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Commence the Third
Sep. 1st, 2024 04:46 pmHad a few quiet weeks while Erica was on her Cleveland trip. I got in a slightly belated anniversary celebration with Julie, we went to the 11th annual Julia Child dinner at Puritan & Company, which was a phenomenal meal.
After that, had a long weekend in Cleveland before the school year commenced. Went to the One World Day festival at the cultural gardens, took Erica to the Museum of Illusions (one of those "Instagram museums") at my mom's suggestion, had some good food, including at Michael's Diner (train station diner in the middle of Shaker Square and the last one standing among long-lived Shaker Square places that I have a great deal of nostalgia for) and the West Side Market Cafe (the Lake Erie Walleye sandwich was really quite good).
Erica was pretty excited about the return to school, though there are the usual ups and downs of the class shuffle. She's in the same class as George this year, though some of her other close friends aren't in the same class this time around.
Then after the short school week, we had another extra long weekend. I took Erica to the ICA Watershed yesterday to see Hew Locke's sculpture installation, "The Procession". Really cool exhibit, Julie had taken the chance to see it while I was away in Cleveland with Erica and arranged for me and Erica to see it after we got back. I also did some cooking yesterday, the veggie box this week was full of hot peppers and I got a bad case of pepper hands (note to self: don't skip the gloves next time). Today, I took Erica climbing. This evening we're going to dinner at Oleana to celebrate the start of the school year.
After that, had a long weekend in Cleveland before the school year commenced. Went to the One World Day festival at the cultural gardens, took Erica to the Museum of Illusions (one of those "Instagram museums") at my mom's suggestion, had some good food, including at Michael's Diner (train station diner in the middle of Shaker Square and the last one standing among long-lived Shaker Square places that I have a great deal of nostalgia for) and the West Side Market Cafe (the Lake Erie Walleye sandwich was really quite good).
Erica was pretty excited about the return to school, though there are the usual ups and downs of the class shuffle. She's in the same class as George this year, though some of her other close friends aren't in the same class this time around.
Then after the short school week, we had another extra long weekend. I took Erica to the ICA Watershed yesterday to see Hew Locke's sculpture installation, "The Procession". Really cool exhibit, Julie had taken the chance to see it while I was away in Cleveland with Erica and arranged for me and Erica to see it after we got back. I also did some cooking yesterday, the veggie box this week was full of hot peppers and I got a bad case of pepper hands (note to self: don't skip the gloves next time). Today, I took Erica climbing. This evening we're going to dinner at Oleana to celebrate the start of the school year.
