Skip to main content

Reminiscing


I was reminiscing the other day about life in Illinois.
Because it wasn't all bad.
My kids went to a great school.
There was this amazing Jamaican restaurant in U City (De Palm Tree).
The City Museum was spectacular.
Our church secretary was a gem.
And bald eagles wintered along the Mississippi river there.
Pretty sure the eagles were my favorite thing about life in the STL area.

But.
There was also Duke Bakery.
There aren't many bakeries anymore, most are now in grocery stores and just aren't good.
Duke Bakery sat on top of a hill in the middle of a neighborhood in Alton.
Finding it was a challenge for this out of town girl.
But one day my daughter and I went on a quest.
We found the bakery.
And I introduced her to the loveliness that is an eclair.



 The eclair from Duke Bakery was perfection. I haven't seen one that looked nearly as good since. She still remembers the day I introduced her to the treat.
She also remembers the day I took her for her first creme brûlée but that's a story for another day.
So, if you are in Illinois and if Duke Bakery is still there please go and support them. Small bakeries are being eliminated by flavorless grocery store giants.

 Do you have a favorite bakery in your town? Tell me about it!

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 27, 2016 at 6:28 PM

    It is still there and still just as delicious.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownJuly 27, 2016 at 7:58 PM

    Ditto what Denise Shampine said. Just had goodies from there last Sunday. Going to Princivelli's for lunch and then to Duke's Bakery Sundays after church with Gary is becoming a regolar thing.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. SuzanneJuly 28, 2016 at 4:29 AM

      Sounds like a lovely tradition for the two of you.

      Delete
  3. UnknownJuly 27, 2016 at 7:59 PM

    Ditto what Denise Shampine said. Just had goodies from there last Sunday. Going to Princivelli's for lunch and then to Duke's Bakery Sundays after church with Gary is becoming a regolar thing.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Front Row Seat

  If you've been around me any length of time, you'll know I love having a front row seat when possible. Church. Concerts. Comedy shows. Auctions. I want to be front and center, where the action is, so I don't get distracted and miss something. I want to be part of the event and front is where it's at.  Lately I've had a front row seat to some things that I wish I could unsee. My mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis and the last year and a half of watching her slow and steady decline into a world of unknowns has taken a toll.  I tend to hold every emotion inside. Always have. I've learned -these past fifteen months or so- that this is bad for my health. Stress levels are impacting how I feel. Palpitations, and a diagnosis of "harmless" PACs, have left me trying to manage this stress. It's gotten easier but, I'll admit, I still have things shoved down inside. And then along came CDH. A diagnosis I'd not heard of before it was given to...
Post a Comment
Read more

Selling items on Craigslist and common scams

I'm selling a couple of things on Craigslist. I've done this a few times before and always, the first interested parties I hear from are scammers. This time in my listing I specified that I will not take money orders and asked that scammers not contact me. Here's the first interested party that I heard from: mr robins journeycristina@gmail.com Is it still available for sale... I replied: Yes it is. Here's the second contact from the first interested party. Note that the name of the sender and the email of the sender are different than the ones from the first contact: Clyde Wright fisherr.mattyy@gmail.com Hello, Thanks for the swift response, just to let you know that am okay with the condition and price of the item, am ready for its purchase and my form of payment will be by sending you Check via UPS next day delivery. I'll be responsible for the pick-up and the pick up money will be included in your payment to avoid delay and to enable pick up company to s...
28 comments
Read more

It's Not A Blessing if you Had to Sin to Get it

Pretty strong words but also very true. I once heard a man say his girlfriend was, "A gift from God."  Except she wasn't because she was still married to someone else. Glenn wiggled in and turned her head and snatched her away from her husband and children. How dare he think God had anything to do with that. He doesn't work that way. If you want His blessings then you need to walk closely with Him. He will never bless sin. He can't. He is unable to. Sin is what separates us from God.  Glenn may think he is living a blessed life as he runs on emotions and feelings but nothing like this will prosper. In the end it will lead to destruction.  It already has. The family he destroyed will never be the same. 
5 comments
Read more