Saturday Night Adventure

With restaurants that is... it was only 5:30 and first we tried Coles. No go. 45 minute wait for a table for two. Then we walked down to Jack Rabbit which used to be one of our favorite places Bull Feathers. Too crowded. No table for two. Then back to the car and we drove over to Main Street and found some success at 6 pm with The Steer.

Now that was crazy busy too but we were able to get a table and we had a nice dinner. The kitchen was swamped and there were an awful lot of people that came in a little before we did and they got our order a little mixed up. The food we did get was delicious but not exactly what we ordered. It also took a lot longer than usual to get to our table.

This was probably the first time we were there on a Saturday night in decades. We go there a lot but usually on Wednesdays or Thursdays. Very occasionally on a Friday. Never on Saturdays.

It was funny that this was the second Saturday evening in a row that we went out for dinner. However, last week we went to JT's on Elmwood and first got reservations that afternoon. We didn't think we would need reservations for Coles at 5:30 but we were very wrong.

So we ended up having a nice dinner at the Steer and we were there until about 7:30. Becky had a Bruschetta Chicken Sandwich and I had a BBQ Fried Chicken Sandwich. Lots of fries too. I also had a couple of draft beers... a Harp Lager and a Peroni while Becky had a Stella.

Bluesky Signup

Last night I signed up for the social media message platform Bluesky. This has suddenly exploded in usage as a progressive alternative to the Musk X/Twitter. Thousands of people have been signing up over the past couple of days. It will take some time for me to explore this new online world. Several of my music friends have created accounts which initially prompted me to take a look.

They have you create a handle and I tried a few before coming up with the very simple geoemery51 along with G-Sphere Sounding Booth which is of course my blog name. This is where I will sound off on all kinds of stuff.

They ask for a self description in your profile and I took my blog about me as a starting point. There is a significant limitation as to how much you can write. Here is what I have at this time...   "A librarian, music collector, grandfather, political observer, reader, technology geek, Navy veteran, film major, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, brain aneurysm survivor, writer, traveler, obsessive mixtaper, former DJ and an artist's spouse."

Now I need to make a first post. An introduction of some sort.

Another Aneurysm Group

I recently became a member of another aneurysm support group on Facebook. This one is called Brain Aneurysm Warriors. I was welcomed into the group and asked to post something about myself and my aneurysm experience. Mine would be like writing a book or at least a pamphlet. 

The welcome post went like this... "Welcome Warriors Wednesday! Thank you so much for joining us. Please don't be shy. Tell us your story, share your wisdom, vent to us, and just be yourself. Have fun here, kick back, relax, and mostly importantly, rock on, Warriors!"

I wrote this comment to the welcome post... "Thank you for the welcome. I will soon post a more detailed account of my brain aneurysm experience but I will say for now that earlier this year I had my 23rd brain scan since 1988 which includes angiograms, CATscans, MRIs, MRAs and CTAs."

It looks like most of the people in this group are new to the aneurysm experiences. I think it will be helpful to hear from someone who has been dealing with these issues most of my life in one way or another.

So now I will put together something of an introduction of my aneurysm experience and I think it will need to be posted in segments.

First Frost

Last night we had our first frost of the fall season when the temperatures dropped to the upper 20s. We woke up to a beautiful cold morning. Lots of blue skies and frost on the ground.

We've done a lot of yard work over the past couple of weeks so we were ready for this cold spell in the garden. It was amazing how many flowers were still blooming in the past few weeks. Just yesterday we were remarking about how many flowers we saw in the gardens of our neighborhood during our daily walks.

The second picture here is our front yard garden taken yesterday. You can see the colors of the flowers blooming there among the fallen leaves.

Now it's time to get some bird seed and get the bird feeder installed. Just yesterday I got the bird feeder clamp and pole out of the shed and put them on the back porch. The feeders are in the sunroom waiting to get filled with seed and put on the pole. 

I'm looking forward to watching the birds at the feeder from the kitchen table. The start of our winter ritual.

3 AM Moon

Last night I woke up at 3 am. I know because I looked at my phone. I was in the back bedroom sleeping because of my restless leg and lower back pains. I've been sleeping there a lot recently because I can thrash around, stretch my legs and not bother Becky.

I was awaken from a light shining on me. The room was bright. I got up to go to the bathroom and I had also noticed that the moon was the bright object shinning on me. It was amazing. I picked up my phone and took a picture out the back window of the moon. Then I slept good until almost 8 am.

Trump Circus

Just when the trump magat circus seems like it can't get any crazier it does... a lot. The so-called president elect continues to make everything harder for himself and the rest of the nation. Even for the magats although they don't know it yet but they will. 

Salmon Dinner

Salmon for dinner. Becky always makes a wonderful salmon dinner and I really do love it. This time she also made some very nice fresh vegetables along with her amazing special home fried potatoes.

So good. 

Some Nice Leftovers

Tonight we had some nice leftovers for dinner. We like leftovers from previous meals and they are always a big part of our dinning experience in our home. I really do like to make sure we eat everything in the refrigerator. It has been my job to pack up leftovers from our meals in containers. We also make sure that if we don't eat everything at a restaurant then we have the leftovers boxed up to bring home to eat later.

This time tonight we had some of the leftover rigatoni bolognese pasta and a couple of slices of that delicious prosciutto pizza from our dinner at JT's. We also had some of the leftover alfredo pasta that Becky made earlier in the week. It made for a very nice meal.

Bowler's Prayer

I found this on a shelve down in the basement. I saw it and ignored it many years ago but this time I picked it up and brought it upstairs. I gave it to Becky to maybe sell on eBay after it got cleaned up a little. The frame is metal and it can hang somewhere. I wonder where it was in our house so many years ago.

Looking at this thing made me think about the time in my life when I liked to go bowling. The last time I did any bowling was probably at least 50 years ago and maybe more. I have to think about it.

I really don't think I ever went to a bowling alley in Buffalo. At least to go bowling. I think I did stop into Volker's Lanes one time for a beer. 

I remember that my mother was an avid bowler in her younger days. She went out bowling with the parish ladies league once a week back in the day. She really needed that time away from all the kids. When I found this thing I thought of my mom.

Dinner @ JT's

We don't usually go out to dinner by ourselves on a Saturday night but tonight we did. Yesterday we gone over to the Buffalo History Museum and decided to wait a day before going out to dinner. We did consider some of our usual restaurants but then remembered that we wanted to check out JT's Restaurant. We had gone there in September for a brunch meal with Dave and Donna and really enjoyed it. We put it on our radar for dinner sometime.

That sometime was tonight. We had reservations for 5:45 on this Saturday evening and left for Elmwood Ave a little early. We parked on Bidwell Parkway and first walked over to Talking Leave bookstore where we spend about 20 minutes browsing the books and also looking at potential books for the kids. We had a nice time there and then just a little before 5:45 we walked down the street to JT's. It's nice having this restaurant so close too.

We had a table for two along the front patio which was covered and had heaters overhead. It was very comfortable and we had a nice view of the Avenue plus a lot of the restaurant itself. The service was very good.

I started off with a glass of Antinori red Tuscan. Later I would have some Peroni on tap. The food at other tables looked delicious and we ordered Rigatoni Bolognese and from their wood oven we had a Prosciutto Pizza with pecorino romano, roasted garlic, lemon, and covered with arugula. The food was amazing. The pizza was great and especially the tasty arugula. The Bolognese may have been the best we've ever had anywhere. Well, except maybe in Florence. 

We're looking forward to going to JT's again and next time with some friends to share the enjoyment.