In the few hours before
the Super Bowl begins, I have the time to mention a few things; might
as well do it now as the back half of February will be full of
activities. The game itself I could not possibly care less about (and
I say this as someone who knows fans of both the 49'ers and Chiefs)
but I'll make a prediction anyhow: San Francisco 22, Kansas City 21. Feel free to chuckle if this was way off the mark.
One moment I should have mentioned last time was that when I was in Winter Park several weeks ago, I had dessert at a place new to me: Jeni's Ice Cream. In fact, it was very good so a repeat visit will happen one day. Last Friday the food trucks were in downtown Clermont as that's the monthly first Friday in the month tradition & I was able to attend. Dinner was Taglilino Pasta, which was good. Level Up Lemonade provided the beverage; in fact, the gimmick was Super Mario Bros. That extended to the costumes that the young couple working there were wearing. It wasn't cheap but at least the concoction was in a huge container... and it was quite good. Downtown Clermont now has a large selection of eateries in brick and mortar buildings which need to be sampled by me... that'll come later in 2024. Restaurants I used to like back in the day have fallen off-perhaps I'll explain another time-so it'd be nice to find a good spot close to home.
Otherwise, not too much else to write about. On Saturday the 27th I picked up someone from the airport in Sanford. Before then I was in Daytona Beach, which yes meant a quick stop at Buc'ees after I picked up a sandwich at a favorite of mine (Larry's Giant Subs) so it could be eaten the following day. My annual pass at Disney was renewed (heh heh heh); it was done at Hollywood Studios and it was nice to walk around, not to mention eat at the Muppets-themed Pizzarizzo restaurant. I'll be back at Disney soon.
One last thing: yesterday I saw a “new” release, which was a 2022 British movie that was picked up for release only because last year's strike has resulted in a rather barren 2024 at cineplexes across the United States. Out of Darkness was a survival thriller about a small tribe of nomads looking for a new residence 45,000 years ago, only to be hunted by a mysterious entity. I thought it was awful! Them inventing a new language (it was subtitled) was interesting linguistically but the film was full of characters I couldn't stand, the story was incredibly basic, it wasn't scary or thrilling, was quite dull, and the movie (which looked drab anyhow) was lit poorly so it was difficult to see not a lot happening. Hard pass. The actual highlight of yesterday was picking up a polo shirt and a new belt (the ones I had were all ragged) from a store at the nearby Altamonte Mall.
