Not much on a Saturday

Well, here we are on another weekend.  As it turns out, this will be our last here in the digs for a couple of weeks, as we are about to embark on yet another foreign travel experience.  You may recall that this one is with a group of folks led by the intrepid Loic, chef cum tour guide to revisit Normandy, his native region of France. I believe food will come into play.  Ha ha.  The regional drink is Calvados and Cider however, but maybe a stray bottle of vin will appear.

 

On a much, much, lower level, I got a surprise the other day.   Long time readers will remember that there used to be a McDonalds at Millstone (home of demon infested stop lights) and Three Notch Road.  It was closed a couple of years (?) ago in favor of their newer building up the road a piece.  You also may remember that there was the usual “coming soon” sign erected, informing us that a Golden Corral would “soon” be occupying the space.  Well, not so fast.  That sign eventually morphed into “opening summer of 2013” and in fact, some modifications to the interior of the building were done on a sporadic basis.  Well, the other day as I was passing by the site, I saw this:

And in the space of a couple of days, McDonalds/Golden Corral is now

 

With kind of the (now) oxymoronic sign still reminding us of the management opportunity. 

Probably not hard to manage a flat piece of dirt!

Fries to Ashes, Steak to Dust, I guess.  As I recall the “coming soon” shopping center north of 235/4 included plans for a Corral of Gold, so maybe they thought they would cut their losses.  Be interesting to see what might arise from the ashes here.  Please dear Lord, no more Pizza or Chinese food!!

Speaking of food we stopped by our local Farmer’s Market down by Hermanville road, and were pleased to see that it was pretty well filled with customers and vendors.  We got some pork chops from WAG meats, cheese from Keyes Dairy, and finally found some sweet corn from Russell Farms (seemed to be the only seller of corn today).  And somehow I never tire of admiring the produce..

 

So as we gradually open suitcases, create lists, and start make piles we will take time tonight to enjoy a nice dinner preceded by of course cocktails, and since it is such a nice day probably on the porch, and perhaps a Clayborn Martini.... and since it is just us, we just may crowd the boundaries of

 

DFD