Balcony Flowers

When I decide to further postpone making an offer on a house, I decide I needed to make my apartment more of a home vs 'a place to sleep and store clothes'. The first step was to make my balcony beautiful! Here are the flower gardens that I planted this weekend. Now they just need to survive the frost tonight!

Comedy Club #3

The mid-point of the comedy series at Clemens Center was reached tonight. Four of us made it to the show; for one, her first. It is fun to see the faces of people who are at the show for the first time. They range from "can I go now" (after the opening comic from the first show and, at least for me, the opening comic from this show) to "this comic is good" (reaction to the headliner from the first and third shows and to the second comic in the second show). The audience was also joined by Sorge's owners who lost their 57 year old business in a December fire. The Sorge's almost fell out of their chairs laughing during the "Irish weds Italian" bit ... gotta love those meatballs.

A friend mentioned that I did not have photos on some of my posts. So here is a photo; and yes, you are correct .... it has nothing to do with this post!

"Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil" Nikko Japan

Comedy Club #2

The second in the series was another wonderful night. Again, three of us went out. The Chinese place near the Clemens Center remained the "food of choice". The comedy was improved over the first night; two of the three were good and one was very good. (Note that the one I would say was "very good" was not the headliner!) The next Club #3 is set for early/mid January. Can only hope it they continue to either stay the same or improve!

Singing at Simon's

Last weekend tried a Teppenyaki and Tapa's resturant in Horseheads area called Simon's. The Thai rolls with spicy peanut sauce were really good! However, the main reason that I tried the place was to check out the Karaoke which starts at 10 pm on Fridays. Wanted to compare it to those in Japan and the place I went to in Kentucky.

The crowd was about 20 people. I was told it was a much smaller group than normal; the employees thought it was because school had just started. Good setup, casual, and enjoyable. I'm not a singer but it was very relaxing and another woman agreed to sing a duet so I did not have to carry the tune alone!

As I listened to all the song that were sung, it made me start thinking "what causes a person to select a certain song"? Is it because it is the only English song that they know -- yes this was the case many times in Japan! Is it that the song brings back good memories? Or is it because a person has selected one or two songs, practiced so they are good, and those are "their songs"? (And yes, if you wanted to ask .... it is a female trait to analyze everything!)

There were many good singers and some, like me, just sang. In general, the atmosphere was good, the company quite enjoyable, and a place I will go again. But there are also a few others in this area to check out.