Moon Pie Birthday Celebration here we come...

Moon Pie Exhibit at the Chattanooga Market

George and I grabbed the opportunity to dash downtown Sunday morning to the 17th season  opening weekend of the Chattanooga Market.  It's located in  the First Tennessee Pavilion with vendors from the area selling their wares such as jewelry, carved wooden items, knitted and crocheted pieces, pottery, photography and, of course, fresh food and vegetables, meats, cheeses and breads.  Also, the Moon Pie Exhibit was under a tent outside so I got to visit there and get my FREE Moon Pie and see the World's Largest Moon Pie made by the Chattanooga Bakery.

Largest MOON PIE...

Afterward, we went to lunch at one of my old-time favorite restaurants, The Long Horn (as opposed to The Longhorn).  They are known for their hamburger known as "The Wagon Wheel".  Well, had that BUT it just wasn't the same as it was in the 60's....disappointing.  Oh well, things change.

Linda's Amarylis

After lunch, George dropped me at Linda's house and we took off to some Open Houses that were advertised in the paper today. 

Found one on Mountain Creek Road called Villages on Greenway which was nice but did not hit all our buttons.

While we were there, she got a phone call from our cousin, Larry, who told her that our oldest cousin, Maxine, had passed.  We were surprised.  She had been in the hospital with an upper respiratory infection and just didn't recover from it.   Feeling sad...

We drove by our childhood home where we grew up and shared a bedroom together...don't know how we made it with only one bathroom!

George texted me that a big thunderstorm was expected to hit about 6:00 so we headed back to the RV and it started to rain just as Linda was leaving.  Fortunately, she got home before it got bad. 

I met Linda at 9:30 Monday morning as she had an appointment with her realtor who showed us five condominiums and we both fell in love with one at Heritage Landing.  It's been up-dated, move in ready and perfect for her plus she has quite a few friends that live there.  Here's keeping fingers crossed that it works out.  After the tour, we met her friend Linda for lunch at the Vine Street Market, which has moved from Vine Street so I'm all confused.  Linda lives at Heritage Landing so we went over to her place to check it out.  Her unit is right on the Tennessee River and wow-ed us. 

George cooked ribs in the crock pot today so he brought them up to Linda's for dinner, plus we still had some left-overs from our first night here.  He did more work on her garage door while we warmed up dinner.

Linda got a call that a ticket became available to the 32^nd Annual Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon held on Tuesday so I jumped on it.  The awards began in 1985 and my sister was inducted into this elite group of women in 1987.  The purpose is to honor distinctive women who set themselves apart through civic and cultural achievements and for their sense of style. It was an honor for me to sit at Linda’s table. 

As we entered the lobby, we were treated to a trio of musicians playing soft jazz music. There were some 800 ladies in attendance and it was a very special occasion, not to mention a delicious lunch.  The event was sponsored by the American Lung Association and held at the Chattanooga Convention Center Ballroom downtown.  A spokesperson for the Lung Association brought awareness to an even greater purpose – fighting lung disease.  Did you know that radon gas is the #2 cause of lung cancer among women?  So, have your home tested soon!

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Thumbprint Cookies

fter the lunch, we stopped at Koch’s Bakery to buy some of my favorite “thumbprint” cookies.  Then, Linda’s friend, Paula met us at the RV park as she and her boyfriend are thinking of buying an RV and she wanted to see ours.  We were happy to give her the grand tour along with a glass of wine.

Later in the evening, we took Linda out to eat at a fairly new Italian restaurant, Il Primo.  We were given a free appetizer called “Arancini Telefono Marinara."  It consisted of risotto and homemade mozzarella cheese, served with a vodka marinara cream sauce.  Linda and I weren’t that hungry so we split a dinner.  The food was outstanding but the noise level was a bit much.