Halloween is coming!

I have not really decorated because I have felt so shitty. Today I realized that Halloween is coming in 9 days and Natalie`s 19th birthday will be in 7 days. She wants an ice cream cake and I will make cupcakes for those of us that want CAKE. She is getting a tattoo for her birthday present. Great Mom, huh? Shit, I wish I was getting the damn tat.
 Today I decided I am going to do a bit of decorating outside. I have some stuff I can use. I have lights. I have decor. It could look nice and understated. We decided that we are going to buy a couple bags of candy that we all like plus 5 large candy bars. If all we get are two or three kids, they will get the big bars.
 So today I will try NOT to bend over too much. I want to clean the front of the house just in case we do get trick or treaters. Plus it is gorgeous outside!
I see my surgeon on November 9th in the morning so that I can ask as many questions as I can so that I am fully informed. I do not want to go in there completely blind. I have read plenty online about how this surgery is done but what if he is doing something radically different? I want to know!
 So another trip to New Haven. No bakery this time. I have had enough for awhile. That is a treat and I am ruining by going there every time we go to New Haven lately.

Okay, gonna go out there and cut some shit down. You have a great Monday. It is a nice one out there!

Good News from New Haven

Smoking in a Hookah Lounge

 

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Yup, that is me. That is the end of our journey to New Haven yesterday. More on that in a moment. We got some good news for Fred. He is dealing with vestibular migraines. After reading the literature that the Neuro and ENT gave us..he has the kind that originates in his brain stem. That explains his neck pain and why he has had it for a constant year. He has a food list of things to avoid or cut back on and a prescription. Hopefully he will notice marked improvement in the next 10 days.

  It was a late appointment and by the time we were done in there, it was like 430pm. I went to the bakery on Wooster street. and you could see the traffic back up from the highway. It was rush hour and I did NOT want to drive in that. So Chelsea googled and found Mediterranea <---spelled just like that, on Orange street in the city. It was a little hole in the wall. On the glass windows out front were stenciled hookahs.
A hookah ( Hindustain:: हुक़्क़ा (Devangari),  حقّہ (Nastalee) huqqah also known as a water pipe is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) instrument for smoking in which the smoke is cooled by water. The tobacco smoked is referred to as narghile or shisha (sheesha) in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

There was a big back room where the hookah smoking is done and you can eat your meal also. We had a combination of things. Mostly things like falafel, hummous, and the like. They also served Italian (which I thought was strange). Natalie wanted pizza. So we ordered a small cheese. That was the best pizza EVER! All the food was made fresh. Mint, cucumbers, tomatoes, and nice fresh warm pitas.

Then the pipe came out. It cost $20 and the kids chose lemon flavor.  It was not a harsh smoke. It went in and out nicely. It tasted like tea.
Fred and I can scratch that off our Bucket Lists. We have ALWAYS wanted to do it since we saw in on the tv show No Reservations.