Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving because its the time of the year that we can all be together. We put the Christmas tree up after dinner and decorate the house. We also sit around the table and string popcorn for the Christmas tree. After we are done decorating its time for hot chocolate by the fireplace. I am thankful for my family and love spending time with them. The day after Thanksgiving my daughters and I go shopping. we get up really early and shop until we drop! I am thankful that my family is so close my kids and I can talk about everything.

The beach my favorite place

Chrissy and Me at the Beach

This a picture of one of my best friends, Chrissy, and me at the beach. The beach is my favorite place to be in the summer. When the weather gets nice again, I will even take my homework to the beach. I think I wore my kids out this summer because I went there at least three times a week!

Response to " The Atkins Method Of Acting"

I cannot believe people lose and gain weight for their jobs. I think this could be a very unhealthy way of living. What happens if you gain all that weight; then you have a heart attack? Now what kind of money will you be making and who is going to pay your medical bills? In today's world there is computer imaging techniques to make people look fat or slim. I think it would be much easier to put on a fat suit then to gain unnecessary weight. No amount of money is worth jeopardizing your health because your health is your wealth. People put to much emphasis on outer appearance and they judge people on looks. In today's world people will treat you according to how you dress. People need to look more at a person's attitude rather than image. If an actor is really good at acting they should be able to produce the role without changing their body image.

About My weekend

My weekend was very interesting all three of my kids went to their friends houses. My dad husband and I went out for a salad and pizza. I am starting to feel old because I had no kids home to take out for Halloween. My dad gave me my Christmas present early only because I needed a new study area in my house. He bought me a new desk with a hutch. I love my new study area because it is quiet and peaceful. My other study area was in my bedroom and on the other side of the wall is loud kids programs on T.V. or music. I was also happy when I cleaned my house because it stayed clean. I am sure when I go home after class the house will be a mess again but oh well life happens.

revised Clemente's Restaurant: Good Food and Good Fun

Clemente’s Bar and Restaurant doesn’t look like much from the outside. It occupies a non-descript brick building at 2230 Fort Street in Lincoln Park, Michigan. Step through the door, and things aren’t much different. The furniture is old, as is the carpet, the suspended tile ceiling, and the wood paneling on the walls. But as one steps through the door, senses other than sight are stimulated.
Upon entry, patrons step into a lobby with three doors. The door to the left leads to the bar, dimly lit and intimate. Plenty of seating, both at the bar and at U-shaped booths along the wall is provided, along with a few tables. Local sports usually play on the televisions. Straight ahead is the dining room, where the smell of fresh baked pizza and homemade Italian food fills the air. The walls of the dining room are paneled with dark wood, and the chairs and booths are olive green and look very old-fashioned. The only thing modern in the dining area is the computer they use to place orders. Even though things looked old, the restaurant was clean and well kept. A blast of sound comes from the final door, on the right side of the entry. It is a mix of crashes and laughter that can only come from one place; a bowling alley. Clemente’s installed a six lane alley in 1948, before the invention of automatic pin setters. According to a 1988 interview from the Heritage Newspaper with co-owner of the restaurant, Joe Clemente, “We really couldn’t afford to have more than six lanes because it was tough getting pinboys. We had just four pinboys, two would jump lanes, and two others would work single lanes.”
Clemente’s first opened its doors in 1933. The restaurant was founded by Guiseppe Clemente and his wife, Natalina, who came to America sometime in the 1920s from Roccopia, Italy. The original location was on Fort Park, just a stone’s throw away from the current location. It started off as a night club, and Clemente’s was the first in Michigan after Prohibition ended to have a class C license to sell liquor by the glass. The family’s Italian recipes were a favorite among those living in a very ethnic area along the Detroit River. Guiseppe died in 1965 and Natalina in 1992, leaving the business to their three children, Joe Clemente, Rose Jackson, and the late Ed Clemente. Rose, age 84, still works daily at the restaurant and she still remembers me. I used to bus tables for her nearly twenty years ago.
The menu at Clemente’s is reasonably priced Italian fare, with the most expensive meals on the Italian side of the menu being the ravioli dishes at $8.99. The dinner menu lists the T-bone steak at $13.99, and the pizzas range in price from $6.50 for an eight inch personal pizza to $14.99 for a 14 inch specialty pizza. A unique item listed on the menu is a sauerkraut pizza, although it is only available seasonally.
My husband, daughter and I went to Clemente’s Saturday, October 10th at 8p.m. Hearing the sounds of the bowling alley when my family and I entered put us in the mood for pizza. Surprisingly, one truly had to listen for the sounds of the bowling alley while in the dining room, even though they were only separated by a wall. I chose the mini 8 inch veggie deluxe, while my husband and daughter ordered a small meat deluxe and a pitcher of Coke. My pizza included cheese, tomato slices, broccoli, mushrooms and green pepper. When the pizza was brought to the table, I was impressed with the amount of toppings they used. The pizza was piled high with vegetables. The crust was not too thick, not too thin, and cooked to just the right degree of crispness. I was also pleased by the fact that they used freshly sliced mushrooms instead of canned mushrooms. My husband said to me about his pizza, “They sure don’t skimp on the toppings, do they?” He was satisfied with the way his pizza was made because it had the right amount of toppings, crispiness and the temperature was not too hot or cold. The bill for our family night out at Clemente’s came to $28.00. Our dinner included the two pizzas, plus salad, bread and breadsticks, and beverages. The service was very good; the waitress greeted us with a smile and filled our drinks at the right time. The pizza was good it had the right amount of vegetables that were not overcooked. We even had leftovers to take home, which were gone by the next day.
If I were to be completely honest, I would have to admit some bias in this review. I have been to Clemente’s many times; my parents used to bring me here as a child. Rose gave me my first job. In my heart, Clemente’s gets a five star rating. Really though, it is a working class kind of place. Given its outdated décor and standard menu choices, I can only give it three stars, but they are well deserved. The prices are very reasonable, and although we did not visit the bar, the beer prices were not outrageous.
If my review of Clemente’s Bar and Restaurant has brought out an interest in dining there, my suggestion is that it be done quickly. Rose informed me during my visit that the restaurant is presently up for sale and the party who may buy it soon is not interested in the building or the business, only the property. The building will most likely be torn down. I asked Rose if this made her sad. She replied, “What do I care? I am 84 years old! I can’t do this forever.” But when Clemente’s does close for good, Downriver will lose a business that has been a fixture in the area for 76 years.
It will also lose some damn good pizza.




Works Cited
LeFort, Mikel. “Little Alley; Six lane house celebrates its 40th year.” Heritage Newspapers {Wyandotte, Michigan} 12 October, 1988. 15-D.

Showing my mom how to blog

My mom cooked me a wonderful dinner! I am so lucky to have her for a mom because: she is caring, loving, eager to give great advice, and is also very willing to listen to any problem that I may have. She is great with the grand kids! As I am showing her new things about the blog she is showing me new things about the computer.