Friday Goings on

BlogPostFriday25Sept09
8.30 am Well, plans changed. Kathy spent all day yesterday on her Blarney Castle trip – much of it in Cork standing around waiting and changing busses – and came home ready to stay here for another day rather than us heading out for Cork this morning – which suits me to a T. I truly love being here and have had just about enough touring to other places.
I had a delightful day yesterday – did get in another yoga class with Rose – walked around the village for quite a while – a bit of shopping (checked yesterday on the web and do still have money in my checking account!) – finally found a jacket with Ireland on it that looks at least a bit feminine so got that for myself – still looking for shirts for sons – it’s always a pain to try to find two different gifts for them – seems as if once I find one, I have trouble finding the second one. They both prefer different kinds of gifts since they got so many duplicates growing up. What’s a Mother to do? Oh well, not a monumental problem – in fact a fun one this time.
Spent some time sitting in the sun on the red bench in front of the flat reading Anam Cara and watching the people go by. Kathy arrived home from Cork and we finished off the Moet and Chandon champagne and headed out for dinner at Max’s. Jim: remember our delightful lunch there the day you left! Now they’ve begun offering an early bird 3-course meal for 25 euros – so that’s what we got. Fantastic salad with tiny bits of chicken (LOTS OF THEM) and bunches of other stuff followed by lamb stew that was heavenly and ending with caramel mousse (on a plate painted with caramel) topped with a dollop of whipped cream, strawberry and mint leaf dusted with powdered sugar. Max’s is certainly the best in town, no doubt in my mind.
Following that lovely meal, we ended up back at the flat letting it digest and I skipped the ghost tour – maybe tonight. Watching groups of teens in their gray flannels and blue shirts and sweaters eating scones on their way up the hill to school. Seems to me they may be tardy – it’s 8.45 already – but they don’t seem to be in any hurry.
I’ll scoot over to the café at 10 when they open and get this off. Since we’re staying here I’ll be able to get one off today, tomorrow, and maybe even Sunday! So, keep checking.
Still no appreciable rain – only a shower the day Kathy and I took the harbor cruise. I understand from Luke that Atlanta had 16 inches in places recently – I haven’t watched TV or read a paper in a week or so.