Lovely Day

We had a lovely day today. It is Blake's 45th birthday. Robert and Julie turn 31 tomorrow. We wish them all wonderful celebrations.

Chris took us out to the Screen Door for brunch. The food was delicious. The specialty of the house is fried chicken and waffle: a stack of three buttermilk battered natural fried chicken breasts
over a sweet potato waffle. We all stuck with more traditional fare. Ken and I had berry turnovers and eggs benedict. Chris had biscuits and gravy (with country veggie gravy). I sampled it and found it quite tasty. Sherrie had cheddar grits and praline bacon (which she shared with us--Yum!) and pimento cheese.

After brunch we stopped at a couple of bike shops on the way home--and at this pot shop (pottery, that is, not that other thing you might be thinking of). Sherrie is in a gardening mood and wants a large pot for her new little lantana bush to grow in.

Back at the house, we left Sherrie unpacking and preparing for her interview tomorrow. Chris and Ken and I drove to the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, free for its 36th year. We arrived toward the end of the 2:30 set and left after hearing two and a half of the vocalists in Vocal Summit.

2:30  The Tim Willcox & Charlie Doggett Quartet

4:00  The Mel Brown Trio

5:30  Vocal Summit; Richard Arnold, Rebecca Hardiman, Mike Winkle, & Mitzi Zilka

Overall it was well worth attending, and we didn't have to park very far away.

As you can see, the canvas canopy has seen better days. They were taking up a collection to help replace it.