On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 2:25:08 PM UTC-6, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:24:13 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 1:42:57 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> >> On 12/17/2020 1:45 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 9:36:14 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> >> >> On 12/14/2020 8:01 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:39:00 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> >>>> On 12/13/2020 7:04 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> We don't eat croutons or meatballs unless I happen to find meatballs on
> >> >>>>> sale for cheap.
> >> >>>> I don't understand why anyone would buy meatballs. So easy to make and
> >> >>>> the taste is so much better. Never order them in a restaurant either
> >> >>>> because they are usually some pre-made crap in canned sauce.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> One of the few good food things about St. Louis is Italian restaurants. There
> >> >>> are no pre-made meatballs. We seldom eat at Italian restaurants here because
> >> >>> they are pricey. Our favorite Italian restaurant is in an unlikely locale, Eureka
> >> >>> Springs, Arkansas. https://ermilios.com/ It's easier to justify expensive meals
> >> >>> when one is on vacation. Eureka Springs is touristy, but not cheesy like
> >> >>> Branson, MO, more like a toy town, and they have a neat old hotel.
> >> >>> https://www.crescent-hotel.com/
> >> >>> There are trolleys, little overpriced boutique shops, and it's all very laid back.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --Bryan
> >> >>>
> >> >> I doubt many people will be eating at Ermilio's right now and certainly
> >> >> not outdoors. A bunch of snow dumped on Eureka Springs over the weekend
> >> >> and it's not melting. Even before that, thanks to Covid, Eureka is
> >> >> deader than a doornail.
> >> >>
> >> > By Summer, there will be plenty of vaccine. You're probably familiar with Eureka
> >> > Springs, considering you called it Eureka, which is what the locals call it. It's a
> >> > one day drive from here,
> >> A one day drive from Saint Louis? Okay. It is a one day drive from
> >> Memphis across the Mississipi River over the Memphis/Arkansas bridge.
> >> Across the flatlands of Arkansas until you turn and drive up towards the
> >> Ozarks. Mountain country.
> >> > and we have gotten dirt cheap rates at the Crescent
> >> > Hotel because we'd stay there frequently, and I'd call the manager directly and
> >> > tell him that we were flexible as to the date, and would stay during weeks of low
> >> > occupancy. It's been about 15 years, but it's still the same guy. Maybe next
> >> > September...
> >> >>
> >> > --Bryan
> >> >
> >> Yes, I'm quite familiar with the triangle image of the Crescent Hotel,
> >> having seen it in person.
> >>
> >> I hear about what is going on in Eureka nearly every day. Snow right
> >> now and nothing is melting. Everything is shut down.
> >>
> >> The Crescent Hotel in Eureka was designed to be a grand hotel. Eureka
> >> Springs was once upon a time a place where ritzy folks went to "take the
> >> waters". Healing hot mineral springs. Back around the turn of the 20th
> >> century, it was the place where rich people went to play.
> >>
> >> https://crescent-hotel.com/history.shtml
> >
> >The Crescent Hotel is where my son said his first sentence, "I'm sowwy I
> >fwew up on Favah" (I'm sorry I threw up on Father).
> >
> His first lie
> >
He's a nice guy, and he obviously felt bad about having thrown up on me.
He and my wife were both feeling ill that day. He had never put two words
together before that.

--Bryan