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Skriven 2012-03-19 21:17:09 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22560 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: almost baseball time                                     [2]
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> It's not like I stay in areas that are
->  HN> dangerous anymore. And I'd not be out
->  HN> roaming the streets at night in any

-> No fun without someone, especially a special someone to do it with. BTW,
-> the bbq place that's been under construction the past couple of years is
-> doing a give away tonight of ribs, sliders & (forget the 3rd thing).
-> We're going up to see what they have to offer; I guess it's a last
-> chance to tweak the menu before an official opening. Talked to one young

 HN> That is it for the most part, I have
 HN> a great time when Anne is with me (grin).
 HN> When she's not I seem to lose the desire
 HN> to get "out and about" as much.

I understand. I'd feel the same way without Steve if it were a job
situation that had me traveling. We did go back to the bbq place; they
were giving out samples of ribs (dry Memphis type rub), sliders of
hickory smoked pulled pork with NC red cole slaw (something new to us)
and Buffalo smoked chicken wings, all with shoe string cut fries.
Couldn't buy anything but drinks as they'd not had the official health
inspection (That was today, smelled like they passed) yet. At the
tables, they had a house sauce (thick, tomato based, too sweet) and what
they labeled as Lexington style but looked & tasted like a red version
of eastern NC pulled pork bbq. That one was good on the fries! We'll
probably head back there this week end to try a full menu selection.
We're also going to get a take home serving of the ribs there and one at
the Carolina Smokehouse Grill (place we found in October & have
enjoyed). We think the Fire Pit will win, based on our sample tasting.
Steve had a bit of all 3 meats; I just had the rib and slider as I'm not
really into wings, smoked or not.

->  HN> case. A few years back I was in Scottsdale
->  HN> for the annual Arabian horse show. I did
->  HN> the shoot, and didn't go anywhere else
->  HN> at all. I did miss out on some good touristy

-> I guess there would be some touristy things in Scottsdale; I never
-> thought of there being much along that line there. Then too, I lived in
-> AZ for 8 years and never heard anything especially attractive about
-> Scottsdale as a tourist location. Probably some good, but pricy

 HN>  There are
 HN> lots of interesting things to see in Scottsdale.
 HN> Lots of art galleries, interesting restaurants,

Steve isn't into art as much as I am, especially those artists trying to
make a statement. It's more of a "What were they thinking when they did
that?"  with a lot of the more modern artists. Restaurants--we'd try to
find hole in the wall ones that fit our budget & gave us a good meal, no
little frou-frous with high prices for a couple of dabs of food.

 HN> and nice little parks with sculptures and interesting
 HN> plants. Papago park is right at the southern end

More walking--something the left foot tends to rebel if overdone.


 HN> of Scottsdale (not sure if it's in Scottsdale
 HN> or Phoenix) and there are lots of
 HN> interesting things there as well as
 HN> the Zoo. There are lots of gorgeous

The zoo would be fun once Logan gets older. Could take the older kids
now; I think they would have fun. We did go to the Phoenix zoo (in the
Mesa area) at night a few years ago for their zoo after dark Christmas
special. Robert was 4 at the time.


 HN> golf courses and such as well. As in

Neither of us plays golf.


 HN> any location, Scottsdale is as good
 HN> a "jumping off point" for other
 HN> attractions in the area.

We'd head to San Tan Valley to visit grand kids. There's also an olive
grove--www.QueenCreekOliveMill.com (working) right near Deborah but
in Queen Creek (Maricopa vs Pinal county); we visited them last year.
Didn't get to then, but may some other time, The Pork Shop
(www.theporkshopaz.com) There's also Schnef Farms in the same area.

->  HN> First chance I've had to watch Baseball
->  HN> in a while so I'm enjoying it! Last night's
->  HN> game was on as well. We lost to the SF
->  HN> Giants 7-5 but it was a good game to watch.

-> I watched a bit of basketball over at a friend's house yesterday. Steve
-> did all he could to avoid watching any. (G) A couple from church hosted
-> a March Madness get together; 3 ACC teams were in the tournament, now
-> down to 2 because Duke lost. Our contributions to the munchies were a

 HN> Have not watched basketball at all...and
 HN> will continue to do my best to
 HN> avoid doing any as well. Did watch
 HN> the Seattle Sounders Soccer team
 HN> beat Toronto 3 to 1..exciting game!

We don't watch much in the line of sports on tv. Not sure how much of
the Olympics we'll watch this year; I think they're in August. A new
shop is having its grand opening this week end featuring the Carolina
Rail Hawks--Steve figured out it was probably a sports team but I was
able to tell him that they're semi pro soccer.

-> And hopefully as her system gets adjusted to the med, the side effects
-> will disappear.

 HN> That's the plan, she'll start the oral
 HN> daily pill on Tuesday.

That's tomorrow, today when you get this message. (G)

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Ruth
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