Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Food, Family, and Fun in Erie, PA










































Ox Roast, Homemade Italian (authentic!!!) food, and milkshakes and scrapple...What more could you ask for!!! The last 2 weeks we have been given the royal treatment by Vern's Mom, Brothers and Sisters- in- law. Keith and Bobbie had us for a lovely dinner as did Mary and Dave (homemade Italian wedding soup and cannonelli.) Kathy and Ron made us delicious spaghetti and meatballs, cherry pie and blueberry pie. To top that all off, we were there at harvest time and found some beautiful produce at a country stand...it was almost a work of art (see Picture). Ellen was in the kitchen every chance she got, whipping up her delicasies for us. In return, we took her to Sara's diner at the peninsula for her yearly ration of fat, cholesterol and sugar in the form of foot long hot dogs, onion rings and real old fashioned milkshakes. ( See the picture..we told her to show it to her Dr. and tell him the only thing missing was her gin and tonic!!!)

We made several trips to the "peninsula", a beautiful piece of beach and woods that juts out from the city of Erie into Lake Erie. It's where both of us used to swim and picnic when we were kids, and also when we were dating, so it brought back lots of memories, not to mention the fact that the weather was glorious. It's really one of the most beautiful spots in PA. It is where Oliver Hazard Perry fought the battle of Lake Erie, and won a very decisive victory over the British in the war of 1812. His ship, the Niagara is based at the dock in Erie, and it has become quite a valuable asset for the city.

Twice we took Ellen to Erie's newest playplace..the casino. It's only about 10 minutes from her house and she loves to go there. Unfortunately, we didn't have much luck there so we made up for it by going to the mall and "saving" lots of money since they were having a big sale...ha ha.
Ellen and I played Gin every night, and we were tied right up to the night before we left when she promptly skunked me...well It was her 92nd birthday, so I didn't feel too bad.

The day before we left Ron and Kathy hosted a lovely family birthday party for Ellen. There were 17 of us including our niece, Connie, her 2 children Mikey and Rachel, and her husband Mike. Our other niece, Melanie was there with her husband Mike Carmosino( of ox roast fame), and their new baby girl Julianna Rose...(happiest baby you'll ever see!!!! ) and our nephew, Jeff and his wife Kiera.

We left this morning...went to Dave and Mary's house in Edinboro where they had graciously let us park the rv while we were in Erie. The leaves are just beginning to light up the sky for the fall spectacular, and we were lucky enough to get a little preview of it this morning in Edinboro. We are heading toward North Carolina to see my sister, Nancy and her son Steve and family. We're hoping the wonderful weather continues, and that "Carmen" (our Garmin) keeps taking us in the right direction.


Mary

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