Sanfratello's Pizza

Up for pizza?  We can walk over to Sanfratello's.  I have a coupon.  What...you want to stay in tonight?  Okay, how about before you change to your jammies, you hop over there and grab us a hot pizza pie.  I'm buyin' if you're flyin'.

A typical conversation with my wife when my tummy growls.

A Classic Video: Ellen Show in Geneva, Illinois

This year's Third Street Festival and tree lighting is the first week of December. See you there for Coca-Cola and roasted chestnuts.

Ghostwriter Novel Getting Freaky

"This picture was taken in 1959 by Mrs. Mabel Chinnery
apparently no one was in the backseat when the picture was
taken. Mrs. Chinnery recognized the person in the backseat as
the ghost of her dead mother whose grave she was just
visiting!!! She staked her reputation on the authenticity of the
photograph"

Like this photo and caption, Travis Thrasher's novel Ghostwriter, set in Geneva, IL, has taken a ghostly turn. I'm still reading, though...

Springtime at the Herrington Hotel - Perspective 2

The Chandelier

My favorite light, the nicest I have ever owned, now hangs with stunning glory in my master bedroom. It boasts chrome accents, and plenty of dangling bling. The best thing I did for it was to install an electric timer light switch. I can hit a button and it'll stay on for ten minutes when we are getting under the covers, and we can study its cool sparkles on the ceiling, and then it shuts itself off so that we can slumber.

R's Bakery and Family Restaurant in Morris, IL

My wfe and I were traveling on Route 47 on Xmas Day and there was little, other than convenience stores with day old hot dogs, open--until we came over the highway and spotted a truck oasis with R's Bakery and Family Restaurant in Morris, Illinois packed to the gills with cars in the lot. In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is king--I know. But hey, it's open so we went. Kitschy interior with hanging stained glass lights and a couple chandeliers, very homey feel. Indeed, even today, it was full of truckers. It has that "elbows on the table" feel to it, but we ordered a salad bar trip along with complete turkey dinner (we opted out of the Ethel burger at 4 lbs of ground beef and if you eat it all it's free) and it was scrumptious: plenty of thin sliced turkey, potatos, stuffing, and medley of overcooked veggies. Juicy gravy, but not slathered on too heavily. A hugemongous portion, actually--trucker worthy, certainly. We could have split the thing and been perfectly satiated. There were some families, but mostly road weary travelers, as this place is at the Route 47, interstate junction. The store attached to it had everything from wiper blades to beer, so this is a must stop if you are on the roll. I would recommend this oasis for those needing gasoline, to pass gas, and to replentish the gizzard. Not bad. Not great either, though.

Geneva, Illinois

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