Making New Friends . . .
We all headed out about 11:30 this morning to have lunch with C. A. Newsome, an author-friend of Nick’s who also happens to be one of Jan’s favorite mystery writers.
After a stop at Chase Bank, we met Carol Ann and her friend Marianne Shelton, at Ruth’s Parkside Café, an upscale restaurant located in the old American Can Company building.
Originally built in 1921, it was abandoned in 1978, and stayed vacant until bought up in 2005 to be developed into loft apartments. It reopened in 2011, with apartments ranging in size from a 615 sq.ft. 1 bedroom to a 1513 sq.ft. 3 bedroom, and from $610 to $1480. And it must be very popular, because at this time, no units are available tor rent.
The food was good, with Jan having this Orange Szechwan Stir Fry,
while I had the Half BLT with a bowl of their delicious Savory White Bean Soup. Very good. Finishing up, Jan and I shared a piece of really good Chocolate Gooey Cake.
Jan had a great time getting to know Carol Ann, who as I said, is one of Jan’s favorite authors.
Carol Anne, in the center, above, with Marianne to the left, has written three books in her Dog Park Mystery series, with a fourth on the way. Jan has all three in Kindle format, and has read them several times. She really enjoys Carol Ann’s well-written characters, especially the female serial killer in the first two books.
And right now, A Shot in the Bark, Book 1 in the series, is FREE, and the other 2 are only $3.99. You can get all 3 below.
And they’re also available in paperback. Check’em out.
Finally saying our goodbyes to Carol Ann and Marianne after a great lunch and get-together, we drove around for a while checking out the many neat old buildings in the area, before heading a little further north to make a stop at Half-Price Books, pretty much our favorite used book store.
After wandering through their stacks for almost an hour, we headed next door to the Kroger’s for a few things before starting back to the park. By the time we were passing though Harrison, OH, right on the Ohio/Indiana border, we decided it was a good time for a Dairy Queen visit, to get our ice cream fix.
After our DQ stop, we took a back road out though this really beautiful countryside before our return to the park.
Tomorrow looks to be a rainy stay-at-rig day.
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Thought for the Day:
A true Redneck thinks that the National Anthem is always followed by “Gentlemen, Start Your Engines”.
