Cream City is Open!!!

When DH and I were first scoping out this little 'ville halfway between the two big 'villes - Nashville & Knoxville - we saw a sign that we thought was an ice-cream place. Cream City. Boy, were we disappointed to find out it wasn't an ice cream place and wasn't open either. Soon after that it became the home of a nice chocolate place, then a short-lived cafe. After some time, it was scheduled to open as a pastry place, but that fell through. Too bad.

But now, it is open as an ice cream and coffee place. And just not ice cream and coffee either, but any coffee drink, shake, sundae that you can imagine. The owner assured us the ice cream is custom made, and I have to tell you I was brave enough to have the "garbage" ice cream. OMG! It was so good. The decor is cute. Lime green walls and metal tables - I especially like the idea of the pierced metal tables that had those battery operated touch lights for night. It's going to look really special.

Certainly hope our little 'ville supports this great place on the west side of downtown.

[Photo courtesy of www.CookevilleCityscape.com]
 

Copyright 2010, ACK, for Generational

Are You Sure It Isn't Monday?

Some days, it just doesn't pay to get up early and try to get things done. For example, this morning I had an oil change scheduled for my CR-V. Up early and out the door coffee in hand. This 20 minute oil change took almost an hour - I am conceding that they may have been backed up and I am okay with that - but then when the guy brought my car around, he left the driver's window open. And then the deluge. Yep. So I was there for another hour while they tried to dry up the seat. I can attest to the fact that the seat was still damp and so was my rear by the time I made the two mile trip home. Consolation prize? Next oil change is free.

Copyright 2010, ACK, for Generational

Memorial Day

On this memorial day I am remembering my family members who fought in various wars.


Timothy Percival, my great great great great great grandfather - Revolution
Jabez Percival, my great great great great grandfather - Revolution

Abraham Bowman, my great great great great grandfather - Revolution
Joseph Graves Chinn, my great great great grandfather - War of 1812
Joseph Garland Chinn, my great great grand uncle - Mexican War
John Bowman Chinn, my great great grandfather - Civil War - Confederate - died on retreat from Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern)
John Stearns Percival, my great great grandfather - Civil War- Confederate - killed at Bayou Meto Pass, outside of Little Rock, Arkansas
John Garland Webb, my great great grandfather - Civil War - Confederate - captured and paroled (some of his brothers also were confederate soldiers.)
John Stearns Percival, my grandfather - World War I - Co D 23rd Engineers
Charles Zimmeth, my grandfather - World War I - 12th Machine Gun Battalion
John Bowman, my great granduncle, World War I - Quartermaster corps

Frank Percival, my father - World War II - US Navy
Bernard Kruszka, my father-in-law - World War II - US Army Air Corps
John Zimmeth, my uncle - World War II
Angus Mack, my uncle - World War II.




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