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The new and exciting adventures of the RBFC (Retired Best Friends Club) continues with it's first scheculed get together.... We met at the So. County Bread Co., and then several members went for a long walk in the park. After the walk, some joined in and went for a "house tour" of Lisa's and Durwood's fabulous new home, overlooking the Mississippi River, with so many wonderful added features. My favorite was the "project" room, which is a wonderful cabinet and countertop filled room with storage, and water supply, and it will eventually have two large electric saws installed for Durwood's carpentry work. Lisa plans to cut fabric, sew, and work on her stained glass projects there. Also, their garage was something to behold, with places for at least 6 vehicles, including their boats, antique car, two motorcycle thingies, and lots of room to spare. The decks on the back of the house which overlook the river bluff are wonderful, and most of that side of the house is glass..... They have added a fire pit, to sit and drink a glass of wine and watche the river in the evening, how romantic. Unfortunately, no pics of the wonderful space, you'll have to let your mind imagine the view...
After the tour, we headed to Kimmswick for a wonderful time on the porch of the Blue Owl, enjoying their home cooking !!!
Next month it's Joyce's turn to plan our event !! (We MISSED you, Kris !)
A former art student of ours, Marty Ryan, had his first one man show , which opened at a Maplewood gallery on Friday night. My good buddies, Julie, and Pat and I met at Schafly's mini brewery, and then went to the opening. Other Mehlville teachers, Judy, and Sue were there, also.
We were all so proud of Marty's accomplishment, and his drive to include 100 paintings in the exhibition. All of his work showed very expressive imagery, and use of vivid color. His inner thoughts were his subject, and he showed great courage to put himself out there the way he did.... His work was all on canvas, and he uses acrylic for his medium. They varied in size and approach to the subject, with images ranging from landscape, to floral to portrait... He sold quite a few, too, and had an EXCELLENT turn out !! Congratulations, Marty, Keep up that painting !!!
Gracie and I love to dance... Well, to be honest, I've somewhat ambushed her, and made her watch dancing with me, HA! I love to watch , "So You Think You Can Dance", and, as a result, Gracie really seems to enjoy it now, too. (I don't let her watch other TV, I try as much as possible to give her actual hands-on experiences instead-- But this show is my one exception)
Anyhoo, she has a couple of "dance costumes", and I think she knows they are like the ones that they wear on the show, and yesterday she tried on her first leotard. She seemed to enjoy the whole experience, which includes looking at herself in Grammie's full length mirror..... WHAT A HOOT !!! She is such a JOY !!!
The first official meeting of the RBFC (retired best friends club) took place with the charter members present, Kris, Lisa, Marlene, Joyce and Sandy,(and Gracie, too, as an honorary member) at the St. Louis Bread Company... Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008.
The purpose of the group is to live up to motto : Live Healthy, Spend Wisely, and Enjoy our time together.... We will meet each month to that end, with each member setting up the schedule for an event (walk in the park, trip to the zoo, a class, some other activity, or just a fun outing) It sounds like fun !! Here's our first official PIC, and the woman who took our picture for us, HA !
If you have a cool suggestion for us, just email me @ sanso46@yahoo.com
thanks, Sandy
Joe Biden will be coming to MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL !!!
Joe Biden will be there for an open forum discussion on Tuesday, September 9th. The assembly is open to the public... LOOK for the coverage on the news Tuesday Evening.... YEAH, JOE, and BARACK !! Here's hoping people are listening to your wonderful message, and will elect the two of you in November, to set our country on a better path !!!
I will try and leave a link for your informational website-- take a look !!
http://www.biden.senate.gov
What a Game !!! Fantastic !! Full of energy and electricity in the air ...
First we went to a MIZ ZOU party at the Maulin's, and then the game later in the evening...
We had excellent seats, and during half time, our son Ted got us passes to go onto the field, and we loved it !!!
By the way, we saw over 90 points scored, and the Missouri University Tigers defeated the fighting Illini !!! A very close and exciting game !!
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Sorry, no pics allowed !! Georgia and I went to have a soothing "detox wrap" on Monday... My first, ha !! It was very relaxing and is meant to work with the lymphatic system to cleanse the body of toxic chemicals through the skin... How do you know if it works, though ?? It makes you feel, and perhaps look, like a baked potato, or a burrito (thus, the NO PIX rule, ha ) Anyhoo, we enjoyed ourselves immensely, and then went for lunch at the Macaroni Grill, and then dropped in to the nearest Goodwill store for a look around... I found a few treasures, and so did she, and then our Day was COMPLETE !! HA !
(thanks, Melissa, if you happen by to see this.... great job !)
Gracie loves to see the animals at the zoo, and at Grant's Farm.... We have gone both places in the last few weeks. She gets so excited when we back, I show the pictures to her on the computer and SHE LOVES THEM.... She recognizes the rhino, the elephant and the monkeys... she loves birds, too, and is thrilled to see them all... It's so much fun to be part of it with her, and teach her stuff !!
Seems all we do is go out to eat.. tee hee, but THAT's REALLY NOT THE CASE !
Even so, here are some pictures of our evening with some great old college friends. Robert just had heart surgery, so this was his first big outing.... And he even got to have ONE glass of red wine to boot ! (After all, his birthday is tomorrow)-MAGGIANO'S restaurant is fabulous, with great tasting food, and huge portions !! They even recommend that you split orders, or even half orders, which we did... Plenty, believe me... and the salad, "the Maggiano salad", that is, has huge golf ball size chunks of blue cheese all through it. (We LOVE blue cheese at our house)
I made his favorite chocolate cake, which we had when we got back to our house after dinner...
The recipe is from http://www.epicurious.com and is called Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake
It is made in a bundt pan, with no icing, and it has coffee and 1/2 cup of Jack Daniels in it !
Since there was no icing, I served it with a little scoop of white ice cream (vanilla) ha !
the epicurious website is GREAT, for those of you new to the joy of online recipes. It's free, and so quick! You can even keep your selected ones in a file to reuse (on the site)
Saturday, my dear friend, Jennifer, and I decided to do some garage saleing. She has been a fan forever, and I needed to find more goodies to sell at the booth at the Antique Mall. Anywho, she picked me up at 7:15 and we took off ! I found lots of stuff, great bargains, and had a great time...
We finished up with a light lunch at Einsteins and then I went by to see her new kitchen at her house. I had to visit with the 8 cats, and husband Peter, too.
It was so fun getting to spend time with Jennifer. We used to teach together in the same room at school, and I miss seeing her and getting her sage advice. When she dropped me off I got to pick her brain about an oil painting technique called "glazing" which I'm now going to try on the latest portrait that I'm doing. Jennifer is a fabulous artist, in all mediums, and is now doing a lot of designing of rugs, and rug hooking.
My husband and I attended a wonderful wedding on Saturday. The bride was the daughter of friends of ours, Dave and Diana Bussen. Brooke attended the Univ. of North Carolina, and had attendants in the wedding from all over the globe. The wedding was at the beautiful Graham Chapel at Washington University, and the reception was spectacular, at the Missouri Athletic Club. Everything was so lovely, but as is often the case, after about 5 or 6 pictures, my camera showed me the sign, "change the batteries" -- seems like it always happens... I do have a few of us at our table, with the beautiful white towering florals... The live music was incredible ! , a 7 piece band with talented vocalist, who did a great job ! The food was fabulous, too !
Here are a few pictures of our outing yesterday to the Central West End for lunch, and to the St. Louis Science Center to the Omnimax theatre (finally) (I've been meaning to go to that for years!).. The show was about a mountain climber whose father died 40 years ago climbing the north face of the Eiger, a treacherous vertical top peak of the Alps. The son has been haunted with that memory, and challenges himself to conquer the snow packed mountain ! The screen of the Omnimax takes up the entire top of the inside of this amazing dome ! It's spectacular! You can imagine the photography of the snowy mountain range taken by helicopters, WOW !
We left there for a little lunch at the CWE and sat outside in the shade of an umbrella at Luluma..(236 N. Euclid)
We had a fine time, and finished with a cupcake at the cupcakery down the street, after checking out the cute little mystery book store tucked in on Euclid.... (The salad with roasted chicken was delightful !)
It would be so fun to live in one of those wonderful old 2 or 3 story homes down in that part of the city !! They are all so beautifully maintained and unique !
