A craving for barbecue

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It was the last day of the July 4 Holiday. It was still hot, but not as humid as it had been We were sitting in our garden enjoying the view (above) when our neighbors started to barbecue. It smelled so good that we decided we had to have some. While we have a barbecue grill we haven’t used it this year and we didn’t have any supplies. So we decided to go out to a nearby BBQ place and pick some up.

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Round Up Texas BBQ. It was very good too. Note the sign for ‘Lone Star Beer’

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Another view of Round Up Texas BBQ. Some kind of food preparation going on inside.

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I felt like a drink while I was waiting for my wife to come out with the food. Unfortunately, she came out just as I got it so I had to take it home. So now ‘It’s Miller Time”, or at least ‘Lone Star Beer” time for me.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

A day in the city

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Above the Chrysler Building, probably my favorite NY City building.

I went into New York City the other day to have lunch with a friend and former colleague. We went to the Palm Too restaurant near where we both used to work. Excellent food and, in my case, maybe a little too much to drink.

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The restaurant is known for the cartoons on the walls.

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A closer view of some of the cartoons.

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On the way home on the train I called my wife and we decided to have dinner at a recently opened restaurant in Garrison Landing. It’s called ‘Dolly’s“, because portions of the movie “Hello Dolly” were filmed there. The old Garrison Metro North station substituted for the Yonkers station, which was apparently confusing to the commuters because when filming was taking place they apparently passed through Yonkers twice. The gazebo used in the movie is still there, or rather an exact replica of it is, the original having rotted.

The food was good and the view across the Hudson River spectacular. The large building on the other side of the river is the US Military Academy at West Point.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.