While life on the road is exciting and exotic, home offers its own adventures. We are enjoying a return to “normal” including book clubs, Shabbat dinners, Mexican Train, rubber stamping and bridge. Each of us has our own group and we also play as a couple (sometimes as “agreeable” partners). Jerry is back in his wood shop in the garage creating furniture and sawdust while Anna Lee stays in the house reading, knitting and writing (and too often doing nothing of import). We continue our great gig ushering at B Street Theater, a local company started by brothers Tim (Field of Dreams and West Wing) and Buck Busfield.
Being with at-home friends is the best part though. We visited a Buddhist exhibit of ancient relics that was both interesting and appropriately peaceful with longtime friends Steve and Rita.
They, Eddi and Dorit, and Saul and Donna and yours truly all laughed at Spamalot the Musical.
We volunteered at the Placer County State Fair exhibit annoying parents by giving out train whistles to their children (with the caution to put them away when asked to by mommy or daddy).
Our favorite part of the fair is the art and craft exhibit. Jerry, of course, likes to examine the industrial arts made by young students. We were amazed by this chair made by a thirteen-year-old girl who can’t have been in this country more than a few years. Jerry tried to recruit her for the school up in Fort Bragg.
Just as we do when traveling, dining is a major part of our lives. For those of you here and those of you whom we hope will visit us, Alexander’s Horseshoe Bar Restaurant in Loomis (a small rural town up Interstate 80) is our new favorite. If Anna Lee had had the camera, you would drool at the beautiful presentation of Boneless Chicken Breast wrapped in shoe string potatoes stuffed with goat cheese, spinach and served on a bed of ratatouille with tapanade and a basil sauce or the scallops on risotto. Let us know when you want to go and we’ll make the reservations.
Sometimes duty calls. Anna Lee was compelled to wake up before six for a two-hour plus drive to Napa. There, along with five other women from her book club, they worked their way through four wineries. Back in the early 90s, teaching at the same high school, Gaye, Pat, Polly and Susan formed a book club; Joann joined a bit later. While books are the main purpose, eating out and occasional field trips are wonderful complements to the meetings. In addition to brilliant literary critiques, these women really know how to create a picnic. It was a long, tough sixteen-hour day but we survived and can’t wait to do it again.
Jealous of Anna Lee’s wine tasting, Jerry (and Anna Lee) went to our community’s wine club. Fun time but not so great wine.
Okay, since we're coming to visit, do we get to go to that restaurant in Loomis? (See, even read it the day of your post!)
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