The morning was spent inside, except for my brief outdoor walk around to get the first two photos below. We walked for lunch at Lee’s Drive In, a Hammond institution, because it was just two blocks north of the Airbnb. By the time we left for there at noon the street was almost entirely free of snow. Sally had the chicken topped salad and had a patty melt. And because her mom will probably never read this blog, we split an app of Fried Pickles which were the best I’d ever had.
After that we visited with the Birthday Girl at her house and the roads were pretty much all clear, except for the last 50 yards before turning into her Cul de sac where the trees prevented the sun from doing its radiant energy thing. There was a little bit of sliding there. Talking of New Orleans memories and telling tall stories of past exploits with the granddaughter/daughter Claire.
When Sally and me returned to the Airbnb, had a small dinner, we were both still a little full from lunch, and then watched a movie that had Justin Timberlake in it. Just because when the Airbnb’s host dropped by (see explanation below the photos) she told us that Mr. Timberlake stayed here while filming the movie The Open Road. Unlike last night’s Hallmark Christmas movie with a couple of movie stars in it, this was more like a badly written, poorly filmed and edited one with a bunch of movie stars in it. Closed Captioning might have helped, but I couldn’t figure how to get it on the Fire TV we have. I told Sally that for Friday night one of us picks a movie that they have seen and enjoyed enough to watch a second time. That way, worst case scenario, at least one of us will enjoy the show.
 AirBnB |
 Fleur de Lis |
 Spiral Staircase |
 Hydra |
1) Outside of our Airbnb. 2) Closeup of the fence surrounding the place. 3) The spiral staircase to the 3rd floor loft with bed & bath number three. 4) Hydra.
The last one needs a little ‘splaining. The heat pump worked fine until the hard freezing temps and snow arrived. The night before last when the temps plummeted to single digits it couldn’t keep up and inside the Airbnb it was 53°. The heating contractor come out to fix it right away, so the host gave us a space heater. With it we got the interior up to 61 before bed, but we of course turn the heater off to be safe. This morning it was 51° inside. Our host works at Neil Corporation that trains salon owners and she knew we were still cold, so today she brought over another space heater and this contraption, used for something hair related or what they use to keep hamburgers warm in the cafeteria.