It was a very large show of her amazing work. I was totally impressed and fascinated with her work that included sculptures, paintings, drawings, videos, dance and set designs.
Maybe we can go again with Katie and the kids over their Christmas visit. I know Clara would really love this work.
But here in Buffalo it turned out to be a beautiful morning and Becky and I went over to the Albright Knox Art Museum. From the ramp between buildings I snapped a couple of photos of the clouds that were dumping all of the snow south of us. We have a beautiful blue sky. It's cold but no snow.
So we went out for some dinner at Coles tonight and had a wonderful meal as usual. I had their roast beef Clancy sandwich with their amazing fries and Becky had their Chicken Milanese. I had a couple of beers on tap... my first Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale of the season and also a nice Guinness Stout.
I start of with a heating pad and then Matt does some stretching exercises with me. Then I go over the exercises he had previously given me and then he shows me one or two new ones. One of the things I like about Buffalo Rehab is their online videos of my exercises where I can look at them anytime to make sure I'm doing everything right.
I also ran into an old friend... Bob Jones. It turns out that he is doing physical therapy as part of his recovery from a recent stroke. I had heard about his stroke a week or so ago from Dave so I wasn't surprised to find him there although it was interesting that he is there from 10:00 to 10:45 and is working with Matt too. So we had a brief exchange before he was out the door and I was starting my first exercises. I'm sure I'll see more of him over the next few weeks.
And some great fresh salad of course.
She made chicken cutlets and a slightly spicy rice package along with a salad with some very good tomatoes.
This hit the spot after driving for a few hours and then relaxing at home.
There were a few more three year old kids at this party who were Andrew's friends and the children of people Ashley worked with. Everyone at the party was nice, friendly and interesting to talk with. Well, except for Ashley's mother who was her usual weird grumpy self. It's amazing to see how she didn't interact with her grandchildren except for the 13 year old a little bit. Her and Morgan do like buying gifts for the kids though.
Last week I was back on Hertel Avenue with the same PT person from before... Matt. This time we are focused on relieving the pain and discomfort in my leg and back that has been happening because of the protruding disc in my spine that is pressing on the nerves in my back and leg. I'm also having a lot of pain in my left foot.
I've been to see Dr. Daye again. I initially saw her for my dislocated shoulder and then later made an appointment to check out my back and leg. I had scans done of my leg, hip, foot and spine. She saw no real problems that would require surgery but recommended shoe supports for my feet and to get some PT to stretch my back.
So today I am again at PT on Hertel. I'm scheduled for Tuesday mornings for the next four weeks with Matt.
Matt has a PT student intern working with him from Canisius who turns out to be from Philadelphia. So we had a conversation while I was working on my stretches and it turns out he is from the Mayfair section of the city and he went to Father Judge High School. We had a laugh when I told him I went to their arch-rival North Catholic High School and I was from the Germantown section of the city. And I was also a graduate of Temple University. He was also surprised to hear that I was a retired librarian from Canisius College. Small world.
I started out with Bruce Springsteen and described the album along with some of my experiences seeing him perform live around the time the album was released. I followed that with Joni Mitchell and then with that first Velvet Underground album with the peeled banana. People liked that story. I've got many more to share.
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.
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.
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.
There was a lot of sausage cooked up so I'm sure we're going to have some nice leftovers this week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We're looking forward to going to JT's again and next time with some friends to share the enjoyment.
We also spent some time wandering around the museum and looking at the many exhibits of local history. I stopped in the Library to see an old friend who I worked with some 30 years ago who has been working at the museum for decades... Cynthia Van Ness.
Becky and I enjoyed our Friday afternoon.
It was a fabulous concert and we enjoyed every moment of it.
But then we got home and turned on the news.
Talking Backwards - Songs 2014 FV
Every Little Thing - Songs 2014 FV
