animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

birthday weekend

As is tradition, we went to the Polkafest on Friday evening for supper. We caught some music from Alex Meixner and the Polka Family Band. Fun, as always. We did not have any plans for Saturday, but that changed when I received a text from Carol that morning suggesting that …

kitchen time

While I like to cook, it’s nice to catch a break every once in a while. This past weekend was one of those times. Saturday night, we met up with Carol and Bob at Pour on Center in Ebensburg. The food and drinks were excellent. I was impressed. We’ll definitely …

gun raffle

My Dad, Brian and I went to the Jaffa Gun Raffle in Altoona yesterday. It was ok. I mean, it’s quite an impressive raffle, but we didn’t win anything, so there’s that. Also, I think one gun raffle per year is enough for me and this was my second. But, …

10/09 kitchen

We’ve been wanting to go to 10/09 Kitchen ever since we heard about it a few years ago when one of the owners attended a series of marketing seminars that Prime Design Solutions did. In addition to that connection, the chef/other owner of the restaurant was one of my brother’s childhood …

it’s back

Speaking of pain…I woke up Saturday morning with back pain (in the vicinity of my right shoulder area). This has happened to me many times in the past, but it’s always super annoying to go to bed fine and then wake up like that (I mean, it’s not like I …