What Fills My Plate

Clone of "Dave" Meeting Bob Maybe you missed it.   Maybe you are too young or living in a foreign land.     There was a time, a really good time, when if you had 60 cents you could meet this big plastic Big Boy at the front door of Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant. Ah, those were the days!   Their burgers were so good that some teens made this the prom night restaurant.  Imagine a bunch of teens in tuxedos and fancy dresses having a burger.  It DID happen. Real Prices   Not to Pass Up! When I was a teenager in high school, you could get a great double decker burger for 60 cents, fries for a dime (10 cent), and even a cup of coffee only cost 10 cents.   This burger was made on a grill, not from a factory box, warmed up in a microwave contraption.   (You know who I am talking about right?) Those aren't real burgers at Mickey D's! Thank you, Brits! Caramel Inside Was Better Let me divert for a second and explain how thing...

We were in London over Christmas, and enjoyed seeing how London celebrates Christmas, in comparison to how the rest of Europe celebrates with lighting and markets.  There didn't seem to be the large Christmas market like we had seen in Manchester, and on Christmas day everything was closed down, and there was no public transportation.  Trains were not running for two days in a row, which caused a huge mess for people trying to get to the airports without spending a fortune.  It wasn't a  total loss, however, in the 4 days, we did take in a performance of The Phantom of the Opera, and  we got in a lot of walking, were we saw Parliament, Big Ben (enclosed by construction), and we found that Westminster Abbey was closed.      What We Found Cast in Bronze Walking along the Thames river we found a wonderful monument to the people who fought in the Battle of Britain.   The casting in bronze was amazing in itself to see, yet really t...