We did the Easter dinner

and I am STUFFED!

It actually was a lot of fun. Friday was the erstwhile housemate's birthday so we celebrated his birthday today. (There's a joke in there, but ... ) So besides the traditional Easter ham we had a fabulous birthday cake that my sister made with help from my youngest nephew (9 years old) on the marzipan decorations. Youngest nephew put the candles on the cake just before I took this picture.

There was also a funny birthday card with a hunky man on the front. *grin*

BTW - the cake was a carrot cake like you've never had. Sister added raisins, nuts, and pineapple. Yummy.

Sunday

Today the erstwhile housemate baked one of his "better than sex" chocolate cakes. It had a dual purpose - to celebrate my youngest nephew's 9th birthday (we missed that because I had a migraine) and to make my sister feel better (the oldest nephew got terminally stupid and wrecked her car). I think the cake did its job. LOL

Before the cake, my sister and BIL took me to Wally World so I could get some yarn and buttons I need to finish the two hooded sweaters for the Pixie's boys. When they're done this week, I'll post some pictures.

Revisiting the hometown

Sort of. For reasons that escape me, I Googled "Astoria" tonight. In order to avoid any confusion, I'm talking about a part of the borough of Queens, NYC, called Astoria. The 1964 World's Fair was there, LaGuardia Airport is there, my father was born and raised there. Growing up, we visited my grandparents and then just my grandmother there. They lived on 46th off of Ditmars Blvd. I can remember walking to the end of the street. There was an IGA across Ditmars and the old Steinway building which at some point became warehousing for Sterns (I think) and now is whatever it is.

This is a picture of my grandparents in front of their house. Grandpa worked for TWA at the time this picture was taken (before 1961 when he died) and the picture is part of an article about him in an employee newsletter.

In the course of my travels, I found a blog called Queens Daily Photo. Go take a look. It's a pretty neat view of the area from someone who is "new."