Happenings At My House

I recently ordered two books from Amazon which arrived in the mail.  The first is The Marshall Field's Cookbook.  Target Corporation purchased Dayton-Hudson stores in 2000 and rebranded them as Marshall Field's in 2001, so this cookbook has four J.L. Hudson Department Store recipes in it - one of which is the Shrimp Salad on Cheese Bread which is mentioned often by attendees at my Hudson's presentations.  I was happy to get the recipe.

The other book which gives a nod to J.L. Hudson's is Growing Up in the D [Detroit].  I'm only in chapter 4 so far, but I'm enjoying it.  

I bought helmets for hubby and myself and we went on our first bike ride together this week. It's been 20+ years since I've written my bike and at first I was wobbly, but then my balance and confidence came back.  I mentioned in a previous post that my hubby had the bike refurbished for me at the Schwinn shop for Mother's Day.

Jerry got a new pedal bike too so we could ride together.  Look out world - here we come!

Wednesday was our lunch date with our son, Steve.  This week we went to Buddy's pizzeria in Warren.  Buddy's is an iconic Detroit pizzeria that opened in 1946 and now has several suburban locations.  While we've eaten at the original location in Detroit, the Warren restaurant is much closer.

They display a lot of Detroit memorabilia in the restaurant, which is always fun to look at.  Of course I photographed their painting of downtown Detroit with Hudson's towering over the buildings in the background.  Hudson's, Kern's and Sam's have all been demolished today.

Kresge's dime store was right across the street from Hudson's on Woodward Ave.  It's the reason I never ate in any of Hudson's restaurants or tearoom when I went downtown Detroit shopping with my mother.  She always preferred having lunch at their soda fountain.

The last painting I took a picture of was Briggs Stadium, later renamed Tiger Stadium.  It has been demolished now too and replaced by Comerica Park.  Detroiter's love their baseball and hometown team.

We ordered pizza and a large antipasto salad.  Yum!

[Jerry and Steve]

Another purchase I recently made from Amazon was two pair of tea-themed socks.  It's getting too warm to wear them now, but they'll feel nice and comfy this fall and winter.

Yesterday was another busy day at The Whitney making and serving tea to 105 guests.  32 guests were there for a bridal tea in the receiving and drawing rooms.  I loved the beautiful mirror the mother-of-the bride positioned outside the rooms to indicate where the shower was to take place.

Fortunately nobody hit my car this week in the employee's lot!

If you're friends with me on Facebook, you know my account was hacked last Friday night. Facebook notified me of unusual activity on my account occurring in Toronto.  Someone sent a YouTube video link supposedly from me to all of my contacts.  I felt bad for the problems this caused my Facebook friends who tried to open the link.  It seems some people live to create problems for others.

Today is great-granddaughter, Evelyn Rose's 4th birthday.  Hopefully there'll be pictures of her special day in an upcoming post.

Have a great weekend!