Ohio Rest Stops

At our first rest stop, we drove right by this deer and only saw it when we got out of the car.  Then we noticed that the deer wasn't moving and finally we surmised that it was a statue:

 In the East, I-70 mostly parallels U.S. Route 40 which itself follows the old National Road, which was the first federal highway effectively subsidizing the settlement of the Northwest Territory and points west.  A mile marker from the National Road is preserved in another rest stop.

An Afternoon at Home

Indianapolis, IN, September 16, 2012:  Saturday morning's trip to the Broadripple Farmer's Market became Sunday supper.

 

Miss Kitty

 

The World's Best Bloody Mary

Indianapolis, IN, September 16, 2012: Pearl’s Bistro, 1475 W. 86th Street, is open for brunch only one Sunday each month. Your drinks choice is a mimosa or the world’s BEST Bloody Mary. The Bloody Mary is heavy on horseradish, Tobasco and vodka, and comes with the usual celery stick AND a plastic sword with a slice of cucumber, lime and green pepper AND a second plastic sword with blue-cheese stuffed large green olives wrapped with prosciutto! It’s a salad, a starter and one hell of a drink!

From Broadripple to Zionsville

Indianapolis, IN, September 15, 2012:  Saturday started at the Broadripple Farmer's Market:

After lunch we drove north through Carmel to Westfield and turned left onto 176th Street in search of Restyled Furniture which had been promoted in the Indianapolis Star.  

We drove on to Zionsville where we browsed through an antique shop:

Ohio's Giant Wedding Cake

St. Clairsville, OH, September 14, 2012:  Westbound on I-70 one can either go through Wheeling, WV or go around it on the I-470 bypass.  But either way, only a few miles into Ohio, one sees a giant wedding cake sitting off to the right.  We've passed by many times, but this time we detoured to see this building up close.  It turns out to be the Belmont County Courthouse (c. 1886) which sits atop the highest hill in downtown St. Clairsville just a mile north of I-70.

 

 

A Jayhawk Picnic

Alexandria, VA, September 12, 2012:  Area KU alumni gathered at the home of Carol Ann and Clifton Brown for brats, burgers and Rock Chalk memories.  Jennifer Sanner brought news from Mount Oread and the Alumni Association.

 

 

Jayhawks on the Severn

Severna Park, MD, August 18, 2012:  Area members of the University of Kansas Alumni Association gathered on a beautiful day for a Severn River cruise and Tiki bar party at the riverside home of Chuck and Pam Hewitt.  Danny Lewis, director of alumni programs, brought news from Lawrence.  A half century of alums talked family, careers, J school, Ellsworth Hall, Marching Jayhawks, football and BASKETBALL. Rock chalk!

TOO HOT FOR BICYCLES

It was 95 degrees heading toward 100 and not one bicycle was rented at George Washington University.

The June Garden

 




 

 

 
 Ping (left) and Spock (above).

Fred

Annapolis Greek Festival at Sts. Constantine & Helen

Annapolis, MD, June 1, 2012:  We attended a terrific Greek Festival at the Church of Saints Constantine & Helen.  The Riva Road church was built in 1996 and dedicated in 2001 by this 65 year-old Greek Orthodox parish.  The church is spectacular.

  

 

 

 

The festival had both indoor and outdoor seating, indoor and outdoor food operations, indoor and outdoor vending and separate venues for beverages and desserts.

Tyropita, pastitsio, pita bread and a Greek salad.

Dolmades, moussaka, fasolakia (green beans), pita bread and spanikopita.  We shared.