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In a week of special days (Pi, Ides) we now have St. Patrick’s day of green beer and general shenanigans. Have fun, and forget the green beer. Wear green underwear or something…

It’s always hazardous to talk about something you’re going to do in the future, and I try to avoid that because a lot of the time things change. But, we’re a little short of subject matter today so I’ll take a chance. FOJTE and his wife are going to visit this weekend and into next week because it’s his spring break and they wanted to get out of St. Louis. We all thought that a jaunt over to the Eastern Shore would be something different, and offer a chance to dine at some new places, and there’s a vineyard we wanted to visit, and maybe hit Ocean City. So some research began. I came up with some interesting places to try, some by word of mouth, some by internet, and some by reading publications. So then begins the planning. Whoops! Mason’s is closed on Sunday and Monday. This place won’t open until April. We’re staying Sunday night at a B&B in St. Michaels, and by chance we found a place written up in the latest Chesapeake Life (Bartlett Pear Inn) that is open 7 days a week. Great! Contacted them only to find out that the Talbot County restaurant week begins on Monday, and they are closed Sunday night so they can participate in that kickoff event (see link).

So after more consideration we decided to trash the idea of “going out” and attend the kickoff event. A lot of the restaurants are going to participate and for 35 bucks you maybe get to try a little of their fare. So, at present that’s the plan. At least it will provide the opportunity to get up to speed on the dining landscape over there. I suppose I will take the camera gear and maybe get some shots. We hope to do the vineyard on Monday, go up to ocean city and maybe a quick drive by Rehoboth then back to the digs via Annapolis. Currently that’s plan A. we’ll see..

Had one report of an experience at Olive Garden. Food was unexpectedly good (at least better than the Waldorf version), but still some wrinkles in cleaning tables and front of the house type of things. I wondered if they brought in a corporate “Kitchen Team” to get them up and running.. As you can observe at almost any time, parking is a nightmare.

Don’t forget if you go out today

DFG(reen)