Garden State Adventure.....and magnets...and a toe

I have been away for a few days.  We went to visit Judy's family in Toms River.  The trip was good and the hospitality was wonderful aa always.  Everything was going along right on schedule on our departure day with an early exit at 4:30am.  We were getting the hatches battened down and manipulating windows in the apartment my darling spouse ran into a piece of furniture and broke her toe, (later determined by an urgent care in NJ).  There is really nothing to be done for this kind of injury other than to wrap it and wait for the healing process to begin. She is much better now.

The weather was most pleasant.  Jon and Kelly and the boys were closing on their new house.  All was well.  The little guy above Everett, decided to consume two small magnets and ended up in the hospital for observation and possible intervention.  The little buggers traveled down their course.
 

Fortunately, it was enema for the win  and the parents got another souvenir for the memory book.  And yesterday, my dear son and his wife celebrated their wedding anniversary with a well kid and a new house.  Great grandma Dorothy was watching down on her birthday, Oct 25th to see that all came out fine.

Earlier in the week we went to a little pizza joint for authentic Jersey pizza with is generally served cheese only. 

It was really outstanding I must admit.  These are the remnants before it was all gone.  I asked the pizza guy about the cheese and he told me of the brand.  I will get some and try it out.

We got to spend some time with great nephew Kennan and also nephew Matt and his lovely wife Tammy.  Had lunch with them in a place visited by Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Good but not magical.

More pictures of our hosts and the breakfast gathering at Sandy's in Lakehurst 

were everybody knows everybody.

Son Andrew is working on a project for breakfast sandwiches which is still in the information gathering stage.  Central to the concept is the NJ standard, Taylor Ham and egg sandwich.  Admittedly I had never had one of these.  Went to Wawa  down the street and got their version .  it was ok but had been sitting in the heater for a while, but the concept was sound.

We watched my favorite feel good show last evening after we unpacked Somebody Feed Phil.  This episode was on Chicago.  I realize that this is a sanitized show with only the good parts seen.  But,  it is about cooking, eating and people; and the environment they are in.  I could have eating the TV.  He visited a lady making pasta, a couple of sausage places and of course, a MONSTER PIZZA PLACE.  I want to make pasta and they were making pizza in a cast iron skillet.  I have one of those, might be my next project.

Whew!  that's it

all for now

stay safe