Fact: Museums support over 726,000 American jobs. Museums contribute $50 billion to the U.S. economy each year.
Jon and I were up with the chickens and began to fly a new drone. We decided it was too complex for us, and I reordered a beginner’s version, like Jon’s. At 11:00 AM we set sail for the Royal Khyber restaurant at South Coast Plaza, an up-scale Indian dining establishment.
I have been going there for over thirty years! The GM and I have grown old together!
The Indian spices wafted through the room as we entered, and I began salivating! We were ready to eat!
Miss Sarah studies the menu because they eat Indian all the time!
Jon and I just looked for the “hot stuff.” We decided on sharing two kinds of vindaloo! Vindaloo or vindalho is an Indian curry dish, which is originally from Goa, based on the Portuguese dish carne de vinha d’alhos. It is known globally in its British Indian form as a staple of curry house and Indian restaurant menus and is often regarded as a fiery, spicy dish.
Goa is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea forming its western coast.
He is smiling now but just wait!
Mary was excited as this was he first trip to an up-scale Indian establishment. She tried the Chicken Biryani which is basmati rice with free range chicken, spices, herbs, saffron & brown onions. She also enjoyed the Saag Paneer which is spinach and cheese.
“Good groceries!”
We had an abundance of captivating items from whence to choose from. Great fun describing what we were tasting.
The vindaloo’s were engaging!
We checked on MAry to make sure she did not get anything too spicy! So far, so good!
Massive quantities (to paraphrase SNL)
We walked slowly on the way out admiring the decorations and the furniture.
If we had a piano, that would look great on it!
We stopped by the Reidy’s. David and Diane are collectors and have their own private museum in Tustin. We stopped at their home and are always amazed at the surprises in store for us, The kids had a ball with David escorting them through the house.
Mary, Dianne, and Howard Hughes sit and chew the fat!
Sarah likes her cowboys!
“Hi there, little missy!” – Clink Eastwood!
The Reidy’s have many orchestrons. Orchestrion is a generic name for a machine that plays music and is designed to sound like an orchestra or band. Orchestrions may be operated by means of a large pinned cylinder or by a music roll and less commonly book music.
The orchestron below plays the piano, a violin, and a tambourine. Take a listen to this marvelous device that is 94 years old!
When we came home, Jon and I attacked the She-Shed putting up two sets of shelves and restacking Mary;s storage boxes. Now we have room in the shed to move. It looks so good.
We had planned to go to PAtty’s Place but we were all so full that we stayed home and had a snack about 9:00 PM before crashing for the evening.
