February 11th and we were off to a great buffet at the Poet's Inn in Haverhill. The restaurant is in the Whittier Regional Vocational High School where students are enrolled in the Culinary part of their schooling.
The buffet consisted of Baked Haddock, Pan seared Chicken, with herbs and white wine with cannelloni beans. There was braised beef tips with mushroom, pasta with garlic and olive oil and oven roasted potatoes.
The buffet included a salad bar, a vegetable medley, fresh baked breads, dessert and a drink.
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The cost set us back $9.95. The food was excellent and the students served drinks, picked up dirty dishes and were pleasant and professional.
On this damp and dreary day it was a great way to start the month.
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February 16th. took us to Concord to see "Barefoot in the Park". This was the second of a three play season performed by the Concord Players. The day was a cold winter day but with warm hearted friends we enjoyed the day.
The play was outstanding. the performers were top notch, and it was a" barrel of laughs".
Our dinner, after the show was at The Main Streets Market and Cafe. A table was set aside for us and we were seated at once. The service was top notch and the assortments of food was from sandwiches to stew. Every member was happy with their selections and even some doggie bags went home.
A great day at the theater and dinner with friends This always makes for happy!
On February 27th. it was time to once again check out the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History. It has been a few years since we last headed out to the Campus of Regis College in Weston to view the only one of the two museums in the country devoted solely to stamps and postal history.
We did get into the museum but before our tour started, one of our members slipped and ended up with a gash about her eye that started to bleed. Nine Nine Nine was called, as she lay on the floor holding a towel near her eye to stop the bleeding. The EMTs arrived and advised a ride to the hospital to check her out. We followed in our car ; and after 3 hours, when she had an MRI,and stitches she was released.
She was fine and, we are Red Hatters so we went out to an early dinner. Our destination was on our way home so we stopped at the Ninety Nine restaurant in Stoneham for good food, good conversation and the promise to go back to the museum at another time.
In the interest of stamps let me tell you about some stamps that I have had for a long time. I have been holding on to sheets of stamps I bought over the years; thinking they would increase in value and I would be rich someday.
Well, a few weeks ago I finally went to a stamp collector only to find out my stamps were worth exactly what I paid for them. Twenty- nine cents each, for my Norman Rockwell stamps, thirty- three cents, for my beautiful stamps of the dessert; and thirty- four cents for the Great Plains stamps.
I am not rich! With stamps being fifty- five cents now I am using my collection of long saved stamps on envelopes to pay my bills ,send card or donations. - Actually I am now paying sixty -eight cents to mail a letter rather than buying twenty- two or twenty- three or more stamps. If you happen to get a card from me, check out the stamp first.
And keep an eye on our story next month. If we can fit it in, it might be a Red Hat day at the stamp museum complete with a tour.
