Ms Albany Diner best ,bester ,bestest

Best breakfast...get it now or buy the diner soon...893 broadway in albany (madeggs@nycap.rr.com)...Jane has owned it with her husband for 20 years but it goes way back...jeanne had pecan pancakes...I had an egg white garden omelet with horseradish sauce(sorry i ordered the fresh baked soft prezels from the beer garden next store or ate so many peanuts...but glad we walked seven miles along the Hudson on the Corning Preserve trail). How did we manage to dine at the Rhinecliff Inn for sunset over the Hudson just a few hours later? Must have been the celtic sounds of the FRIENDS OF FATHER CHARLIE COEN.

a night out in deposit and environs

It rained on the Oquaga Lake near Deposit NY(see lake photos but the Chestnut Inn ,a mini Mohonk,had too much charm to dampen our spirit....though Scott's on the same lake dates back to the 1869 and that was too long ago to prevent mildew, yet it is still suited for time travel and a vaudeville/Trapp family kind of evening and Model A Fords and a 1900ish bowling alley(see photo).

La Villa still the choice for pizza and pasta marinara fix

Jeanne says my blog should be less anonomous. Hi Jeanne!

Everybody's Cafe is Val's Cafe

We all worked with Val on children's issues in Albany many years ago. She has moved up the ladder and still fighting the good fight. Lunch on route 20 had great sandwiches and the wonderful Val.

oh Shay,can you see?

Or ,that's why they call it Stone Park.

rachels and barbes and The Gate. Tipica comida and nocha in park slope

Rachels on 5av has fat burritos and soft colorado pollo tacos and barbes still has The Jug addicts once a month and jeanne,lisa,bill,tim,frank,and tim joined in for much of this summer in the slope Saturday

Beachwood BBQ west coast guest pick

Next time you are in long beach (recommended from an Italian wine distributor I play tennis with, he goes there 3-4x a week, and swears it's the best pizza in LA...:

http://www.laparolacciausa.com/

see Beachwood BBQ pics attached!
(Mini Lamb Corn Dogs with Habañero-berry “Katsup”,
Wild Boar Meatloaf...$16
W/ Blueberry gravy)
see menu at: http://www.beachwoodbbq.com/pdf/menu.pdf


voted top 10 beer bar in the world by Beer Advocate:
http://www.beachwoodbbq.com/about.html
here is their 'hop cam,' updated everytime they change a keg...
http://www.beachwoodbbq.com/beer.php