Greetings from the Jersey Shore!
Mood:
mischievious
Been wondering where I've been? Right
here!. This is one of my favorite places in the world to be.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures to share (yet!), but will soon. I've taken dozens of pictures which will appear in a photo album for all to see.
To give you a brief recap of our adventures here:
We've had a lot to drink. Lazy Girl Margaritas from the lovely
Claudia made their appearance on Monday evening while my brother Luke (an exceptional cook) made marinated tri-tip for dinner. The margaritas were so successful that my SIL Debbie, my brother Luke (not Greg, the brother married to Debbie), Dale and I went down to KIX, a bar 5 blocks from our house, conveniently within walking distance (and by the time we went down, none of us were in any condition to drive). Karaoke was on the sign, but hey, we were up for anything. I have to say that some of the singers were really good; especially one guy there (with beautiful grey hair) who was celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife. He could sing! Unfortunately, alcohol makes people actually *think* they can sing and dance, so we did have to listen to some really awful renditions of popular dance tunes, but hey, we had fun anyway.
Tuesday night I cooked spaghetti with bolognaise sauce. I have to say that it was the best sauce I've ever made, a combination of a recipe from a North End (Boston) Italian cookbook, and a few things that I decided to add (like prosciutto ham). Yummm! Dinner was topped off by a trip to
Springers down in Stone Harbor. They make their own ice cream, and I do say that it is some of the best (if not the best) ice cream I've ever had. This is just a partial list of what they have every night:
flavors. The coconut ice cream is to die for!
Wednesday was spent at the
Historic Cold Spring Village. I have lots of nice sheep photos to share soon from here.
Yesterday, we went up to Ocean City, to the amusement park. It is a lot of fun to take two little boys to something like this, especially when they get a chance to ride "the big rides". Their favorite and mine was the log flume.
Last night found us having marinated pork tenderloin for dinner (again, prepared by Luke) and then back to KIX to listen to the Chatterband.
Tonight, we'll be heading back to KIX (thank goodness my oldest brother Greg has been so kind in staying back at the house we've rented, to babysit all the kids). The
Flamin' Caucasians are playing up at KIX, and they are my all time favorite (local) band to hear live.
We'll head home tomorrow. I hear the rabbits are all doing fine, as are the cats. I miss them all, but have really enjoyed my time here at the shore.
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