My Wild Ride...

Another sister weekend. Susand decided
after the stress of her recent move, and job
problems, she needed a sister fix.
Deb and I met at Susans new place... it's really cool!
We went to the West 25th Market, and strolled through
the street vendors, selling handmade jewelry, soaps,
baskets, and other funky things. A local band played.
It was a really hot weekend, but there was a great breeze
which made the heat tolorable. We went to a cool consignment shop
on Pearl Rd, in Parma hts. lots of cool vintage furniture, glassware etc.
We were getting hungry, and went to Hexs for lunch. We decided to sit
outside under the shady umbrella.


We each ordered the house salad,
mine hold the Onions, and Bleu cheese! But it was soooo good!
mixed Greens, walnuts, dried Cherries, and strips of freshly grilled Chicken
all topped with a yummy Apricot Vinagrette dressing.. OH.. it was devine!
A nice cold beer mmmm. We drove around, and stopped for some homemade
Icecream ... ah. I got a Chocolate Mocha Fudge..the portion was stingy.. but
the Icecream was awesome! I'll be back!
We went back to Sue's and relaxed on her huge porch, with some wine, and
chips and Salsa. Then later on, she made us Ruebens.... wow.. the best!
Reading all that, I'm surprised I didn't get sick.. what a mixture!
Susan and Debbie, finally crashed, but me? the night owl? I stayed up a little longer
watching "Devine Design" ... don't ya just love Candice Olsen?

Sunday morning, I was
the last to get up... around 9 a.m. Rita joined us, (she had gone to Chitauqua with
some friends Friday evening, and got back late on Saturday.) We sat on the porch
and had coffee, showered and headed to "My Friends" resaurant, for a late breakfast.
The waitress was an woman, probably in her late 60's who walked slighly
hunched over! She was so sweet, and so effecient! how does she do it?
I left her a good tip.
So, Our game plan was to go downtown, to E. 9th steet, to see the Tall ships
that were in town. Susan's son Michael has a boat, and suggested we meet him
and his wife and son, at Wiskey Island Marina, and take the boat over.
The day was a real 90 degree scorcher!

GREAT NEPHEW CARMEN
CHILLIN' OUT!





When we got to the boat, Michael was still working on
it. Someone had boarded the boat during the night, and flipped switches, and
played with wires, and it wouldn't start. So after about 2 hours, and a new battery
we all piled on, and off we went. It was then that I realized I don't like riding
on boats. I had ony gone on the big tourist ships/boats, like the Goodtime III,
and the Nautica, downtown. The nice cruise type ships that floated gentle down
the Cuyahoga, as you had dinner, or waved from the upper deck.
This thing...bounced hard with every wave, and rocked from side to side.
The back end looked as if it would dip into the water, and the front road high.
I was scared to death, and screamed like "a girl" several times. They all laughed
at me! Well, we went passed the Tall ships... "ya, ya.. nice.. let's go back now, slowly
please."... So Michael was going to go down the river, where the water was smooth.
When we got there a few minutes later, the bridge was down, so the trains could pass.
and it was taking so long, Michael decided to just head back to the Marina. ... Oh darn.
Finally I was on land again! We said goodbye and thanks for the ride!
We went back to Hexs for another salad, yes they're that good. We ate inside this
time and enjoyed the A/C. So we head back to Susan's to get our cars, said goodbye,
and all headed home enjoy what was left of the weekend.
Ahhh it's good to be home, another shower, comfy clothes, and my fan.

More pics from the weekend...enjoy!










This photo below, was taken by my sister Debbie...
Gorgeous shot!.... she... was not busy screaming like a little
girl... and got an amazing shot!.. you can see more of
her spectacular photos at: www.webshots.com/stonesthro