RECONNECTING

Days well spent are those with friends.

Albert Schweitzer

Reconnecting has many meanings. It can be joining items that became broken or separated or connecting a piece of equipment to a power supply after it was disconnected. It can have a more personal meaning like connecting with self through meditation, self reflection, or creativity.

One meaning according to Cambridge Dictionary for reconnect is to create a relationship with someone again after a period of time. 

One of the pleasures of returning to our familiar winter spot is reconnecting with friends we made in previous years. That’s what we’ve been doing this past week.

The last time we were here, pre pandemic, we became friends with a fellow yoga enthusiast. (She is amazingly good.) We kept in contact over the Covid years so how wonderful it was to finally see each other again in person and meet her husband. They’re from Minnesota and come down for January and February. On Friday we had lunch at Happy Pappys https://happypappyscoffeehouse.com/ It was especially nice as Friday was her birthday 🎂. Hopefully more lunches or dinners in the future.

In past years we made great friends with a couple from Michigan who rented the beach house next to us. What fabulous times we used to have over afternoon drinks and our once a week dinners, alternating houses. I especially enjoyed deciding the menus and preparing the meals with Richard. But even more fun for me was the presentation. Love the creativity. I may not enjoy cooking but I love entertaining.

Saturday we had dinner with them at their new rental. Although not next door to us 🥲 it’s only about a mile and a half away. They’re on the Little Lagoon side but on the same street as us.

What a fantastic evening. How wonderful to finally get to hug each other again and catch up on everything that’s occurred in our lives over the past two years. Well not everything. Way too much to cover in one night. They’ll be over this coming week for dinner and gradually over the next two months we’ll cover all of our happenings. Other than having so much to talk about it was like we hadn’t been apart. Just slid into our normal, comfortable groove. As always they made a delicious meal and we’re looking forward to having them at our place this week. Hmmmm. Now what will the menu be? Stay tuned to find out next Sunday.

Today was a breakfast out but after I called My Aunt Fran. I call her every Sunday morning-have since Covid. She is my only remaining Aunt and such a caring and giving soul. My mom was her sister and Fran did so much for her. I started this weekly routine when the pandemic hit. Wanted to keep in contact to make sure she was doing ok and have continued doing it. Love our weekly conversations.

So today we tried a new place The Ugly Diner. It was meant to be as this was on the wall.

It was an interesting little spot with just a few people eating when we arrived but many more coming after us. It was very full by the time we left. Our first time here. When we’re down here we like to try new places as well as our favs. Very, very, very reasonable prices. My omelette with toast and panfries was $8. Richard’s biscuits and gravy was $7. Mine was tasty but Richard didn’t enjoy his. Huge, huge servings but that seems to be a theme down here. Richard called it “the breakfast equivalent to Lamberts Cafe”. Not quite but they were large servings.

Pics from The Ugly Diner

Read here for more on Lamberts. https://throwedrolls.com and https://throwedrolls.com/foleymenu/ I don’t think I’ve ever been to a restaurant that served as much food as Lamberts Cafe. We ate there our first year as we were intrigued by the thought of roll throwing but never again. It’s an extremely popular spot but it wasn’t for us. (The roll throwing is unique and fun to watch.) I can understand its popularity as customers can stock up on the sides and take them home with them. People do love a deal.

Friendship – Lucille Ball and Red Skelton

Take care and stay healthy.

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