10 stops........

ok, so i am finally back from my veteran's day excursion......we stopped at 10 different places.....ten.......mostly in the rain......and mostly to look.......i did find 5 x 5 picture frames.....and a sage-colored fall weight brooks brothers sports jacket that looks just spiffy on the middle child....that was the bargain of the day, by the way.......especially since it needs no alteration.....i attempted to alter the lunch plan...to no avail....my mother considers red lobster the ultimate destination, despite their decided lack of peel-and-eat shrimp.....she must have mentioned this lack to 4 separate persons while we were waiting for our table, while we were eating and as we were leaving.......i opted for a glass of wine with lunch, risking censure from one who does not ever drink spirits...................the singular laugh i had all day involved the sign to a new housing development off of nicholasville road, somewhere in the hinterland between nicholasville and the lexington/fayette county line........tuscany valle (imagine that the e has an accent mark........)...wow...imagine my surprise that there are valle's in central kentucky that bear any resemblance to tuscany.......and isn't it french rather than italian that uses the accent over the e.........and if it was french, wouldn't it be val de (du?) tuscany.....rather than valle?........ah well.......i am back home, and ready for another glass of wine........