We got a wall calendar that has lots of coupons to the local businesses.  After tossing a coin, we decided to go to Wild Goats.  They have taken away the counter and put in more seats.  We were seated at a small table while there were plenty of larger tables available.  Not sure why.  It’s probably meant for single person.  But the service was good, and we liked the food too.  The place has been updated a bit and looked nicer now.  Leo said he likes it and will try to come back more often.  Hopefully, we’ll get a roomier table next time.

It’s been a while since we visited the best hamburger place in Akron, Louie’s.  So we decided to go there for lunch.  The place is the same.  Even after the lunch hour crowd, it’s still busy with people coming in all the time.  We both ordered burgers.  The service was great.  The hamburger though was a bit dry.  There is no pink in the center for a medium.  I still ate mine and Leo liked his.  But this is the first time that the burger was not great.  The flavor was still good, but it was over cooked.  They were very gracious though, I just asked if the burger is cooked like that as medium so I can order medium-rare next time.  They apologized and took $3 off our bill.  The visit was pleasant, the only regret is the over cooked burger for me.  I have never had one that I didn’t like there until now.  Hope it was just a fluke.

Had coffee at the corner coffeehouse on the way back.  This place is getting popular.  It’s almost always full when we go now.  It’s great for the business, but bad for us.  It’s chancy if we can find a place to sit and have a cup of coffee now.  What can you do?

 

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This house still has the Christmas decorations on its lawn.  And it is a known location in the neighborhood every year.  They are always filling their lawn with lights and figures.

 

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The iphone couldn’t take a steady picture from the car.  But it still captured the beautiful sunset colors on our way to Sandy’s for dinner.

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Sandy and Daniel surprised us with more than the paella, there were appitizers, tofu dish, and a soy bean with greens dish.  And a small cake for Leo.  As always, she goes all out with a table of dishes  And we all had a good time.  It is a very pleasant Saturday.