This evening I found out a great friend of mine has died - Del Smith, may his soul Rest in Peace. We travelled down the line to Jacksonville on Hwy 95. As we came into Florida we came upon the visitor stop for a glass of OJ. As two years ago we stopped and remember the freshness of the juice. Also picked up some brochures and the address to Budweiser brewing. So guess our next stop as it is almost noon or 10:30am. This was a good stop, the tour is somewhat low key compared to St. Louis, but ten times better. He talked about the history but added some tings that made them seem different; did you know they supported the discovery of the diesel? And when WWII was going they built them and put them in submarines. I always knew Budweiser was special. They made furniture and much more. The bottling line, 1,600 per minute, cans at 2,200/m, switch over on the bottling line in 45 minutes because it takes 40 minutes for the pasteurizer to clear. They use beech wood for more surface area for the yeast to act on in the cold 48 deg fermentation process temperature. The beech wood is reused by preparing it by two soakings in sodium hydroxide and five steam cleaning processes.
As Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens was not open today we stopped at Museum of Science and History center, downtown. The interesting item here was the miniature painted pictures gathered by some guy. These were 2 to 5 inches wide or high. Dali, Matisse, Chagall and Van Gough, plus many more. They had a 45 minute planetarium talk. Neat but not enough to recommend the place. If you had nothing to do on a Monday, as most things are closed, stop by.
As we were now hungry as it is 3:00pm we drove out and it looked like we had found a place with no restaurants. We stopped at a Charthouse, not open, went next door to the doorman of the Wyndham and he said with a smile, B.B.s at 1019 Hendricks Ave – off we went down the block. As we pulled up we noticed it was one of those yuppie Bistro’s, so figured the food would be good and different. We split a TMB pizza – 10 inch, that is a tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil combo. The tomatoes are fresh half inch cubes layered around the edge and under the velvety fresh mozzarella cheese, and the thin slices of fresh basil are on the top. With them on top they add a special flavoring to it. I would go 10 miles out of the way to eat here again.
Off to find the Comfort Suites on the south side of town where we rested up before venturing forth. We ate at a sports bar this eve, Sneakers Sports Grille, we saw 3 giant screens 10 by 14 or so and Shirleen figured 80 small sets including the 25 outside. Even with all these it was a nicely laid out with a lot of space between tables with no large dividers, so a clean look to the place. They had a neat Bud beer device, it was a large boot with a tap at the base and ice in a bag on the top. You could get 32 – 10 ounce beers from it. I had a 10 ouncer, Shirleen water and she ordered a children’s grilled cheese, Casey said no problem what you want is what you get. I a thinly sliced prime rib sandwich with horseradish sauce. Tomorrow, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and who knows what else?? Jerry
As Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens was not open today we stopped at Museum of Science and History center, downtown. The interesting item here was the miniature painted pictures gathered by some guy. These were 2 to 5 inches wide or high. Dali, Matisse, Chagall and Van Gough, plus many more. They had a 45 minute planetarium talk. Neat but not enough to recommend the place. If you had nothing to do on a Monday, as most things are closed, stop by.
As we were now hungry as it is 3:00pm we drove out and it looked like we had found a place with no restaurants. We stopped at a Charthouse, not open, went next door to the doorman of the Wyndham and he said with a smile, B.B.s at 1019 Hendricks Ave – off we went down the block. As we pulled up we noticed it was one of those yuppie Bistro’s, so figured the food would be good and different. We split a TMB pizza – 10 inch, that is a tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil combo. The tomatoes are fresh half inch cubes layered around the edge and under the velvety fresh mozzarella cheese, and the thin slices of fresh basil are on the top. With them on top they add a special flavoring to it. I would go 10 miles out of the way to eat here again.
Off to find the Comfort Suites on the south side of town where we rested up before venturing forth. We ate at a sports bar this eve, Sneakers Sports Grille, we saw 3 giant screens 10 by 14 or so and Shirleen figured 80 small sets including the 25 outside. Even with all these it was a nicely laid out with a lot of space between tables with no large dividers, so a clean look to the place. They had a neat Bud beer device, it was a large boot with a tap at the base and ice in a bag on the top. You could get 32 – 10 ounce beers from it. I had a 10 ouncer, Shirleen water and she ordered a children’s grilled cheese, Casey said no problem what you want is what you get. I a thinly sliced prime rib sandwich with horseradish sauce. Tomorrow, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens and who knows what else?? Jerry
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