Chestnut Hill Hotel Grill with Friends

Last night we met up with some friends for dinner at the Chestnut Hill Hotel Grill. We had spent a few days planning this get together of old friends from the neighborhood and I coordinated it with phone text messages to the group that I created. I had Margie, Tom R and George B in the group. Later I added Madeline. 

I had let everyone know that we flew into town this time and did not have a car so we would be taking a ride service to the restaurant. We wanted someplace nearby. A couple of times we have gone out to dinner with friends in Chestnut Hill so we decided to do that again. We eventually agreed on the Chestnut Hill Hotel Grill. Everyone seemed to like the menu and some of the group are not adventuresome eaters so this worked. It is also a very casual place.

We could not make reservations for eight there and when I called them they said they would try to seat us when we got there. There were also several other restaurants within walking distance of the Hotel Grill which we talked about as alternatives in case we couldn't get seated there. 

George B who recently moved back to the Philly area with his wife insisted on picking us up at Katie's house when he heard that we did not have a car with us and planned to use a Lyft ride to the restaurant. He and Donna picked us up and we drove up Germantown Avenue to Chestnut Hill. On the way we got a text from Tom saying that he got us a table on the outside patio.

There were a lot of people at the restaurant and the other ones in the area and parking was a little difficult but everyone found a spot. It was a cool but nice evening and there was a heater over our table. We were fine outside but some of us needed a little extra jacket or something. I had a long sleeve shirt and was fine. Some of the others were wearing short sleeve shirts. George B had on a t-shirt.

We had some drinks and a great meal with lots of talking and catching up. I was sitting across from Madeline whom I hadn't seen very much at all in the past 40 years. A little at a couple of parties and very briefly at my brother's funeral. It was very nice talking with her.

The group was me and Becky, Margie and Joe, Tom and Joanne, George and Donna and Madeline who rode with M&J. 

Madeline was taking some pictures of us when a young woman in another group offered to take some group shots of all of us.