2003-07-20 
 

over the hills

Spent the weekend over in Roseville with G's parents. A nice visit bookended with forays into fast food land. A little sad to see Long John Silver's is just another restaurant with plastic seats and a primary color scheme. The food wasn't bad for that sort of place, but I have childhood memories of Mom and Aunt Ruth G. taking Mark and I there for a pretty nice evening. I remember wood panelling, lots of green plants and a server who'd bring the food over to your non plastic table. Might be the years colored my memory of the place, but I think perhaps they did what they had to in order to stay alive during the cut throat 80's. Corporate homogenization. I blame McDonalds. Evil place. Read Fast Food Nation and never eat there again.

As for the Central Valley in general...two words: TOO HOT. It was 102 degrees when we arrived...and his Mom said it had cooled down a bit! It was pleasant to sit outside at midnight in a pleasantly warm 85 with a nice breeze, but I think it solidified my desire to stay within 20 miles of the coast for actual living. I need to know there's a cool ocean somewhere close by to jump into when the temperature gets up that high.

Labels: dose of mikey, linkage, local getaway, memory lane

* posted by me at 11:48 PM

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