A few things

bub

May 3, 2026 at 8:20am

This first one isn't Food etc. but I'm throwing it in.  

1. I was able to donate blood yesterday for the first time in years because I got off a drug that was on the "no go" list.  I'd hardly call it a phobia but the one thing I always disliked about donating was the finger prick thing they do to get a little blood for testing.  They don't do it anymore.  They have a clip on finger device, like the pulse ox thing you get at the hospital,  that somehow gets the info, I guess the same way as the pulse-ox clip on does.  So fear not if that's what keeps you away.

2. Neighbors took us to the China buffet place in the Marshalls shopping center on Route 10.  I'd hardly call it fine dining but its not at all bad either and they have a lot of stuff, including various seafood items and dessert.  Go there hungry and you'll get your moneys worth.  The price goes up at 3:30 so keep that in mind. 

3. Finally, I zipped down to Princeton the other day mainly to see the University's new art museum (free).  It's magnificent.  Their collection includes many of the giants of art.  You would think you were at the Met or some other Fifth Avenue museum.  Between the museum, the campus and the town, Princeton is as worthy a day trip destination as any spot in the state. 

 

Princeton is nice.   Walking by Einstein's house (you can not go in as it is private property) makes you feel smarter.  The cemetery is a couple of blocks off Nassau and has some interesting historical markers.  Some signers of the Declaration of Independence, Grover Cleveland and his much younger wife, and very unexpectedly Aaron Burr.  


RobertRoe said:

Princeton is nice.   Walking by Einstein's house (you can not go in as it is private property) makes you feel smarter.  The cemetery is a couple of blocks off Nassau and has some interesting historical markers.  Some signers of the Declaration of Independence, Grover Cleveland and his much younger wife, and very unexpectedly Aaron Burr.  

A man named Joe told me he knew Einstein. And that I was clearly his successor. 



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