Those that missed it, I posted something yesterday which discussed the theatrical films I saw in December. Now, the other activities I did during the month. A few days I was rather ill but otherwise I can't complain about how 2023 concluded. As for why I quoted a famous Chicago song, I just saw an ad for Prime which used it; there's a tune not heard in a long time by me.
As always, the highlight of each December is heading on out to Wichita to see one of my sisters and the rest of her brood. Everyone there is doing fine; another “as always” is that three pre-teen boys is a handful and there is one of many reasons why it's a good thing I am not a parent. One night we went out to see Christmas lights at Botanica, The Wichita Gardens; those looked tremendous. Another night was dinner at a new Japanese hibachi restaurant known as Umi; the place looked great and the staff was augmented by robot servers... the first time I'd seen such a thing in person. Unfortunately, the robots were more reliable than the rest of the staff and none of the food tasted as good as a standard Kobe's, let alone JMK Nippon in Rockford, Illinois. You live and you learn... however, City Bites (a sandwich shop w/ funky décor) and River City Brewing Company (w/ an explosion of Christmas décor inside) both had tasty food.
Overall, it was nice to spend a few days out in Kansas. The trip there and back was on the low-buck airline Allegiant; at least the prices were still acceptable when airline tickets in general are a lot more than the pre-COVID days. The trip out to Wichita was fine except that the plane left more than an hour late. The way back was fine also... but what an incident at the airport in Wichita. As I was dropped off, a sight you'd never want to see at an airport was present: cop cars, ambulances and fire trucks on the cargo runaway. It wasn't until arriving home that the full story was known: a plane traveling from Newark to Denver had to make an emergency stop due to engine problems. That isn't automatically a sign of something bad but this time it was: an engine fire happened on the ground! No one was hurt in all that calamity, which is the important detail.
Otherwise, December wasn't too exciting for me... I went out to see Christmas lights on more than one night; a random late Tuesday had me visiting the new Raising Cane's in Orlando. Probable even now that location is still slammed with customers most of the time; even at the late time the place was busy. The food was still delicious, thankfully. Just two nights ago I went to a new restaurant in my hometown of Clermont: Portillo's just opened a location here, sooner than expected. No complaints about the food there, either.
Sometime late in the month I'll return. There are a few places I plan on going so there should be plenty of activities to discuss.
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