Lions, tigers and dinosaurs oh my!!! Had the unique opportunity to visit the Yale Peabody Museum. It was a science museum so it contained all the element s found on earth.

Enjoyed the crystals most of all . The giant dinosaurs did not thrill me. The bird displays were well done in that they showed the same bird in many stages of life. No wonder they are so hard to identify!

Gift store turned up a great assortment of pop up cards and wonderful pieces of jewelry. Yeah.. that is very female. The stores.....

Followed up by a late lunch at FIVE GUYS.... burgers and peanuts. Not to mention all the cherry Mr Pib you care to drink!!!

Guess I am easy to please.
Cost : $8.00 for seniors and $9.00 for the rest of you all.

Phone 203-298-9336
Address: 170 Whitney Ave. Box 20811
New Haven, Ct 06520

Nest the Shubert Theater

FERRARO'S is a ethnic grocery store in the heart of Yales Italian district. Bought yummy H@G Head cheese, veal and Pine nuts at a saving along with almond paste by the pound.

664 Grand Ave, New Haven, Ct 06511

Ed's Aunt made wonderful cookies and veal parm

Where are the best Almond cookies?

Lucibellos Pastry Shop, 935 Grand Ave. New Haven, Ct 06511

The evening of Theresa Bortree's death , Ed's mother, put a long list of activities in motion.

Contact the funeral Home.
Celentano, Inc on 424 Elm Street new Haven, Ct

Change our airplane tickets, shuttle tickets, rental car. Pay double because it was last minute. It all happened and we arrived in Connecticut in 48 hours. Frazzled and freezing.

The conference was informative and full of fellow sailors.

This birthday was more calm ..... I did not find any exciting event. Last year it was jumping out of an air plane form 10,000 feet. This year a seven seas cruising association conference.
The day was calm and restful. Picked up an nice rental car and stopped at Homestead for lunch. Ended up at Stover's Bar B Q , on Dixie Hwy, 33033.
Pulled pork was good along with wonderful sweat corn bread souffle.

Arrived at the Hotel after a slight detour. Did you know there are three Hiltons in Melbourne? We finally found the one we were registered at.

Strange event were stayed in the same room that we had two years ago. What is the chance of that????? It was a corner room facing the ocean with a lovely balcony.

Sleeping with the doors open to the ocean , with the sound of ocean waves was a real pleasure.

What to do..... well we decided to make the long drive to Key West. Most people from the north think 50 miles is nothing... averaging 60 mph ....not a long drive. But at 35 miles an hour with traffic jams , construction delays and people continually turning left across traffic (with no turning lane) it takes always over two hours. Yet the water is beautiful and there is always a coffee/ bakery stop along the way.

It is fun when you finally got to the big city. After driving through quaint neighborhoods looking for a parking spot. We finally landed on a spot just off Duval Street.

After some wondering around the shops. We purchased visors for relatives up North. Stopped in at an art gallery that features local art. Visited with the manager. It always pleases me to experience the opportunity to start up a conversation with the friendly the keys people . If you take the time you can always start a conversation. We had a good talk about the season and how it was progressing. Business was slow because the tourist were still up North.... yata yata yata. It makes a body feel good to connect.

Where to

Memories..... Ed took me to one of his favorite places. Chicks seafood restaurant, established 1950, open year around.. free beach parking..... 203-934-4510.

I had the lobster and butter sandwich in a hot dog like bun. Ed opted for his favorite the foot long hot dog.

I believe it is located in West Haven, Ct.... may be North Haven?????/