Dodge Eats!: July 2021

Thursday, July 1

B - J met BV at Dz Akins for breakfast and chat - Fun!

L - Leftover corned beef and potatoes from breakfast with extra scrambled eggs, leftover waffle, whipped cream, strawberries and added more cream and blackberries

D - Cereal, or trail mix (no table dinner)

T - Ice Cream

Fri July 2

L - Costco Turkey sandwiches and salad (eac h had 1/2 sandwich)

D - B&J only left over scrambled eggs, turkey sandwich and salad

T - ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream

Sat July 3

L - grilled hot dogs in bun, potato salad and baked beans

D - on our own cereal, yogurt, nuts, ice cream

Sun July 4

L - ribs, potato salad, mixed salad, grilled cylinder zucchini from neighbors

D - B cereal, J yogurt - both with blueberries and pecans

T - oatmeal choc chip cookie and ice cream

Monday July 5

L - B&J to DZ Akins B pastrami omelette, fried potatoes and bagel, J stuffed cabbage and egg bread

Tuesday July 6

L - Pasta with chickpeas added rib meat, potato salad

D - Tikka Masala Chicken on top of French fries and salad

Wed July 7

L - made lentils with bacon, onion, spinach, tomato soup served with garlic rice and salad

D - Costco stuffed salmon and salad -

Thu July 8

L - Costco turkey sandwiches and salad (we each had 1/2 sand), cookies

D - own our own - cereal - yogurt - crackers and cheese etc.

T - cookies and ice cream

Fri July 9

B - J only oatmeal

L - lentils, rice, salmon

D - A picked up Corbin's BBQ

Sat July 10

L - A out, J had left over lentils, rice, salmon - B had leftover tri tip salad and cereal

D - B&J split Costco turkey sandwich and salad

T - B&J split DZ Akins eclair

Sun July 11

B - J only had cookie from DZ Akins

L - A out - B&J to Fosters Freeze B hot dogs and fries J hamburger and root beer freeze

D - We drove to try to get Buffy to sleep - picked up food from Mexican drive thru before coming home - that waked her up again so the drive was no successful that way. But it got us out of the house for most of the time the state asked us to not use electricity...

Mon July 12

B - A and I went to DZ Akins for breakfast! He had potato pancakes and I had Waffle with whipped cream and strawberries (Brought back half for B)

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Tue July 13

Wed Jul 14

Thur Jul 15

DH and I went on the So Calif Quilt Shop Run. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. To get a good start we stayed in Orange county the night before.

D - in Orange - B and J ate out - had BBQ at a place that also had axe throwing! The food was okay. Started off poorly as the waiter said several times he would get the menus to us - but brought drinks by. At one of his check ins he asked if we needed anything and I said we needed the menus. He then pointed to a QR code on the table that I hadn't noticed and said that was the menu. But (since I was so old and wouldn't know how to use my phone for the menu) he would get the menus to us. He finally brought some by, but by then we had it up on the phones.

Stayed in an awful hotel. Best Western Plus Meridian Inn & Suites, Anaheim-Orange. The carpeting was old, the furniture in the bedrooms was old too. It wasn't very clean - when we returned from dinner I notice old water bottles under the bed! They made show of having people return their keys to a tub of alcohol, but the tub and toilet weren't completely fresh either. Pre-covid I think we would have refused the room, but instead we just sprayed lysol everywhere before we touched it. We thought it was better to stay put rather than expose ourselves to more germs somewhere else.

Friday July 16

am - still did my telephone chat/walk with Penelope in the morning while DH slept in. Happens the hotel was across the street from Memory Lane Park with a walking path that went by a golf course.

So Calif Quilt Shop Run Day 1 - We went to:

#4 Orange Quilt Bee www.orangequiltbee.com
#3 The Sew & Sew www.thesewnsew.com

B - had coffee and muffins at a place by The Sew & Sew in Glendora.

#1 Cotton & Chocolate Quilt Co www.cottonandchocolate.com

#2 Quilt Emporium www.quiltemporium.com

L - We had Fast food Japanese at a little place in the same center as The Quilt Emporium in Woodland Hills

So much traffic. We couldn't make it to any other shops before they closed.

Stayed in a Comfort Inn in Redlands, it was very nice. Still had water faucets turned off and no breakfast (they said because of covid rules).

D - Ate at a Jamaican Restaurant in Redlands - I had chicken salad - chicken was on rice and beans on lettuce.

Sat July 17

B - Went to a lovely restaurant in Redlands. We were there early enough to not have to stand in line for a table. The food was good -the bakery had great choices.

#6 Cotton Gin Fabric www.cottonginfabric.com

#7 Susan's Quilt Paradise www.susansquiltparadise.com

#9 Monica's Quilt & Bead Creation www.monicasquiltandbead.com

#8 The Quilter's Faire www.thequiltersfaire.com

#5 Sewn Together www.sewntogethernorco.com

T - Got a cookie each at Polly's Pies https://www.yelp.com/biz/pollys-pies-restaurant-norco-2 before continuing on to:

#10 Between Stitches between-stitches.com

#11 Quilter's Cottage www.myquilterscottage.com

The stores were then closed. We couldn't find anything nice in Fallbrook, so went on to Escondido and took a chance on another Best Western....

D - Ate in the patio of a Brigantines in Escondido. Very lovely. The hotel gave us a card so we got appetizer for no fee!

Stayed in a wonderful Best Western in Escondido. Clean, up to date, had breakfast too. Instead of scooping up food they had breakfast sandwiches in little bags, and muffins sealed in bags, etc. so no one would be breathing on the food.

Sun July 18

B - at the hotel. Yogurt, Breakfast sandwiches, Coffee

#12 Inspirations Quilt Shop inspired2quilt.com

Went to Bate's Nut Farm for some nuts and dates - DH's first time there! I had taken DS there with and without my Father for pumpkin picking and hay rides. It was way fancier than I remembered it....

#13 Quilt in a Day www.quiltinaday.com

#14 Cozy's Creative Center www.cozyquilt.com This is my 'home' shop. Always wonderful selections, and the owner has/had great demos and events to attend. So nice to go there in person, but we were rather tired so I didn't buy anything there this time. Only turned in our cards for the prize drawings. Fingers crossed that we win something!

D - Left overs - can't remember what

Mon July 19

L - Costco chicken Salad in Croissants, potato salad and strawberries

D - each had own - J yogurt and strawberries and blueberries, B Cereal and fruit, A went out

Tues July 20

L - repeat Costco chicken Salad in Croissants, potato salad and strawberries

D - repeat each had own - J yogurt and strawberries and blueberries, B Cereal and fruit, A went out

Wed July 21

L - Costco Chicken Salad with strawberries and fig from our tree!

Thursday July 22

First walk in person with Penelope in forever! We walked 3 miles in Costco (to avoid the heat). Was very nice.

L - Swedish Shrimp on croissant and lettuce and potato salad (dressing was sour cream, mayo, S&P, Lemon juice and Dill)

D -

Online Sewing with Lauren - we shared projects and she demonstrated a really nice way to do a rail fence.

Friday July 23

D - our first dinner over friends in forever! BBQ. J made the salad, the other couple brought dessert. Nice to be with friends in person.

Saturday July 24, 2021

L - Costco Turkey sandwich and salad

D - B and J went to DZ Akins - J had turkey and pasta salad, B had pastrami. The salad did not taste the same also the pastrami - they were not as good as usual. The waitress said with Covid they had all new kitchen help, etc. She gave me some potato salad to bring home instead of the pasta salad. Disappointing. We brought home sandwich for A.

Sunday July 25, 2021

L - Left over from DZ Akins - B and J both had half sandwiches - A was out

D - Carry in from KFC - J had been craving, it but turns out not as good as remembered so probably won't be back for food from them for at least a year!

T - Ice cream with various toppings.

Eight Years ago with Francis in Boston - Newberry Street shopping break