How to fill time in retirement

If you are looking for some traditional Hawaiian food, I would recommend you try the Shaka Dog located on Minton Road in Palm Bay. My niece Lori and her family were visiting from Virginia, so we decided to meet at the Shaka Dog at 3 PM. My cousin Patti was the first to arrive and was sitting on a bench out front of the small restaurant. It is the last place in a small strip mall. My niece Lori, who was born and raised in Hawaii, arrived a few minutes after me with her husband James, his mom Jackie, and their two kids Rowan and Morgan. OMG, never realized their names could be used for a Laugh-In show I will say this early, the place has a counter where you order and they bring out the food. I am not a big fan of this type of place but I am starting to see it more often. I guess it is good to have people pay before they see the food they will receive.  That would not be a worry here. The menu is not large but they did have one page of written specials and a whit...

In July of 1963, our family went on a camping trip through Canada. In one of the home movies, my dad filmed the date, and I have a brother Tom who remembers the trip as well. What I thought would be fun is retrace the trip by identifying the places in the videos (converted home movies). I split the trip into 8 small clips, each about one minute long. This is at the end of Clip 8 showing the trip info: This post will discuss the first three clips. I am not including the clips here but I have shared them on my FaceBook Wall. I have included some screen captures of the clips as well as screen captures from Google Earth. I know we started in Middlebury Vermont, and the whole family went including my sister Patsy (age 15), my brother John (age 12), my brother Tom (age 8), and of course me (age 5). My dad Harold was 40 and mom had just turned 35. Camping is what we did... Home Movie Clip 1 - 1963Canada01 The opening clip is of my sister Pat and I in front of our camp including...

I had an inkling for lasagna and went out found a local place that served it like I like it. When I make lasagna, I make a whole pan and then I freeze some and eat the rest, and usually throw some away. It is just too much so I found going out for some will normally tickle my fancy and usually, the craving is gone for six more months. The same is true for Reuben sandwiches. Sometimes, I get the craving, but I do not want to buy all the fixings for one sandwich. On Facebook, I asked for people's favorite Reubens and I got twelve people to respond. Some of the places will have to be more than a lunch hour since they are out of state. Here is the list I have so far: Restaurant Reference Location Status The Plaza Restaurant Bill Lacy Magic Kingdom WDW Added to Future TAB Eatz Ann Bernick Viera FL Added to Future TAB Riff's Dave Gauger Easthampton MA Added to Future TAB New York New York Brenda Tierney T...