Columbus, Buddies, Greyhounds, Sales, NCOD, & Jazz

While few, if any "celebrate" Columbus Day anymore, they still take advantage of the extra, free day.  This year it also happens to fall on National Coming Out Day (NCOD) and with the recent suicides, it will be a special day of remembrance for many, as well.

Here at the beach there were activities to keep everyone busy and interested. This is the week the greyhounds visit the DE beaches with their families, to play in the sand, enjoy the big parade of themselves through town and on the boardwalk, and get a lot of attention from us all. Saving these creatures is an ongoing and increasingly desperate situation.  They are content, easy-going with kids and well behaved.  And, a pleasure to observe with their human families.

Saturday was the annual "Buddy Walk" to support the Special Olympics and since the restaurant has been a big supporter for years, it benefits by many walkers dining with us in large family groups for lunch and dinner. Saturday was a very busy day for us all.

There is a three-day "Christmas/Holiday Fair & Sale" sponsored by the Episcopal Church in town. It began Friday afternoon and ends this evening. As I walked home there was a line stretching around the corner of the convention center of people waiting to get in. 

I don't care to hear "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing..." as ghosts and goblins scowl at me from store shelves. I'm sorry, but I like to get Halloween out of the way before I hear Christmas songs and carols, but that's just me.

With all that said, the star attraction of the weekend has been the weather. Since Thursday we have experienced the bluest sky, brightest sun, and temps in the 50s overnight and in the 70s during the day. This made auto and foot traffic look like a day in July, not at all typical for October.  What a joy.

Jazz Fest is on tap this week with acts large and small playing various venues around town and many restaurants (including Dos Locos) are participating.  Tickets for the big guns are sold out, but there will be great music to be had beginning Thursday and ending (at least for DL) with a Jazz Brunch. The boss settled on a New Orleans theme and I supplied my recipe for a classic dessert - Bananas Foster.  It is one of those dishes that everyone's mama had her own recipe for and passed it down.  Mine is one of those and it will be interesting to see how many people recognize it when they see it on the special menu for the event. I just hope the kitchen is faithful to the recipe. If not, I am sure my grandmother will haunt my dreams for weeks afterward.

Football was on all screens in the bar today where the Queans, Dikes, and Straights mingled and cheered (screamed!) for their fave teams. Isn't that the way it ought to be? All of us together?  I had a quick after-shift cocktail and headed for home with a headache bubbling to the surface. The walk home was tranquil, as the sun was setting (far too early for my taste) making the sky an event all by itself, and turning every surface it touched to gold.  Lovely.

And tomorrow I get to do it all over again. I plan to be festively decorated for NCOD.

And so it goes.
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