a blast from the past...

Rosedale...a picturesque little farming community with a nice name.  It happens to be where we once lived...where our children spent their early years and attended school.  It had one general store in those days...a service station and one restaurant, called Lee's.  We ate at Lee's with our family a few times...the last time being in the middle of a winter blizzard when our power went off and the water supply to our house froze.  We went of necessity that day...some twenty-five years ago.  Meanwhile we moved to our present location, and though Rosedale is not far away...we would never think of it as a dining destination.

I drove through Rosedale not long ago...and realized that Lee's was still in business, looking virtually unchanged.  I wondered if it was still the same inside...with it's somewhat sloping floors and all.  

We got a flyer in our mailbox several weeks ago...a photocopy of a handwritten menu from Lee's Restaurant.  Most flyers don't get a second glance at our place...but 'handwritten' caught my attention.  I actually read the menu...and had a hankering for Chinese food...and decided we might just go back to our old haunt and check it out.  We did just that last night.

It was rather like stepping back in time.  I'm sure the floors are still sloping...but as long as you don't spill...it won't bother you!

It was clean, cozy and the perfect place to be on a chilly winter evening.

There's nothing like wonton soup to warm you through and through....followed by dinner for four.

We found some friends to join us for our dining adventure...friends who once lived in the same community and frequented the same diner with their family back in the day.  So we had a good time reminiscing...

...and enjoying a little blast from the past.  And guess what...we plan to return...one day soon. 

Though we celebrated Thanksgiving here some time ago...I would just like to wish all my American family and friends a most wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day!  My thoughts are with you...