Busy, Busy Week

Last week I was back in New Jersey for work. I meant to have this entry written a lot sooner than today, but as usual, time gets away from me. Here are some of the highlights:

Chicken and Waffles
My friend Lily kept mentioning a soul food restaurant that she wanted to try but wasn’t sure where it was. Among other things on the menu, they offer fried chicken and waffles. How weird is that? Anyway, on Tuesday ThreeL came up for dinner and said there was a restaurant she wanted to try call Delta’s. I asked her what kind of food they served and she said it was a soul food place. HA! So any guesses on what I ordered for dinner? It was really good!

It looked so strange on the same plate that I had to take a picture of it. It’s a really crappy picture from my phone, so there is no sense in posting it here. Have I mentioned how much I hate that phone?

So the next day I told Lily I found her restaurant and the whole team went to dinner there that night. I decided to try something different. I don’t think chicken and waffles is something you should eat twice in one week, right? Anyway, it was a big hit with the team, so I have no doubt we’ll all be back the next time we come to town.

Young Frankenstein
I decided to stay the weekend again, so ThreeL came to pick me up on Friday afternoon and we hung out until it was time for the Olympics to start. I love the Olympics! I watch almost no sports, but I try to watch every minute I can of the Olympics.

The next day we got up and headed in to the city. We had tickets to see Young Frankenstein on Broadway. It was really funny. They had a lot of great material from the movie, but did an exceptional job of adding songs for this musical version. I think Dad would have enjoyed it.

Keane Fund
One cool thing that happened last week was an email from Keane. Isn’t it nice when they email me? They were letting me know that their 3rd album is coming out in October. It’s cool, although I know they won’t be touring here until sometime next year. Anyway, in addition to the email, they gave me a sneak peek of one of the singles and let me download it now. It’s called Spiraling and it’s pretty good. It reminds me of an 80’s song, so that’s cool with me.

I opened up my Keane fund with the money I have not been spending on cigarettes, so I should have plenty of time and funds to see them in a couple of cities next year. I am going to try to keep the scenario in place of seeing them in different cities, but I won’t be stupid about it. Although one special trip I would consider making is to Chicago. Other than that, I think I may try to stay on this side of the US.

Ok, I think that’s it. I probably left out 6 things I wanted to mention. I’ll have to try again later. Quick shout outs to a couple of people:

Mimi- Happy belated birthday! I know I talked to you on Sunday, but I meant to call on Monday too. I hope you had a great day!

Dorian- I know you aren’t going to read this, but Happy Birthday to you too! I can’t believe you are 12 already.

Mom- Congrats on locating the Internet. I hope you enjoy getting to know this side of me.

Katie- Hi Katie! Nothing new. Just saying hi. You were singing to me yesterday, so I just wanted to say it was good to hear from you.