The magnificent solar disk was unobservable this morning by a thick layer of moisture we call fog. Our backyard mountains were also hiding, so I asked Alexa about the outside temperature. With her teeth chattering, she responded, “Danger Danger, Mr. Paul, it is 52 chilling degrees outside” I went over to the thermostat, and it indicated it was 68 inside, so with a flick of my wrist, I sent the gas company another $20 by making the house 72 degrees; Scout will appreciate that!
Robin will do some errands today and return to us by four pm so we can head to Catal; it is their last day in business.
Carlos and crew showed up at a9:00 am00 am, and I had them plant three trees and three flowers. These guys are great; they make digging look easy! Me, I look at a shovel and quickly pass out!
The Red Maples are ready to be planted; Carlos is coming by today.
Zack dropped by and picked up his new wheels for the dune-buggy. Bob works at a tire and wheels store and got Zack an excellent deal of new wheels. Zack stayed for quite a while and visited and saw the vertical garden. He tightened the toll-around TV cart for me; being thirty years old and flexible is often an advantage1
I helped Zack load the new wheels.
Mary fixed breakfast, and I worked in the yard for a while; Mary was already dressed for thevening’sg’s adventure.
When Robin returned, we departed for Downtown Disney, and we stopped to get some flowers for Valerie, who lives on a mini-farm and enjoys gardening and her animals.
We stopped at Home Depot and brought flowers for Valerie.
One last shot of Catal; it is closing after a twenty-two-year run! We had fabulous times there celebrating Christmas, easter, birthdays, and dancing every Saturday night for ten years!
Goodbye, old friend.
The Zaitz and Duda’s joined us in saying goodbye to this fantastic place!
Just us!
I ordered my old standby; seafood paella! It was as good as I remembered but river the years, the price had doubled!
What else would I have?
Mary went for the steak, and it was amazing, two inches thick, and cooked to perfection! She gave me a piece of the steak, and it was outstanding. We need to learn how to cook a think steak and have it cooked on the inside without making the outside charcoal!
Steak for the lady!
We shared many memories this evening as we had gone there quite often! Christmas Eve was always a special event where we would have dinner and return to the park for fireworks.
Many, many fond memories!
Many of the stores were still in construction. We were sitting then abo8:00 pm PM, and all the lights went off. The F&B Manager was named Chisel; he calmed everyone down, and the lights returned. A few minutes later, the same thing happened. We were in the dark.
He disappeared and returned with two large boxes, which he placed on the bar near us. They were candle-powered lanterns. He was struggling, so I jumped up and helped him put them together, and Sue placed them on all the tables. We were a team. Chisel was a great guy and smarter than a whip! We laughed about that evening for years. Yes, the lights went on and off all evening, but the UVA Bar lit up, and folks enjoyed their drinks! For the next twenty years, we went to Disneyland for Christmas Eve and always had dinner at Catal before returning to the park for fireworks.
We have two decades of memories there before Sue’s pSue’Sue’ssingVID-19. (We also went to Catal every time we went to Disneyland, which was very often, sometimes once a week during the summers, so that we could dance! It is now twenty-two years later, and they are closing, not because of a lack of business but a need to change venues. It will become an upscale Mexican restaurant, so we understand. “Michelin Chef Carlos Gaytan will bring his inclusive vision of Mexican cuisine to Paseo and Centrico in the locations currently occupied by Catal & Uva Bar,” wrote Ke” s” “Lynch, Disneyland Resort’s pResRrsort’sslic director.
