Look who met me for lunch!

14 years ago

Today I had the pleasure of meeting and dining with Lakemayor! Karen and Steve met me at a cute little bistro in White Bear Lake MN on their way through MN as they begin their westward road trip.

It was like seeing old friends even tho we have never met before today! They are delightful people and we had such a nice time talking, laughing and lunching!

The restaurant grows it's own fesh produce in their own garden out back. The food was delicious, but paled in comparison to the company!

Karen and Steve

Karen and me

Karen brought me a jar of Mediterranean sea salt flakes in lemon. Any ideas/recipes on how to use them are welcome, they are so pretty! They smell lemony but I don't detect a lemon flavor, just a strong saltiness.

I gave her a pair of copper earrings with jasper beads and a small fused glass plate that I made. You can see my sea salt and the plate in the photo of the two of us at the table.

Thanks for taking some time out of your travel plans to meet me, Karen and Steve! It was a pleasure indeed, and I hope we can hook up again very soon!

Linda

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mustangs81
14 years ago
Linda, I agree, they are delightful people; but so are you!

I look forward to getting together with them in FL this winter.

Cathy
dedtired
14 years ago
How nice! Karen sure has met up with a lot of CFers.

Linda, I thought of you over the weekend when I used the little bowl that you made and gave to me in a swap. I used it to hold nuts at a dinner party and several people asked me about it. Karen is lucky to have one of your pieces, too.
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hawk307
14 years ago
Linda:
My Sister and Brother-in-Law didn-t tell me they were meeting you.
Sounds like you had a good time.

What you said is true, " like seeing old friends ",
probably because they are down to earth , honest folks.

If I am lucky I may meet up again, with them ,one day.

LOU
lakemayor
14 years ago
It was a great lunch and a wonderful visit. It was great to meet Linda. She is so nice and so much fun. I wish I lived closer to her, I would want to hang out. We talked about some of the past camps that some of you have attended and I was so jealous that I wasn't part of that. Don't you think it's time for another camp??? I will offer my home but I don't know enough about anything to lead it. Ha

Linda's gifts are just beautiful. The earrings and the dish are so special to me.

Yes, I did bring lemon finger sea salt but left the home grown garlic that I was bringing her at home. I'm going to send it to her.

We are now in northern Minneasota and will be in North Dakota early this morning. It's been a fun trip so far.

Karen
jessyf
14 years ago
Nice get together!

I would love that salt on grilled chicken or fish, yum.

I'm also a recipient of one of Linda's glass creations (two of them), enjoy!
sally2_gw
14 years ago
It sounds like you all had a great time. The gifts look beautiful, and yummy.

Karen, I hope the rest of your trip is safe and fun.

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annie1992
14 years ago
I'm also the recipient of more than one of Linda's creations, I still use the small appetizer plates she made, and Elery still has the bottle stopper she brought to the Michigan Run. I have a hand painted oil bottle too, and I use her recipe for limoncello!

I've partied....um....met with Linda more than once, LOL, and Elery still cracks up when I talk about beaver flicks or Sven. (grin)

Karen and Steve are just such nice people too, that would be one fun lunch. You did eat lunch, right?

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doucanoe
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14 years ago
LOL, Annie! I did tell Karen and Steve the "beaver flick" story as well as Roger's...um....comment! We had a good laugh over that one!

Jessy, that's a good idea for the salt! I am also thinking something "salt-crusted" like chicken or shrimp. Or maybe as a rimmer for a margarita.

Karen, I definitely agree that we need to plan another "camp" of some sort. (Putting my thinking cap on.....)

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hawk307
14 years ago
If any of you want to camp in the Pocono's ,
I have room to sleep about 7, unless there are couples.

Then I can accomodate about 9 or 10.

Fall is a nice time, with all the colors.

You will have to do your own cooking , I don-t have the
experience, for that.

Lou

PS. Steve & Karen:
Will you be able to retrieve you emails ???
Teresa_MN
14 years ago
I am so sorry I missed Karen and Steve. I have been working extremely long hours since mid-June and ricing the last couple of weekends. Not much time for email/voicemail/forums or even Facebook.

:-(
Teresa
lakemayor
14 years ago
Teresa, I'm sorry I missed you also. Linda was telling me how much work there is to harvesting wild rice. I really appreciate the rice you sent me even more now. Thanks again for that!!

Maybe we can meet another time.

Karen
lsr2002
14 years ago
Great pictures, and of course it sounds like everyone had a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing, I'm looking forward to hearing more of your travels Karen and Steve.

Lee

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