- Fitzgeralds in Eagle Ridge Motel in Upper Peninsula (2005) - Another gem- Culinary Institute

For the last decade, our family has taken 2+ week vacations in August to a myriad of places: we had the Pacific Northwest trip, Grand Teton/Yellowstone trip, Michigan trip, Southwest trip (including Grand Canyon hike in and out), Ireland, Italy, Maine, Southeastern US, France, Glacier National/Banff. They all overlapped my birthday and we always found a special restaurant to celebrate eyewitness travel books dinner. So the last decade has been special. Near the start of this tradition, eyewitness travel books I started a diary and have kept it faithfully over the years. While it had many entries, the vacation entries were always the fullest, including the August 16 th entries. So I can tell you my birthday dinners included
-       Fitzgeralds in Eagle Ridge Motel in Upper Peninsula (2005) - Another gem- Culinary Institute of America chef on this spot overlooking Lake Superior, after coming from 3 wonderful days on Isle Royale
-        Bellagio is a charming town and once again, was bustling with tourists. We then purchased some beer, soda, cheese, salami and peanuts for our cocktail hour on our rooftop verandah. But first we spent an hour or so by the pool till about 6:30PM. Then it was up to our rooftop for cards and cocktails. We completed our three day rounds of rummy 500 with Duncan winning eyewitness travel books (surprise, surprise) and Dad finishing dead last. It was ridiculous the number of times that Dad got hosed by his family. Following this, we headed eyewitness travel books downstairs to the dining room (alas the terrace wasn’t open) for another special eyewitness travel books birthday dinner. I had a great pasta dish with duck meat, followed eyewitness travel books by lamb chops while Dunc had a good steak, mom had a great fish and the girls had pasta. I chose a nice Italian Lombard (Valterinni Superior) which is a regional Italian wine new to me. We then did our obligatory five deserts being passed around. eyewitness travel books Dad and mom chose the winners (an ice cream in vanilla sauce and a pistachio tart). We ended it with some time overlooking the lake by the pool and back on our terrace. Another great birthday. (Editor’s note-by 2007 I was getting more descriptive of our birthday meals in the diary.
So it was certainly eyewitness travel books a far cry from the last decade when Con and I pulled into St. E’s for round 3 of dose dense at 7:45Am on August 16. This is the long day of drugs in this treatment. Fortunately nurse Kathy, who had us the last Thursday (since Lee is off) remembers the irritation of Connie when we got out at 6:30. Everything was waiting and things went off like a charm. But that doesn’t mean it can climb into the list of great birthdays of the past decade. Though it did have some highlights. My Nypro colleague, Boris Levin (a Russian native) had found a Russian song called Dr. Olga and we played it for our Dr. Olga who was touched, alternately laughing and tearing up. She loved the song. And my good friend, Penny Wickey kept her 30 + year streak of calling me on my birthday and singing Happy Birthday. Other calls and cards came in from all over.
And then things really got nice. My sister Anne (and husband Tom) have been great for years in Hoosick Falls to an elderly neighbor (Mrs. Lipris). She has a daughter eyewitness travel books Amy who is married to the GM (Adam Sperling) of the great boutique hotel in Kenmore Square, Commonwealth Hotel. They were so kind and got us a beautiful room at the hotel (10 minutes from the hospital). After getting settled, the first room crasher Kate showed up (picture attached). And then Duncan arrived from Hartford and needed a room for the night so we had our second room crasher. After walking around the Back  Bay a bit, we ate at the seafood restaurant, Island Creek Oyster and had a delicious meal sharing oysters, lobster roll, clam chowder, crab cakes, roasted eyewitness travel books lobster on roasted corn, salmon tartare and a salad. I can’t believe but we forgot to take pictures. But thanks to the goodness of Anne’s neighbors, arising from the good deeds of Anne and Tom, we ended my 57 th birthday on a wonderful note, matching many of the great ones of years past.