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Dining 2026 - Weeks 11-16

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 Well, so much for posting every two weeks my dining goals. Actually I have been thinking of just including it in my day-to-day posts which I have done, but the statistician in me wants a synopsis. This update will include my trip over to Saint Petersburg recently. There were 8 different restaurants I visited over the last six weeks, keeping me ahead of schedule. The one new restaurant was in St Pete. Not the new restaurant, because I have been here before. First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 11-16   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:1   Total:4   Goal:4 # Different Restaurants:    Current:8   Total:24  Goal:16 Here are the restaurants added since the last dining synopsis post... 3/12/26 - The Mansion - Scored 3.0 (Great) I am realizing that when I go out to a meal with someone, I have a tendency to not take a picture of my food. It's probably a good thing socially but not so good for the B...
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"If I Fell"

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 I did a drive to St Pete over the past weekend. My primary goal was to attend a wedding and I also wanted to visit my great friend who I have not seen since COVID hit in 2020. My visit to her was long past due, and the wedding gave me the impetus to make the drive. I took this skyline photo on Sunday on a walk out on St Pete Pier. (I plan to do another post about that) I woke up early Saturday, April 18, and did two things I normally don't do since I have retired. I put on socks and a tie. The drive to St Pete had gotten worse since the last time I did it, and being older did not ease the pressure of fast highway driving. Three nerve wracking hours. The wedding was at 11 AM in Saint Paul's Catholic Church in the heart of Saint Petersburg. It's a beautiful church on a small block of land that includes a school. I went to Saint Mary's Catholic School in Middlebury Vermont for six years. All the inside-the-church photos were taken with my phone. I had brought my nice came...
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"You Won't See Me"

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 As I get older, I am realizing I cannot eat like I did when I was 60. Lately I have been suffering some stomach issues which makes me stay around home a lot. Since I have not been going out as much, the good news is I have been spending more time doing both inside chores and outside yard care. The bad news is I have also been spending too much time watching TV and not getting the exercise I need.  One show I watched recently was the "Secrets of the Bees" on National Geographic. The first two episodes were wonderful so I checked to see how many more episodes there will be. Sadly, two was all she wrote. But I did learn a lot about bees. As I was mowing my front yard, it was hard to not notice all the bees on the bottlebrush tree I have had since moving in 42 years ago. I know the bees were thinking " You Won't See Me" , but I got out my Canon camera and took some photographs. I was amazed at how much is going on within 15 feet of my front door. The bottlebrush tr...
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"Flying"

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 Today is Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. I decided to stay near home because the traffic had been very heavy lately with Spring Break and the Artemis Moon Launch. I did go have a few beer at Lou's Blues on Friday, and that driving convinced me to stay off the roads for a bit. Elbow Creek from my back yard. I decided that I would do some grocery shopping because no one will be at Publix on Easter Sunday morning. There was no one there, but because they were closed. They only close on three days a year, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. So back home to mow the rest of the back yard. First, I wanted to share the videos I took of the Artemis II Flying on April 1. They are not that good because it was windy which messed up the sound. The rocket roar was a lot louder than it sounds in the video. There are two because I stopped the video to take some still shots. I did want to share a few more photos of the full moon. The first was with default settings and the camera decides shutter sp...
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