The Romeo gang met again for lunch this month at Grassfields Restaurant in Danvers on Rte 114. The restaurant used to be called Nick & Tony’s Salt Water Grill and is still run by the same guys but all newly redecorated inside and serving both Italian and American food. The lunch prices are reasonable and average $7.95 for an entrée.It was raining pretty heavy but at least it wasn’t snow on the coast. However, there was snow more inland and the weather did prevent some Romeos from attending. Those in attendance were Jim Kearns, Jack Tweedie, Jim Terlizzi, Ed DeShuytner, Joe Pignatiello, Joe Lapiana, Mark Ryan, and Paul Girard.
We all got there about noon and the waiter who was a past student of Jim T. took orders for drinks which were mostly beer, martinis, wine and soda. We then placed out food orders and in a short time they arrived. Some ordered Steak Tips, Chicken Teriyaki, and some combos of Steak Tips and Scallops and some salads. The food was very good and cooked just right.
The conversation as usual was lively and spanned a variety of topics. I talked with Joe L. about the Periodic Table website he sent out by email. It was quite interesting and you could use a sliding ruler to see which elements changed to solid, liquid or gas at different temperatures. Jack T. got his JP license and has booked his first clients to marry next month at a very simple ceremony.
Mark talked about his Short Stories Blog and the Brink’s Robbery. The money was never found although the thieves were all arrested and sent to jail for other crimes they had committed. Mark also talked about spending some time in Mississippi in the 1980s at the University of Southern Mississippi teaching chemistry to elementary teachers. The people there were very hospitable and I visited some of their homes on weekends. The homes were beautiful, made of brick mostly and cost about a third of the price of homes around Boston.
Joe P. is still skiing this winter and helps at the ski school at Watchusetts Mt. Jim T. also talked about doing some skiing out west. The NSSSA group planning meeting was mentioned and most said they would probably only attend the April Dinner meeting.
Joe L. talked about watching the TV show “Two and a Half Men” with Charlie Sheen and Charlie going into rehab again. The conversation then switched to Tiger Woods and his dilemma.
We then talked about the Senate Election of Scott Brown and how the Democrats are having a difficult time passing any legislation where the Republicans continue to veto everything not theirs. The new credit card charges were then discussed regards how they can charge you for not having sufficient activity on your card. Jim K. then said that a lot of things on the Internet aren’t true especially political info and that people making these statements should check out their validity first. Especially those taken out of context or part of emails circulated months ago. You can check whether statements are true at the web site FactCheck.org .
Jim K. then talked about getting unlimited online movies from Netflix and playing them directly to your TV if you have a Blue Ray DVD Player. Paul G. compared the HD TV to the regular stations and said the quality of regular is quite poor on the new flat screen TVs compared to the old TV sets he had. Then there was a discussion of getting Verizon Fios, Comcast of Dish TV. Jim K. said that he is stuck with Comcast because Boston won’t let Verizon into that city. Other towns also only have one cable provider.
Joe L. offered a new Japanese Restaurant in Woburn for next month’s lunch and Paul G. asked Jim K. if it was restaurant week in Boston. Jim T. is going to check it all out and let us know by email. Before you knew it, the time past quickly and it was now 2:30 PM and time to go.
You can see photos of the group at the link ......
Comments … send email to markryan82@comcast.net
No comments:
Post a Comment