Thursday, February 20, 2014

Romeo Lunch 2-19-14

The Romeo guys met for lunch this month at Jacks Restaurante in Malden located at 655 Eastern Ave.. You can see the website and menu at http://www.jacksinmalden.com . The restaurant was highly rated on the Phantom Diner and the Chronicle TV program. Four Romeos attended the lunch which included Joe Lapiana, Jim Terlizzi, Ed DeSchuytner and Mark Ryan. You can see some photos at the Picasa website .....
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We just had another snow storm the previous night, dumping another 5 inches where I live in Wilmington and over one foot elsewhere. I like snow but this is enough. This year I have had my driveway plowed seven times so far and it has now become a headache. Luckily my driveway and the roads were cleared so we could attend the lunch date.

The snow and ice build-up on roofs has also become quite a problem with some roofs collapsing under the extra weight. Ed said that he has bought some ice removal packets (Calcium Chloride) that he throws up on his house roof to melt the ice and form small rivers for the water to flow off more easily.

Joe said that he is getting tired of lugging out the old snow blower to remove snow at his house because it weighs so much and is hard to manuever. Next year he is going to get a contract for the entire winter for snow removal. Right now he is paying more than $50 each time it snows. I have my neighbour plow my driveway for $30 a time. He has a small Bobcat with a plow and has piled the snow along the sides of my driveway. It now stands 10 feet high and I am running out of room.

Jim didn’t complain too much about the snow. I think it’s because he has been away skiing most of the time. He recently took a trip to Colorado for a ski vacation with his wife. However, even there he had a hard time getting around with all the snowfall. Luckily he rented a four wheel drive car so he could travel to several local areas. He also recently went skiing at Attitache with a neighbour during the week. Although ski rates keep going up he said it was only $25 for the day midweek.

The waitress seated us in a small room near the back of the restaurant. She then took drink orders and brought bread to the table. After waiting til 12:20, no other Romeos showed up, so we looked at the menu and made our lunch choices. 

There was a separate lunch and full menu and we ordered from both. We made our choices and the waitress returned with soups and salads to start. The soup was Italian Wedding and very good. We then got the main courses. Three of us ordered the Linguini with Clam Sauce and Jim ordered a Sausage dish. After we had coffee, cappuccino and a Bongo (chocolate covered ice cream). The waitress brought spoons for all to share the dessert. Everything was delicious and good size portions and we all had enough to take home for later.

Jim was interested in watching the Olympics Men’s Hockey on the TV near our table. Team USA was playing the Czechs. We won 5 to 2 and it was an exciting game. Jim still plays ice hockey once a week and loves the sport. As we watched the game on TV, Jim named most of the players and predicted future Boston Bruins players.

Ed then told us that on the way here for lunch he drove by the offices of the New England Pigeon Association located near the restaurant which brought back old memories. Ed said that he raised homing pigeons when he was a teenager. He even entered them in competitions where he won enough money to pay for his college tuition.

Later I told the group that I was starting Cardiac Rehab this Thursday. It will be 2 days of exercises each week for 12 weeks. I’m looking forward to the activity and plan on getting healthier, slim and trim.

We then talked about where to go for lunch next month and picked a Lebanese Restaurant in Andover for March 26th. Jim will send out email notices.

Comments always welcome …. Markryan82@comcast.net




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