The first day of fall in Los Angeles is on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 8:44 am, the autumnal equinox. This is the astronomical start of fall, and it occurs when the sun passes directly over the equator, making day and night nearly equal in length.
Today, we are off to a busy day, beginning with a trip to the Polish Festival with Bob and Robin! Hopefully, we won’t end up doing the polka all day long with pierogis flying everywhere!
The kids came by the house to get us, but I ended up driving. I guess they just wanted to enjoy the festival without having to deal with my *exceptional* parallel parking skills, which I ended up not using.
The parking situation was so bad that it felt like we were participating in an extreme sport just to find a spot! We walked to the festival, but Bob had to retrieve the car as my sciatica was acting up fiercely.
The decimal point needed to be corrected; it was 2.0 miles.
We walked all around the festival and found some interesting things. The kids got their pictures taken.
You are looking good!
We had to follow suit.
Great fun at the fair.
There were continuous performances on stage, everything from plays to dancing and music. Many of the people spoke in Polish but the signage was all in English or we would have been in trouble.
The kids loved dancing for the crowds.
So, our brilliant plan to indulge in some delicious Polish cuisine was foiled by long lines and limited tables. The universe said, “Nah, you’re not getting your pierogi fix today.”
So, we took the kids to Benji’s NY Delicatessen in Tustin. The universe has a thing for pastrami sandwiches and matzo ball soup! We sat in the lounge area because it was more relaxed and closer to the bar.
Fantastic food and quite diverse!
The food was terrific. Mary had some soup, and I went for a pastrami, which I shared with Mary. I don’t understand the science behind it, but those fries must have gone to fryology school and got a PhD in potato perfection!
My oh my, piled high!!
From Benji’s, we headed home as we had a Starlighters Dance this evening. It was a travel theme, but I only had enough energy to travel to Mexico, so we donned our costumes and headed to the Elks Lodge in Santa.
We sat at a table with three couples we had not met before and made sure they knew all about the club before they departed for the evening. “All six of them were so excited about the upcoming November dance, they even started practicing their funky chicken dance moves in the this evening! It’s going to be a hilarious sight to see!
The theme was “Around The World.”
We boogied down so much that Mary begged me to rescue several single ladies from the sidelines and drag them onto the dance floor. They were probably regretting their decision to attend the party at that point! Other gentlemen were available to dance with the ladies, so I only got to dance with Nita and Yolie.
Yolie and I tripped the light fantastic!
When it comes to the F-word, FOOD, the Elks went wild this evening. The prime rib was amazing, and I had Dover Sole, which was also outstanding.
The prime rib was excellent! It was the size of a whole cow!
On the way home, we stopped by Aces for a drink and to listen to the Statler Brothers we put into the internet jukebox.
