I Can't Find
 

I can't find is a reoccurring theme here. I'll name something I miss and if you know where to find it speak up.

I miss beefsteak/big boy tomatoes. Your turn

A barber who will buzz my hair then shave my head. Been doing this for 25 years in NJ no problem but can't find any barber in our area too do this. The Barber shops in our area are much safer thought. Buzz and Shave in a Non Hip Hop Barbershop.

A deep, cool, refreshing lake we can swim in.....without worrying about bacteria or alligators.

A houseboat where we could wake up and see the mist on the water and the fish jumping.

Corn and Hanover tomatoes

A soaking bathtub. Can't even find a hotel with one around here.

A true farmer's market. I know I'm spoiled but if you're going to sell produce, make it fresh from YOUR farm, not fresh off a truck in Orlando.

Steak tips.

Sometimes miss snow. Been in Florida since 1996 now with only a Spring trip to freezing El Paso, Texas in 2001 and one week to DC in May 2015 where we sweated a lot.

A real "Open 24 hours" diner. Could find one at nearly every intersection back in Pennsylvania/New Jersey. Very strange getting used to "diners" here in FL that close by 3pm.

Elevation of more than 400 feet. I grew up surrounded by mountains in Reno, Nevada and a nice sized hill is even hard to find in Florida.

For the Villages, a Boston Market would be nice.

Legal Seafood would be nice in Brownwwood, restaurant with retail counter like TooJays.

Jersey tomatoes, corn, pizza, Diners. We are famous in Jersey for all the above.

Missing
 

100% agree! Plus I miss real delis.

Steamed blue crabs

Real dim sum, where they roll it around on carts or bring it around on trays. Chinese markets, where you can buy a whole fish and lots of vegetables for very cheap. Good Indian food.

Oh no you did it now!!! Just means more seafood buying power!!! Here we go..lol :mmmm:

Oh Bare...so tempting with the temps high here!

Since we just retired we are planning our getaways for next summer and didn't think about our friends to the north.

We have never visited your wonderful country, but hubby and I decided not to travel to Mexico for awhile, and decided Canada was first on our list.

We are looking at a river cruise from Montreal, Toronto then down the east cost of the US.

I will talk to hubby about renting a houseboat. We had a 70 foot, 3 bedroom/2 bath houseboat and do miss it at times!

Thanks for the heads up on the exchange rate.

....and this is why I love the TOTV!

ring baloney

I think you misread---he wanted a boat on a LAKE, not a GLACIER:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

More like an icehouse on a glacier. And no central heat, but plenty of cold air.


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Lake Michigan
Heinz Field

Back Bay, Boston

Fenway Park


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Good memories.:rolleyes:

I forgot to mention Taylor Ham/ Pork Roll. Taylor Ham and egg sandwiches are a Jersey classic.

A "real" steak sub from White House or Sacco's in Atlantic City . . . on "real" Italian bread.

Cornell chicken & salt potatoes

My home in Central New York was surrounded by good rich farmland and truck farmers abound. There was a time (1960's) when I could drive over to Cherry Hill Road just minutes away from my home and ask Mr. Dennis for corn. Mr. Dennis obligingly would go out into his fields and pick me a bushel of corn for $1.00...corn that still had dew settling it and would be divided three ways my parents, my wife's parent and she and me

and because there were so many truck farmers produce stands along country roads were plentiful. Syracuse had a wonderful farmers market

Ice fishing is huge in Minnesota. a Saturday morning local T V sport show (1990's) featured a ice shack that was built for $100,000. It had every comfort feature a person could want ( refrig, stove, couch, etc) and seven ice fishing holes along it interior perimeter
Now that's devotion :D

One of my very favorite meals

broasted chicken and potatoes

Our tomatoes in Virginia are just plain perfect at this time of year!

Unfortunately, there are only 3 or 4 of these stands left. Some of them got together and opened a "store" at Rt. 20 and Half Acre Rd. The Auburn farmer's market pales in comparison to Syracuse's

A good southern cafeteria with "home-cooked" food, like Luby's. Alas, they seem to belong to a bygone era.

Gio's on 301 just north of 466 has a great retail counter. Owned by Giovani's

And shoo-fly pie and funny cake.

Watch those big snowflakes fall from the sky and create a white wonderland, and then the sun comes up and the snow sparkles like diamonds

Grandma's waffles and mom's fried apricot pies.

Lake Michigan perch, boned and buttered

And then you grab the snow shovel.......:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I don't miss that at all, but I can appreciate your perspective.


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True. And I am reminded of the godly aroma that permeates the air in mid September when they are harvesting grapes.