Thanksgiving Weekend: Granny's Diner and Lots of High School Championship Football

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Web went to a new place that just opened Tuesday in Johnsburg called Granny's Diner.  The owner had come in to Sunnyside and we had a nice talk a couple weeks ago.

This is where the old Epic Deli was until it moved to a bigger place on Route 31 in McHenry.  We didn't expect a lot of people there, since it was new, but they had a crowd even when we got there just before they closed at 2 pm.

We both ordered lunch meals and there were huge and very good.  I think this place will do well.

During the course of the day, I watched a lot of the Illinois High School playoffs in Margaritaville (in our basement).  Wilmington, on Route 66, won in Class 2A, Byron (out by DeKalb, won in 3A and, no big surprise, but Joliet Catholic walked all over Springfield's Sacred Heart-Griffin to win a 4A.  Joliet Catholic beat our local high school, Richmond-Burton, last week.

Enjoyed cocktail at the bar and the Ultimate Juke Box.

**********************************

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27

I had planned on going to Crystal Lake for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group and then to Algonquin for Half Price Books and White Castle, but kind of felt like I had a cold coming on, so decided to stay in.  

Today was the Class 5A to Class 6A high school playoffs.  In Class 6A, East St. Louis High School was heavily favored to beat Cary-Grove, in nearby Cary, Illinois, but this has to go down as one of the biggest David vs. Goliath games in the history of high school football as Cary Grove won 37-36n in frigid DeKalb at Huskie Stadium where the championship games were played.

Watched two great movies:  "Christmas Vacation" and  "Joker."

--RoadBall

About Last Weekend: USMC Birthday and Toys for Tots, SOS and Still a Marine, Harry Potter, IHSA 4A Football Playoffs, Richmond-Burton High School and Da Pack

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER  13

I went to the Fox Lake American Legion for the USMC Birthday Breakfast and Toys for Tots event.  One great tradition is when the birthday cake is cut with a ceremonial sword and the oldest Marine there gives the first piece to the youngest Marine to show the passing of traditions from one generation to the next.

Instead of the usual SOS and scrambled eggs, we had biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs.  Talked with a Vietnam vet and we both agreed that the United States should have been fighting that war to win and do it as quickly as possible regardless of what anyone thinks about your methods.

He had one of the best tee shirts I've ever seen which read:  "Not as Lean, Not as Mean, But Still a Marine."

Posted to all my blogs (which isn't easy) and watched two of the Harry Potter movies.  I am a big Harry Potter fan.

****************************

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Yesterday, Richmond-Burton (R-B) went to Chicago to play one of the better teams in the state, Phillips, for a trip to the Class 4A Semifinals next Saturday and I figured it would be close, and it was.  The Richmond-Burton Rockets won 27-26.  We never sent kids to R-B, but we sure send a lot of tax money, so I am a big fan.

Next week R-B has to play arguably the best team in the state at ANY LEVEL, Joliet Catholic.  I'm not feeling too good about this one.

We went to Sunnyside Tap in Johnsburg and watched the Packers win

--RoadDog

THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY:  "I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce."