Town Talk Diner

Had a great time with Andi last night. We visited my museum, including a round of golf in the Backyard. Then Andi bought us bags of sand for the Panning for Gems feature. We spent a fun half hour carefully dumping our sand in the panning thingies, washing away the silt and picking out our treasures. I got several nice chunks of gems/stones, but the big winner was Andi with a huge and lovely hunk of emerald.

Dinner was a Town Talk Diner, "a diner with benefits." Turns out we were served by one of the owners (I eavesdropped when he told the table next to us.) He was a fantastic server. In addition to beer, very affordable wine by the glass, and lots of classic cocktails, they serve 'adult' malts and shakes and Andi and I each wanted a Monkey Business (chocolate, peanut butter, banana and bourbon). On his recommendation, we split one. Good thing, too. One each would have completely spoiled our appetites. We split an appetizer of fantastic cheese curds. They were super warm and melty cheddar with a perfectly crisp outside. For main course, I had a pulled pork sandwich with fantastic fries and yummy bread and butter pickles. Andi got a cheeseburger that was perfectly cooked. Each dish came with a side of lemon mayo that was ethereally light and redolent of lemon. Superb.