Brenda and Harlan's Trip Blog

We woke up and planned the day. We first went to Creve Coeur Camera because they can develop slide film and scan it to a CD at about the same resolution as the folks who did the print film. The stuff should be ready on Saturday by 2pm.

Next it was off to lunch, O’Connells Pub. Harlan forgot the place allowed smoking, and it was pretty tough. We ordered the food and ate most of it, wrapping the remainder. Harlan suspects Brenda would have been happier and more impressed if the place had been smoke-free. (Harlan would have preferred this too, but the food was just as he remembered). Great hamburger, they didn’t bat an eye when he ordered it rare. Brenda was impressed by the size of the roast beef sandwich, but she thought it was a little bit tough (but she did order it medium/meduim well).

Brenda says it was also a learning experience – if she ever smells smoking in a restaurant in the future she plans to simply turn around and leave.

Next on the list was Whole Foods, which seriously impressed Brenda – she said it was the best grocery store she had ever been in, and was much better than the other Whole Foods stores she has visited.

From there we went to the post office to mail in the 80 cents to the Illinois Tollway folks (sigh – boring story), and from there we went off to find a place to replace the battery in Brenda’s watch.

Then back to Dave’s so Brenda could take a bath and have a nap.

Dinner was at Mai Lee’s, where we had great soup, spring rolls, roast chicken, and grilled beef, shrimp, and squid. We did not have the appetites to order crispy whole fish or the shrimp and sugar cane. As Brenda really wants to leave on Sunday, we’ll have to see what restaurants we can fit in tomorrow. We’ll probably pass on Dressel’s, as they have apparently taken the grilled pork sandwich off the menu (and Dave says folks smoke in there, too). This means lunch tomorrow will probably be at Llewellyn’s, followed by the picking up of the photos.

We spent the evening chatting again, perhaps tomorrow night we’ll rent “Team America, World Police” (assuming it is available).

That’s all I can remember at the moment…

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