A Delightfully Sunny Morning

7:20

8:00

Both Evie and I were up around 7:15, to a partly cloudy sky, pinks and blues off towards Lakeside Drive, sunny and some clouds at the moment, 8:00.  It looks like a fine morning, perhaps a chance of rain in the afternoon, but with luck, we could have a good day.  High winds are forecast, however, up to fifty miles an hour, and the lake at the moment looks like it's moving north, rather than south towards Jamestown. No plans for the moment, perhaps a hike somewhere close after yesterday's debacle.

Yesterday morning was partly cloudy, some drizzle off and on but we decided to hike another section of the Eastside Overland Trail.  We knew where we had stopped, on Old Chautauqua Road, east of Sinclairville, so we drove back roads, through Ellery and Red Hawk, to the trail head but could not find the next trail head though we drove and drove.  Maps do not seem to match the roads and many street signs are missing on the back roads.  We gave up, decided we would start at Bates, a town east of Sinclairville the next time we are ambitious, then stopped at the Sinclairville Superette for gas and Evie loved the store, a deli, a sporting goods store, a  grocery store, all in one.  We eventually circled back to Bemus, parked our car in front of the Hare and Hounds and had a nice walk down to the end of Lakeside Drive and back, just over three miles, taking us an hour.  It was cold when we started and windy, but once you get out of Bemus, the wind always seems to die or blocked by Long Point, so it's easier to walk.

We didn't get home till after 1:00, had toasted cheese on onion rye and barley mushroom soup for lunch, just what we wanted to warm up a bit.  We decided to see an early movie which I had read good things about, ENOUGH SAID, with James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss from Seinfeld.  It was at the Chautauqua Mall and the theater was  not crowded, in fact, we were the only two there, not a good sign for the film.  ENOUGH SAID, however, was one of the better films we have seen in the past year, a romantic comedy, well written, with no violence, potty humor, or gratuitous sex.  No wonder the theater was empty.  A lovely story, two divorcees meet and struggle to connect after their past  failed marriages, marvelously acted by the two, a movie worth seeing again.  Understated, well developed characters, a good story, some humor, and often touching.  Go see it now before it leaves the theaters because there's no hype for it.

Friday Afternoon at the Movies

After the 4:40 movie, we went to Weggies to pick up a few things for tonight's dinner, and went to the Rod and Gun for a fish fry, which we like to do, as it reminds us both of our youth in Euclid, when everyone went out for a fish fry on Friday nights.  My parents used to take us to the Elks Club for the 2.50 fish fry, a lobster tail as I remember, was 4.00, the good old days.  The club was packed with people, as all of Jamestown seemed to have the same idea.  We had a couple of beers at the bar, waited only about a half hour, ordered two great 7.95 fish frys, and when we left, about 8:30, both the bar and restaurant were still packed.

Fish Fry at Rod and Gun Club