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My parents came up to visit Friday and Saturday. We went to the East Shore Cafe up in Lansing for dinner, which was quite good -- comfortable ambience, very tasty food -- and then returned to my apartment and had apple cake for dinner not quite an hour later.
Today we went to Friendly's for breakfast, but this time we tried the Friendly's down on Route 13 rather than the one up on Triphammer Rd. by the Ithaca Mall. It's much larger than the Triphammer restaurant, and also they didn't have their air conditioner on to start with, which was nice because I have noticed that Friendly's, as a chain, tends to overcool their restaurants. I never go to one without bringing a jacket along.
We then stopped at Home Depot so Mom could buy two hanging plants for her front porch, which I find amusing because she and Dad brought up yet another giant spider plant they are bequeathing to me -- I would just hang spider plants on my porch and to heck with flowers. But I like spider plants.
Our main local touristy activity for the day was driving up to the north end of Cayuga Lake to the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge, which is an artificially maintained wetlands habitat in the Atlantic flyway for migratory birds. May not being a big bird migration month, and today being extremely windy with intermittent downpours, we did not see a lot of birds. But the visitor center was interesting; they have some informative wall panels plus a table with skulls, skins, and shells from various local animals which are, unlike many museum displays, explicitly there to be touched. Which is cool. :-)
We came home by way of the Cayuga Wine Trail, stopping first at Montezuma Winery, where I got to try tej, a traditional Ethopian honey wine; then Swedish Hill Vineyard; and finally Knapp Winery, where we had a late lunch at the associated vineyard restaurant. (I had a special of the day -- wine-soaked salmon on potato cakes with a basil cream sauce -- which was technically an appetizer but worked just fine as an entree, and was delicious.)
It was a very pleasant visit. Losing electricity for an hour this evening (6:30-7:30pm) was less pleasant, but considering how strong the wind has been all day, it's not especially surprising.
Also, in addition to the spider plant, my parents brought up a few things I inherited from Ardis -- namely, a paper cutter, a yardstick, two coats, and a silver bird mobile that got hideously tangled en route and which I have only managed to detangle 90% so far. *sigh* It's a lovely mobile, though, and it has fascinated and amused me for as far back as I can remember -- and so has its twin in my Aunt Jan's house. So I am pleased to keep it in the family.
Today we went to Friendly's for breakfast, but this time we tried the Friendly's down on Route 13 rather than the one up on Triphammer Rd. by the Ithaca Mall. It's much larger than the Triphammer restaurant, and also they didn't have their air conditioner on to start with, which was nice because I have noticed that Friendly's, as a chain, tends to overcool their restaurants. I never go to one without bringing a jacket along.
We then stopped at Home Depot so Mom could buy two hanging plants for her front porch, which I find amusing because she and Dad brought up yet another giant spider plant they are bequeathing to me -- I would just hang spider plants on my porch and to heck with flowers. But I like spider plants.
Our main local touristy activity for the day was driving up to the north end of Cayuga Lake to the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge, which is an artificially maintained wetlands habitat in the Atlantic flyway for migratory birds. May not being a big bird migration month, and today being extremely windy with intermittent downpours, we did not see a lot of birds. But the visitor center was interesting; they have some informative wall panels plus a table with skulls, skins, and shells from various local animals which are, unlike many museum displays, explicitly there to be touched. Which is cool. :-)
We came home by way of the Cayuga Wine Trail, stopping first at Montezuma Winery, where I got to try tej, a traditional Ethopian honey wine; then Swedish Hill Vineyard; and finally Knapp Winery, where we had a late lunch at the associated vineyard restaurant. (I had a special of the day -- wine-soaked salmon on potato cakes with a basil cream sauce -- which was technically an appetizer but worked just fine as an entree, and was delicious.)
It was a very pleasant visit. Losing electricity for an hour this evening (6:30-7:30pm) was less pleasant, but considering how strong the wind has been all day, it's not especially surprising.
Also, in addition to the spider plant, my parents brought up a few things I inherited from Ardis -- namely, a paper cutter, a yardstick, two coats, and a silver bird mobile that got hideously tangled en route and which I have only managed to detangle 90% so far. *sigh* It's a lovely mobile, though, and it has fascinated and amused me for as far back as I can remember -- and so has its twin in my Aunt Jan's house. So I am pleased to keep it in the family.
