Tonight we digressed from fine dining to our new series of “Dive Dining”. We chose the Original Pizza House which is moving from its 50-year location to Commercial Street at the end of the week. Robin and Vickie had never eaten there but I’m a veteran of innumerable pizzas eaten either on-site or from carry-out. When Robin asked for the location I was tempted to say “behind the Record Shop” but unless you were buying LPs and 45s in the mid 60s in Springfield, you wouldn’t know where it is!
I am sure the seating hasn’t changed since the first time I dined there and the menu selections haven’t changed much either. I got a house salad w/mozzarella – it consisted of iceberg lettuce, about 3/4 cup of shredded mozzarella (I removed at least 90% of it!) and a few little pieces of tomato. We ordered 2 pizzas – hamburger and mushroom for one and pepperoni and mushroom for the other – and polished them off in fine style. I don’t even want to think about the WW points because they were pretty yummy. We could have soaked up at least a half cup of oil off each pizza but left that to add to the flavor.
Our waitress was breathing – I say that because my mother always told me to find something positive about everyone so there you have it! But the total bill (with tip) came to $8 each – such a deal!
Now for the good stuff – our scintillating conversation blurbs!
- Robin was sporting a gorgeous new deep plum crinkle patent bag accessorized with the “Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not” OPI polish on her toes. I spotted that polish last evening while reading my new Allure and was already planning to buy it to replace the turquoise blue I’ve been wearing all summer. Seeing how great it looks on Robin sealed the deal. Too bad I missed my Senior discount at Wholesale Beauty Supply today!
- Vickie got flowers for being Most Influential Woman from someone who is not even a close acquaintance – we never did come up with a valid reason why.
- Apparently students in this town boycott their football team on Friday nights when the team is doing poorly. So much for school spirit.
- Tina Fey nails Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I missed it but Vickie and Robin loved the line that “marriage should be between two unwilling teen-agers.”
- We all agree that a certain un-named person who know “makes our ass want to go squirrel hunting.”
- Vickie and Chaz have installed a wood stove to heat their home – we’ll be looking forward to updates on how it affects their utility bill.
- Robin gets emails from her supervisor that are written at 3 and 4 a.m. – hasn’t this person ever heard of sleep?
- Vickie and I just got “The Shack” from the reserve list at the library so we’ll be reading it simultaneously – can’t wait to compare notes on it next month.
- Remember in junior high when you would pass a note to a guy and say “Do you like me? ___Yes ___No”
- One of Vickie’s friends has offered to supply Hannah with condoms if she ever needs them!
- The big craze at high school dances is “grinding” – and when it’s not done as a couple it’s called “group grinding”. One high school took drastic measures early on and has stopped it – at another school, kids are threatening to take their dances off-site in order to continue grinding.
- Instead of a nursing home, perhaps we should all just book passage on a 24/7/365 cruise ship that offers good medical care – then our kids would want to come visit us!
- When the “needs maintenance” light came on in Vickie’s car, she had to google for instructions on how to turn it off since the maintenance book was useless.
Next month we gather on election night although when we meet to eat at Mexican Villa, the results will still be unknown. Pray for our country.
I have the Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not polish and it’s a great color. It’s also packed in a box somewhere so I’ll have to wait until after the move to wear it. I’m so glad you’re getting rid of that awful turquoise!
I haven’t seen the SNL parody of Sarah Palin, but I’ve seen clips of Tina Fey doing her impression and it’s wonderful. I’d rather listen to Tina Fey than Sarah Palin!
Robin’s boss’s email may show it being sent at 3-4 a.m. because of a delay. Perhaps he wrote it earlier and it’s being sent later. Just a theory.
I’d rather visit you on a cruise ship than a nursing home. At least it would be more entertaining!
Valerie, Kevin, Steve and I are going to Pizza House tomorrow night. Hope our waitress is breathing!
That same person makes my ass want to go squirrel hunting too. Talk about in-your-face annoying!
1) Love the WOS update, as usual! You go, girls!
2) Will have to check out this OPI shade- sounds interesting!
3) Pizza House this month and Mexican Villa next month? You ARE Dive Dining!
4) Ok, I’m out of the loop — have NEVER heard the phrase “makes my ass wants to go squirrel hunting”… you will have to enlighten me (off-blog is fine, via email, so I’m not embarrassed if I should know what it means!)