Three Beautiful Things 03-10-2023: Delivery for GarrenTeed BBQ, Drinking Tip Money at The Lounge, Clam Chowder and *Columbo*

1. Every once in a while, Garren Taylor, the grillmaster and proprietor of Kellogg's premier eatery, the food truck GareenTeed BBQ at 110 N. Hill Street, asks Ed (Garren's father-in-law) and me to deliver a party order out of town. 

So, today, as a robust winter storm was just past its peak, Ed loaded a hotbox in his backseat, picked me up, and we were off, sporting our GarrenTeed BBQ caps,  to a residence perched above Hiway 95 back in the woods south of CdA on Meadow Creek Loop Rd. 

The roads were mostly wet with patches of slush on I-90. Likewise, Hiway 95 wasn't bad. Meadow Creek Loop Rd, however,  had several stretches of packed snow and the house we delivered to was at the end of a fairly long unplowed driveway.

Thanks to Ed's driving skills and long experience, we got to the house all right and delivered the food.

We weren't far from the CdA Casino and we'd toyed with the idea to go down and enjoy some recreational time on the machines and have a drink, maybe even some dinner -- but, the temperature was hovering right around freezing and if it dipped much lower, the roads were going to be icy.

So we did the smart thing.

We drove straight back to Kellogg.

2. We picked up some tip money for our efforts and went straight to The Lounge to turn the tips into beer. We had a fun time yakkin' with each other, with Bob and Tracy, and greeting other revelers at The Lounge. It was a great crowd of happy Kellogg people, enjoying each other and The Lounge's always reliable positive vibes.

3. Back home, I was surprised to learn that Debbie had not supped on last night's left over clam chowder and she gave me the green light to go ahead and heat it up for myself.

It was even better tonight than last night and helped fuel my arduous effort to complete last Saturday's NY Times crossword puzzle while watching Columbo hone in on a murdering, oversexed painter/artist. Sometimes Columbo has a soft spot for perpetrators he outwits, but not in this episode. The artist guy was everything Columbo isn't: arrogant, egotistical, demanding, controlling, promiscuous, and homicidal. Columbo seemed particularly happy to be done with this guy and very satisfied that he figured out the murderer's homicidal scheme.