Round Lake, Crawdads, Johnny's and Two Legions

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 

Liz and I went to Round Lake for our dentist appointment and Liz's haircut.  Drove around the old spots; we lived there for 17 years.  We were hoping to stop for those delicious Charcoburgers  at the Ingleside Dog 'N Suds, but it was way too hot to eat outside.

I saw the movie "Where the Crawdads Sing" at the Fox Lake Theatre.  Later we went to the McHenry American Legion for drinks and karaoke.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

Met Kevin and Kelly at Johnny's Cafe in Fox Lake, Illinois, and then went to the Fox Lake American Legion.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why do you recite at a play, but you play at a recital.

I'd Celebrate That!!! March 6-7: National Oreo Day and National Cereal Day

**  I'd celebrate it.

MARCH 6

DENTISTS DAY-- **  Some wouldn't celebrate this, but we have a really great dentist, Dr. Bennett,  So here's to you, Doc!!

NATIONAL FROZEN FOOD DAY--  **  Were it not for this or canned food or doggie bag food, Liz and I would never eat.

NATIONAL WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE DAY--  **  Hard to imagine ANY KIND of cheesecake not being good.  Right, Golden Girls.

NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY--  **  Do you unscrew them to get max icing on one side  (then dip the other side in milk?)?


MARCH 7

NATIONAL CEREAL DAY--  **  I especially like Fruit Loops and raisin bran.

NAMETAG DAY--  **  Especially hard plastic ones.  Not those paper ones where you write your name and pull it off the adhesive and put it on yourself (and it comes off somewhere a short time later)>  Probably time to go through your junk drawers and throw some of them out unless, otherwise, you can't remember your name.

NATIONAL BE HEARD DAY--  **  For small businesses.  Since the big ones get all the advertising.

NATIONAL CROWN ROAST OF PORK DAY--  **  Though I've never had one, it sure looks good.

Crown Me.  --RoadDog

TOP TEN TRIVIA:  The lowest temperature in the world was minus 128.6 F (without a wind chill) at Vostok Station, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.  And, we were complaining about 2 degrees here in northern Illinois yesterday.  Thanks a lot Canada.

About Last Weekend-- Part 1: A Crown Pain, Hot Dog, Flowers and Suds

THURSDAY, JUNE 23

I had the joy of getting some dental crown (lots of drilling (one of my least favorite things to hear in a dentist office, especially when it is on me) work done in Round Lake Beach.  Thank goodness Dr. Bennett does all the work himself and it did not hurt as much as it might.

Afterwards, I went to Scotty's  Hot Dogs on Cedar Lake Road which has been there since 1966 and had one of their hot dog meals and ate out back at the picnic table.  Scotty's is a RLB institution, bona fide hot dog stand.  I hadn't been to it, though, for many years.

I then went to Ace Hardware in Round Lake, which at one time was billed as the world's largest Ace Hardware and might still hold the distinction. They were selling flats of flowers (48) for $4 as they get rid of supplies.  I bought a flat, of course.

Came home, did some planting, cut the grass then went to Sunnyside Tap in Johnsburg for their $1.25 pints.

--RoadDog