Showing posts with label Lambert's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lambert's. Show all posts

Friday, July 1, 2011

The Book Bug and More Throwed Rolls

Book list 181-190

181.Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott
182.An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott  (2/7/2011)
183.Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott  (2/14/2011)
184.Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan  (2/15/2011)
185.Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan  (2/16/2011)
186.Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan  (2/16/2011)
187.More Perfect Than the Moon by Patricia MacLachlan  (2/17/2011)
188.Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan
189.Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott  (2/21/2011)
190.The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott

On Thursday we made another trip to Lambert's Cafe in Sikeston, Missouri.

Lambert's Cafe in Sikeston, Missouri
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Me and Sophia in Lambert's
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1/2 Slab Ribs with Baby Carrots and Turnip Green...Yum!
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While researching things to do in and around Sikeston, my husband came across a new and used bookstore called The Book Bug.  My sister and her son went with us, so we were both really excited to check this store out.  We weren't disappointed.  There were floor to ceiling shelves every where you turned.  I couldn't even begin to guess how many books this store contained.  I didn't know where to begin, but of course we headed straight to the classics.  Ronnie had volunteered to entertain the kids outside so we could concentrate on shopping.  He's so great!


The Book Bug in Sikeston, Missouri
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Beth and Me
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The Book Bug
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We both had really great luck.  Beth, my sister, is really in to F.Scott Fitzgerald right now and found several  of his books along with some other classics.  She ended up getting eleven books for $15.

I was really happy with the books I found as well.  I found three books from my To Be Read list and one little book set in West Virginia that I thought looked interesting.  Here are the four books that I purchased.


This one's on my reading list
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This one's on my reading list.
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This one's on my reading list.
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I've never heard of this one, but I liked the title and the cover.
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I paid $18 for the four of them, and I was pretty happy with that considering what I would  have paid for them new.  They are all in really great condition.

Family, Food, and Books...Does it get any better than that?

Saturday, June 18, 2011

A Farm and Throwed Rolls

Booklist 91-100

91. Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
92. Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery
93.Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery
94.West From Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
95. Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
96.Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
97. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (10/27/2007)
98. Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride
99. Little Farm in the Ozarks by Roger Lea MacBride
100.In the Land of the Big Red Apple (11/5/2007)

A few years ago, after I had read the Little House Series, but before I read the Rocky Ridge books we took a trip to Mansfield, Missouri.  Mansfield is the home of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum...http://www.lauraingallswilderhome.com/.  On the way there we stopped in Sikeston, Missouri and ate at Lambert's Cafe: The Only Home of the Throwed Roll...http://www.throwedrolls.com/.  And they're not kidding.  They really do throw the rolls.  They come out of the kitchen with the rolls, you hold up your hand and they throw it to you.  My daughter was beside herself with joy, and needless to say she ate a lot of rolls!

Lambert's in Sikeston, Missouri
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Number 89 on my booklist is On the Way Home.  It tells of the Wilder's journey from South Dakota to their farm in the Ozarks that they would name Rocky Ridge Farm.  Rocky Ridge Farm is the setting for number 99 and 100 on this portion of the list.  It was neat reading these books after we'd been there because I didn't have to imagine what it looked like.  I knew!


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The Farm House on Rocky Ridge Farm
Home of the Wilder Family
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Front View of the House
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Laura's Library in Mansfield
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Near Mansfield, Missouri
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Alley Mill
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Alley Spring and Mill
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Alley Spring
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Story Creek School
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