wilkes passed about seven years ago, but the family still keeps the restaurant going. Great food served family style. I counted 22 dishes on the table and while I can't name them all, here's a start....
Meat loaf, barbequed pork, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn, lima beans, squash, rutabaga, okra, tomato salad, potato salad, baked beans, turnip greens, freshly baked rolls, cornbread, okay, I'm running out and that's only 16. There was another meat and several more vegetables. Sweet tea was served (which I immediately traded for unsweet.) Sweet tea in the South is like adding a cup of hot tea to 6 cups of sugar and then adding a little ice. Enough sugar to induce a diabetic coma in 3.9 seconds flat.
Banana pudding or peach cobbler were our dessert choices. (Who needed dessert!?!) The peach cobbler was good. Frank said the banana pudding was every bit as good as Paula Deen's. This was our only meal on Wednesday.... we were still too stuffed to eat dinner!
Rich food, saltier than I like it but I'm not used to a lot of salt on my food any more. Very rich food. The crab soup was a meal in itself. Bacon-wrapped crab-filled shrimp with a very rich sauce just about did me in. Dessert was very very rich. OMG, I think I had more calories in this one meal than all the food combined on the cruise.
Wednesday morning we slept in and then packed. Lunch Wednesday was at Mrs. Wilkes. This restaurant used to be part of a boardinghouse. I met Mrs. Wilkes the last time we were in Savannah, about 12 years ago, and we both wanted to go back again to her restaurant. Mrs. Wilkes passed about seven years ago, but the family still keeps the restaurant going. Great food served family style. I counted 22 dishes on the table and while I can't name them all, here's a start....
Meat loaf, barbequed pork, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn, lima beans, squash, rutabaga, okra, tomato salad, potato salad, baked beans, turnip greens, freshly baked rolls, cornbread, okay, I'm running out and that's only 16. There was another meat and several more vegetables. Sweet tea was served (which I immediately traded for unsweet.) Sweet tea in the South is like adding a cup of hot tea to 6 cups of sugar and then adding a little ice. Enough sugar to induce a diabetic coma in 3.9 seconds flat.
Banana pudding or peach cobbler were our dessert choices. (Who needed dessert!?!) The peach cobbler was good. Frank said the banana pudding was every bit as good as Paula Deen's. This was our only meal on Wednesday.... we were still too stuffed to eat dinner!
Once back on dry land last Sunday morning, I drove to within 50 miles of Savannah, where we spent the night. Monday morning I drove on in and we had lunch on the River Walk at the Boar's Head, then did about half the River Walk. Monday night we drove out to Tybee Island to the Crab Shack and had crab legs and peel-and-eat shrimp.
We got on the Crab Shack's webacm and waived to all. Will post a webcam pic soon.
Tuesday morning we drove the town and took photographs. Lunch Tuesday was at the Wright Square Cafe. Cute place; bought the cookbook featuring all the "cute places" in town and had them autograph their page. Tuesday afternoon we "did" the rest of the River Walk, then went back to our hotel to get ready for dinner.
We got on the Crab Shack's webacm and waived to all. Will post a webcam pic soon.
Tuesday morning we drove the town and took photographs. Lunch Tuesday was at the Wright Square Cafe. Cute place; bought the cookbook featuring all the "cute places" in town and had them autograph their page. Tuesday afternoon we "did" the rest of the River Walk, then went back to our hotel to get ready for dinner.
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