Have it your way . . .

Wednesday, January 13

First off – the big news.  I am shocked that my prediction did not come true.  Shocked.  Contrary to my deeply held personal belief, I did not end up winning the $1.5 billion Powerball.  I’m stunned.  Now I know how  Dewey must have felt when he found out that he really lost to Harry S. Truman.

In anticipation of winning all that money, I really didn’t go out and buy anything.  I mean, why go out and buy a pack of screws from the hardware store, when I knew I could be buying solid gold screws the next day?  I think I got solid gold screwed.

I honestly thought I was going to go the whole day and not spend any money.  I worked from home, ate what was in the fridge and only had one plan outside the house – my installation to the 2016 board of directors at the Montgomery County Association of Realtors.

The annual installation ceremony – open to all Realtors, is a fun event.  Sometimes it’s a breakfast meeting.  This year, it was a cocktail party.  The event is usually at a venue somewhat central in the county, as Realtor members come from all over the county.  This year, it happened to be at the William Penn Inn.  One of my favorite Montgomery County places. 

Let me tell you a little secret about Realtors.  You can get them to go just about anywhere if you offer them food.  Throw in an open bar, and you can get them to do just about anything. 

So we had an open bar and the William Penn Inn’s great hors d'oeuvres.  I wanted to hold off on eating until after the installation ceremony.  But by the time I got to the buffet, it had been pretty much picked clean.  Like a hoard of locusts had descended on it.  Realtors are a voracious bunch, I tell you.  Voracious.

So I left hungry.  But knew that wouldn’t last.  On the way home, I stopped at the last fast food restaurant in Lansdale Borough.  The Burger King on South Broad Street.  And sweet serendipity – it’s Whopper Wednesday!  All that horrifically bad for you, yet very tasty food at a steep discount!  So a Whopper meal (with cheese, hold the onion) I did order.  Fast drive in service.  And while the burger was tasty, it never looks like the picture.  It always looks like that creepy Burger King from the commercials sat on it.  And wiggled a bit, before they put it in the bag.

Lansdale Shopping Score:  1

Now, we used to have more fast food opportunities in the borough.  The McDonalds was on Main Street (soon to become a laundromat).  But the loss I still mourn is the passing of the Roy Rogers on Main Street at the Hillcrest Shopping Center.  Where the Harleysville Savings Bank now sits. 

How I loved that Fixin’s Bar.  I’d always take extra pickles.  They had the best pickles.  And the Horsey Sauce!  No one has matched that since.

While Roy Rogers restaurants still exist, they are not in the immediate area.  In fact, if you wanted a Double R Bar Burger right now, you’d have to go north on the Turnpike to the Allentown Travel Plaza.  That would be the closest Roy’s to Lansdale.  And I would be willing to pay the toll. 

Who is up for a road trip?  Call me.

We’ll score today:

A rather measly shopping spree.  But all in the borough.

ONE opportunity to shop/eat in Lansdale met.

Let’s see what today brings!