My Social Life

As promised here is the picture of Vito and his shark. We thought it was pretty cool, but we are weird.

I’m not a very social person, mostly due to laziness, but this past week (Sunday to Sunday) was pretty busy for me. I only go out (not counting work) once or twice a month, on average. Almost all of the things I enjoy are sit at home things: reading, working on the computer and/or surfing the net, crocheting, watching tv & movies, listening to my scanner or ham radio, etc. Sit down stuff. (Notice the fishing is also basically a sit down hobby) I’ve been out of the house this past week 3 times. Monumental for me!

Last Sunday (the 5th) our son and his fiancée took us out to a local upscale pizzeria. I’ve been hoping to find a really GOOD pizza joint for quite a bit. Mack & Manco’s in Ocean City, NJ is the best I’ve found, but it’s way too far to travel when I get the pizza munchies. The second best, so far, is where my son works. He makes awesome pizza! So, I was hoping that this place would do. Unfortunately, it fell far short. The toppings were awesomely fresh (I gave them an A), the service was good (B+), the salad was great (another A), but the crust was awful. Not done and consequently, soggy. And without a good crust no pizza can make it!!! It’s possible it was a one time slip up since the place was packed…maybe a new cook or something. We may try it again, but $18 per pizza is a bit pricey to take a second chance. And, to take away the sting of not liking the pizza…for me to notice how fresh the toppings were shows that they were fantastic, as I am not usually one to notice things like that. I can barely cook, but like some layman art critics comments, I know what I like!

This past Saturday my daughter and her fiancée took us out to IHOP and a local casino. The only time I have gambled has been at Atlantic City on our yearly trips, but I love it. I only do slots because I don’t have the math skills to intelligently bet on poker and/or blackjack. So I just shove money into slot machines and hope for a winner. It’s fun. We didn’t stay long for one major reason…we don’t gamble with a lot of money so it goes fast. The kids ran out before we did, so instead of making them hang around watching me loose, we left early.

Before we went to the casino though, we had dinner at IHOP. I had never been there before (it’s new to our town). I fell in love. Great food and reasonable prices…can’t beat that! We went back yesterday after our failed fishing attempt and I had eggs, bacon, sausage, & hash browns. (My cholesterol intake for the next month…veggies here I come)

So, pizza joint, IHOP & Casino, & fishing were my big social events of the week. Gotta go and recuperate now!