minnesota diners.

Visiting Dad means wherever we are, we have to find the closest Greek diners, and go to all of them.  And hopefully the owner will be there so they can bond about how Greek they are to each other.  And also what does their last name mean? and what part of Greece are they from?  This is the way that it goes.  Luckily, when I visited Dad in Minnesota this weekend, the owners weren't there and it was just Dad and I eating delicious diner food.  

It was good to see him too.  It's strange seeing someone everyday for the majority of your life, to suddenly only seeing them twice or three times a year.  You really begin to appreciate having someone around who's known you for so long.

Also, I'll be arriving in Montpelier today!!!!!!!!

the seaplane diner.

After much diner dreaming last night this morning it finally happened and I think it was everything we dreamed of AND MORE.

a bike tour.

Today I was invited out to this cool, offbeat place in South Providence, Liberty Elm Diner (blueberry french toast! ^^), but it turned into a mini bike tour/adventure through the whole city:

First: Roger Williams Park! It was so huge and filled with lakes and ducks and surreal architecture.

Okay and then City Farm, a little workshare farming place actually within the city.

And finally the Providence Athenaeum, a library that's been around since 1753.  It was filled with old mysterious books and it was so fun to see books with the last check out date in 1946.  My friend found a bookmark that was from 1923 in one of the books :O. It was a happy little way to not completely hibernate through the 35 degree weather. AND the day finished with riding through the city on the back rack of someone's bicycle.