That seemed to be the question of the day....Would you gentlemen, by any chance, be brothers? I wonder how they can tell? Both yesterday and today we were running into people who looked at us a little funny and then popped the question...are you brothers?
We started the day conferring with my builder and house designer. Betty, my builder, has a long history of building quality houses and Max, the designer, has done a good job with my plans. We spent an hour together and covered all of the changes I had and Max will provide some new plans in a day or so.
We came back home and had lunch at our place and then headed back to the Al Unse
r Racing Museum to try our hand at the simulators. We did a NASCAR race simulator that required you to put on some virtual reality goggles but we didn't care for that too much. The other simulator had you doing five laps at the Indy Speedway. There was a total of ten cars in the race. Paul blew his engine and got back in the race but was pretty far behind. I had to do a second start because I spun out into the infield...but I finished 7th after I started again. They should make you go to a therapy session before you leave because you go out in traffic and and still are wired-up and start racing down the street until you realize that you are not in a race.
We went down to explore Old Town Plaza and some of the shops. We made a lap around the plaza and stopped in at a few shops but didn't buy anything except some coffee at a local coffee shop. The most interesting shop had "Day of the Dead" artwork and figurines and religious "bultos" and "retablos" for various saints. They celebrate the Day of the Dead here as well as Our Lady of Guadalupe Day.
Next we headed out on Central Avenue and stopped for a beer at Il Vicino, a local microbrewery. They had a stout that tasted like grapefruit juice...yuk....but a blended amber ale that was good. We sat and talked for about an hour. The bartender was remarkable in that he had a forehead that was twice the length of his face. (Kelly would call this a 6-head, maybe even a 7-head -- but definitely not a 4-head.)
We ran back home and did some laundry. Now we can go on for a few more days.
We wanted to get some good Italian pasta for supper so we found Luigi's. I had gnocchi with pesto sauce and Paul had spaghetti with sausages. This came with minestrone soup and fresh bread and a carafe of montepulciano wine. I think we made friends there. Luigi came out and asked how things were and said that his momma made the pesto and the gnocchi and the sauce and they brought out some of momma's lemon cookies to share when we were done.
We started the day conferring with my builder and house designer. Betty, my builder, has a long history of building quality houses and Max, the designer, has done a good job with my plans. We spent an hour together and covered all of the changes I had and Max will provide some new plans in a day or so.
We came back home and had lunch at our place and then headed back to the Al Unse
r Racing Museum to try our hand at the simulators. We did a NASCAR race simulator that required you to put on some virtual reality goggles but we didn't care for that too much. The other simulator had you doing five laps at the Indy Speedway. There was a total of ten cars in the race. Paul blew his engine and got back in the race but was pretty far behind. I had to do a second start because I spun out into the infield...but I finished 7th after I started again. They should make you go to a therapy session before you leave because you go out in traffic and and still are wired-up and start racing down the street until you realize that you are not in a race.
We went down to explore Old Town Plaza and some of the shops. We made a lap around the plaza and stopped in at a few shops but didn't buy anything except some coffee at a local coffee shop. The most interesting shop had "Day of the Dead" artwork and figurines and religious "bultos" and "retablos" for various saints. They celebrate the Day of the Dead here as well as Our Lady of Guadalupe Day.
Next we headed out on Central Avenue and stopped for a beer at Il Vicino, a local microbrewery. They had a stout that tasted like grapefruit juice...yuk....but a blended amber ale that was good. We sat and talked for about an hour. The bartender was remarkable in that he had a forehead that was twice the length of his face. (Kelly would call this a 6-head, maybe even a 7-head -- but definitely not a 4-head.)
We ran back home and did some laundry. Now we can go on for a few more days.
We wanted to get some good Italian pasta for supper so we found Luigi's. I had gnocchi with pesto sauce and Paul had spaghetti with sausages. This came with minestrone soup and fresh bread and a carafe of montepulciano wine. I think we made friends there. Luigi came out and asked how things were and said that his momma made the pesto and the gnocchi and the sauce and they brought out some of momma's lemon cookies to share when we were done.
We had a full day so we headed back to the motel.
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