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Heart Attack on a Plate!

by barbara waters

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Hubby and I have been in the big city for the past couple of days - he had his second cataract surgery Thursday afternoon. I cannot tell you just how impressed I am with the staff of this office. They have some of the nicest people working there - very concerned for the patients and yet they crack jokes and keep the whole atmosphere light. I appreciate it muchly.

And, the surgeon? He prays before EVERY surgery - and he does upwards of 40 a day - two days each month. But he takes time to ask the Lord’s guidance while he performs the surgery on each patient. THAT is a blessing in more ways than I can tell you.

But, back to the title of this entry and a bit about the picture.

When in the big city (remember, we live in small town Alaska) one must - MUST, I say - simply try all of the new restaurants that are within your budget. And, so . . . thanks to a recommendtion from our B&B hostess, we stopped by City Diner before heading out of town Friday afternoon.

Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my!

Things we did NOT order:

Chicken Fried Bacon
(yes, you read that correctly - chicken fried BACON!)

Flat Foot (fried balogna and fried egg on a bun) - hubby was tempted - he LOVES fried baloney - yes, he was born in W.VA, so he says BALONEY. ;)

What we did order:

Cold Meatloaf sandwich and Granny K’s Killer Chili (hubby)
and
Tuna Melt with pineapple cole slaw (mine - the tuna was great - the slaw so-so)

And, of course - I had to try to Orange Moose to drink: orange soda with ice cream - a float if you will.

And, as I author the PurpleMoose Gazette, and because I collect the purple critters, my mind went directly to how I could make a PurpleMoose! Grape soda over vanilla ice cream! Yup, already planning my next birthday party. I need a plate from The Moose’s Tooth to hold the moose cake I’ll ask the Ladybug to make me - and then everyone steps up to have a PurpleMoose ™ from the Nana! Yup - it’s a plan. Now, if I can just remember it until January. ;)

Back to the City Diner - just looked it up and see that it is owned by my favorite local tv cook - Chef Al and someone he has often as his guest - Chef Kelly. Didn’t see either of them there but then we weren’t looking for them, either.

There was a crowd at lunchtime - but our wait for a table was short - shorter than the 10 minutes we were quoted when we got there. Service was fun and the decor was just like you would expect in a diner from the 50s.

The menu - well, just pick and choose and you won’t have that heart attack - all things in moderation, remember?

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