Happy Valentines Day from Pittsfield

Dear Friends,

Happy Valentines Day for all my fans who receive my daily blog.

I hope that you have a wonderful day whether you have a significant other or not to share it with.

Our celebration started last night at Mario's Restaurant located just over the Massachusetts State line in Lebanon, New York. We were with the Culver's celebrating her 50 something birthday. We were seated earlier than our 6:30 PM reservation. The small place was packed including their small bar area. The Culver's live only 15 minutes away from the place, but they have never been to this restaurant. I didn't read the fine print which said the price fix meals are not available for holidays.
There was a one page special menu. Shortly after we were seated, the waitress brought us some beverages. While she was putting a basket of bread on our table, she knocked over my pint beer glass. The beer ended up going over Linda's lap, and some fell into Linda's pocket book which was on the floor. After we cleaned up the mess, and got things returned to normal, we placed our food order. We all ordered something different. I stayed away from beef, and I had a wonderful baked salmon with all the fixings. The birthday girl had a lamb shank that she really loved. She took some home because she was a little embarrassed to pick up the shank and suck the few remaining morsels of meat off of the bone. Her husband had a veal parmesan. Linda ordered Veal Oscar I think. We were all set to order Tiramisu and a special heart shaped chocolate mousse, and four spoons to share the desserts. They ran out of Tiramisu. The birthday girl almost had a heart attack because she had found out that all desserts are made at the restaurant. Since she was a former Home Economic Teacher in another life, she always asks if the desserts are homemade.
I somewhat blame the birthday girl and my wife for us missing the Tiramisu. Linda recognized another couple who our friends of all of us, and they had to go over and socialize with them. The waitress observed that they were chatting up a storm, and arrived late to take our dessert order. Oh Darn!

The husband mentioned above and I dodged another bullet on Sunday afternoon. Linda and Judie went to that 3:00 PM matinee and Barrington Stage II. When Linda came home, she said that John and I would have hated the homemade musical. John was home dealing with some snow on the ground because they hired a crew to shovel the snow off of their roof.
I was home watching the Boston Celtics win a hard fought game that came right down to the wire. My Boston Bruins weren't so lucky, and they lost their second game in a row.

Speaking of sports, Tiger faltered on the last day of the Dubai golf tournament, and came in 20th place. His demise can be compared to the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.

It is 42 degrees outside right now. The melting has begun. We have one cold day scheduled for Tuesday, and then we have a week of 40 degree weather.

Speaking of weather, I watched the weather channel for a few minutes when we arrived home from the restaurant. One of the weather guys was responding to a comment from a person who said that the weather people "should not mix politics with science". The person who made the comment was upset because he has been surrounded with snow, and cold weather for months, and he doesn't want to hear about Global Warming. The weather guy said that 90 % of the scientists believe that our planet is warming up no matter if we have had one of the worst winters on record. The warming of our planet can be measured. Yes, weather is cyclical as some of my readers firmly believe, but I believe that there is a connection with global warming and the weird weather events that our happening around the world.

Social Calendar -- I am the only one scheduled to leave the house today. No one wanted to switch our UNICO board meeting which starts at 6 PM. The President of our UNICO chapter said that the meeting would be a short one just in case some of the board members might have Valentine Day Plans.
We know several people whose significant others are preparing a special meal for their Valentine. This subject never came up in our house. Oh Darn!

Our local newspaper did an article on singles who are 55 years old and older. Pittsfield was voted the number one place in the country to be for that age group. One of our friends was
pictured twice in the article, and quoted several times. Like he said, he chose to be single, and to partake in the single life style. He his in his early 60's, and he directs our local senior citizen center. I would imagine that he might be getting a few telephone calls today or in the near future from some interested admirers since everyone in Berkshire County know where he works.

Well, I have to finish my morning routine, and tackle a few household projects. Have a very Happy Valentines Day, and pace yourself eating chocolate.
I still have a ways to go with respect to the savoring aspect.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad