{"id":2483,"date":"2014-12-12T23:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-12-12T23:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T04:36:29","slug":"better-than-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Better than good."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part One.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Tonight…. we went out to eat dinner at Orchid’s Restaurant at the Netherland Plaza Hotel, in downtown Cincinnati.\u00a0 It was spectacular.\u00a0 As always.\u00a0 My oldest nephew is the Head Service & Waiter’s Captain.\u00a0 He is so dang good at it.\u00a0 Honest to goodness.\u00a0 And I am not just saying that because I love him dearly…. he really is amazing at what he does.<\/p>\n

It is a good thing in life… when you can be remarkable at what you do.<\/p>\n

But I digress, a bit.\u00a0 So.\u00a0 Dinner at Orchid’s.\u00a0 The food was completely and ultimately decadent.\u00a0 Truthfully… it was pretty perfect.\u00a0 I wasn’t very hungry… and only wanted to consume one course… the main course.\u00a0 But I ended up eating about six courses… thanks to my nephew.\u00a0 The abundance and combinations of flavors were spectacular.<\/p>\n

I’m digressing again.\u00a0 My brain is sluggish from all rich food in my belly.<\/p>\n

We were joined by our dear, dear friends, Jan & Colleen.\u00a0 We love those two.\u00a0\u00a0 We had a whole boatload of fun…. despite the woman at the bar… who’s cackle resonated throughout the restaurant.\u00a0 Like fingernails on a chalkboard.\u00a0\u00a0 But.\u00a0 Truly, I can’t imagine a nicer evening.\u00a0 Well… unless Ms. Cackler hadn’t been there.<\/p>\n

But the reason for our outing was the best thing.\u00a0 We went out tonight…. to celebrate December 12th.\u00a0 For on that day…\u00a0 my Mary was born.\u00a0 By far….. It is my favorite day of the year… for that very reason.\u00a0\u00a0 I am so thankful to have her in my life… my partner and my best friend.\u00a0 I am blessed because of her.\u00a0 My life is better because of her.<\/p>\n

So.\u00a0 Happy Birthday Mary.\u00a0 You bring an abundance of flavor to my life… and I am grateful.<\/p>\n

\"bearstan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Two.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Uh-Oh.\u00a0 As mentioned…. we love our friends… our Jan & Colleen.\u00a0 We do.\u00a0 But they are Bengal’s Fans.\u00a0 They have a Bengal’s Flag.
\n… And now.. Stanley our Steelers Bear has their Flag.<\/p>\n

Like I said… it was a perfect night.<\/p>\n

P.S..\u00a0 If you EVER want to see your flag again… all in one piece… send the bear those little Honey Granola Bars from Orchids.\u00a0 Or else.<\/p>\n

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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.– <\/span>Randy Pausch<\/p>\n

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I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.\u00a0 —\u00a0 <\/span>Charles R. Swindoll<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part One. Tonight…. we went out to eat dinner at Orchid’s Restaurant at the Netherland Plaza Hotel, in downtown Cincinnati.\u00a0 It was spectacular.\u00a0 As always.\u00a0 My oldest nephew is the Head Service & Waiter’s Captain.\u00a0 He is so dang good at it.\u00a0 Honest to goodness.\u00a0 And I am not just saying that because I love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}