Easter 2026

Sunday, April 5, 2026

After I lectored I Zoomed the 10:30 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's in Grafter to hear Janice. 20:59

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9UtGOuYQQ&t=5180s 

That didn't give me much time to be ready for Peter to pick me up and then Annika for our Easter dinner at Jay and Laura's,

Appetizers were already on the living room cocktail table.  I loved the puff pastry jelly bites (they really did have a "bite").

Each plate had one of Laura's coasters in his/her favorite color.

Peter's had the colors of the German flag.

I filled baskets with a spring mix from Nuts.com.  (My second-floor neighbors also found a basket on each shelf).

We feasted on a most delicious ham, scalloped potatoes, a salad of arugula and mandarin oranges and a round loaf of home made bread.  Janice provided a dessert of cake with shaved ice balls.

We enjoyed visiting before and after the meal on this most wonderful Easter.

 

Peeps and "Roberts"

 Friday, April 3, 2026

Blake drove us to the Racine Art Museum for the annual Peep show.  This year it is in a much larger hall that made viewing more pleasurable with a nice flow of traffic.

Imagination was on display with creative ways to put Peeps into the design.

I chose Three Little Peeps as my favorite,

and Peepal Conclave second.

There was the Liberty Bell

and Cookie Anderson's entry, "Collective Nouns: Peeps!

All of us, Donna Scalese, Cookie Anderson, Mary, Cheri Franch myself, Steve Bruss, Donna Schier and Cecile Langford enjoyed the display with lunch afterward at the Red Onion.

I chose On the Clock for our fish fry.  I entered the address, 4301 S. Howell Ave., thinking it would be farther south.  It was the same building as Roberts, one of my most favorite restaurants where we'd go for brandy Alexanders with cream, not soft serve.  We were seated immediately by the window and had Riverwest Steins with our two pieces of large perch that came with half-rye, cole slaw and thin French fries.  The meal was very good.

I talked to the owner as we were leaving who said that this really is the old Robert's.  He changed the name to attract a younger clientele.  They are open every day at 11:00 a.m.