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I have 24 versions of “Silent Night” in my music collection. That’s not including the one in German. I don’t know how many versions of “The Christmas Song” I have in my collection because only Nat King Cole’s version counts, as far as I’m concerned. Even Mel Torme, who wrote it, didn’t sing it as well as Nat did.
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The latest Brookstone catalog arrived at my house in today’s mail. For just under $150 you can get a machine to wind your self-winding watch. That’s not something high on my letter to Santa.
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You’d think a nationwide chain of restaurants would have the same menu nationwide, but no, at least not Outback Steakhouses. Where I live, they used to have a side dish of apples cooked with cinnamon and caramel. They also had a desert called cinnamon oblivion which was that apple dish with vanilla ice cream and pecans. They dropped both a few years ago. But they still have the desert at the Outback on Howe Avenue in Sacramento CA. So I got a dish of those apples when I was in Sacramento last week and I didn’t get any when I took my wife to the Outback nearest to our house this week.
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Speaking of both restaurants and Sacramento, my family and I had a very nice lunch at McCormick & Schmick on the day my son officially became a lawyer. The food was good. The restaurant looked nice. They gave us a large, curtained off booth and staff went out of their way to be nice to us. I would go there again, but I chose it mostly by chance and because it was close to the courthouse.
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To me, in order for it to be a hotel suite, it has to have at least two rooms (other than the bathroom) and each bedroom must be separated from the rest of the suite by a door. This is a good arrangement if we’re traveling with either or both of our adult children. It’s also good if we’re by ourselves because I’m an insomniac and if I can’t sleep I like to get up so I won’t disturb my wife. Unfortunately, that’s not what most hotels mean when they call a place to sleep a suite these days.
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If I bought the collision damage waiver when I rented a car, I’d insist on getting my money’s worth. And then, I don’t think they’d want to sell it to me again.
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When I rented a car in San Francisco recently, I reserved a “Toyota Camry or similar.” They gave me an “Or Similar.” In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten the advertised car that I reserved. The “Or Similar” wasn’t similar to the car I own though. There’s nothing sporty about it, but it has bucket seats and a floor shift. There’s nothing sporty about mine either and it has a column shift. I had the rental just long enough that when I got back into mine, I reached for the non-existent floor shift.
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I splurged and bought myself that camera I wanted. I got a good price, but it still cost about $700. So far, I like it a lot. It takes very good pictures.
