Greetings from South Cleveland, where its 8:53 am and a pleasant 70 degrees with blue skies and a slight breeze.
Landed yesterday, leaving Cleveland and its early spring freezing temps. Walking off the plane onto the jet way was great. 80 degrees and sunny. You could pick our fellow travelers out from everyone else in the terminal – jeans, long sleeves, pasty white skin. Those waiting to board the plane back to CLE – tanned, rested and relaxed. Except for the one guy arguing with the gate agent to get on the next flight (Dude, relax. Do you really need to get back to North that bad!?!)
The trip is the First Family and The Griswald’s. We’ve been talking about going on a family vacation together for some time, so when the opportunity presented itself to get a 4-bedroom, 4-bath house in South Cleveland for a very reasonable price, I laid down the cash and jumped at the opportunity…then I called Lefty with the news.
So while we got the bags, Lefty went to get the family truckster – a beautiful fire-engine red, 7-seat, Kia Sedona, minivan. (Actually, it’s a nice vehicle. Deep well in the back for our 10 suitcases (!), stadium seating in the back passengers, climate control for the passenger and the back seats, great sound system, due sliders with windows the roll-down. But I digress.) Lefty brought Navi-bitch to get us to our destination.
The house is located in an exclusive neighborhood of South Cleveland. Us pulling in was the Clampett’s pulling into Beverly Hills. Huge homes, Bentley’s, Ferrari’s, and Boats. As described about, the house is big. Bigger then we thought and more than enough room for the 7 in our traveling party. There’s a small, secluded pool, private dock, and satellite TV. The house is right out of the late 50’s, really 60’s. (Think of Michael Corleone visiting Hyman Roth in Miami.) Don’t get me wrong, the place is immaculate, and there have been updates – new kitchen, new windows, update and new baths in 3 of the four bedrooms.
After dropping the fams and the bags, Lefty and I head to Albertson’s. With two shopping cards and list written on the back of a boarding pass, we traversed the aisles. When we were checking out, this old bitty asked us if we were brothers because we looked alike, to which Lefty replied, “That was nicest thing anyone has ever said to me….” $300 in groceries, and $125 in booze and were back to Southern White House.
Mixing Margaritas and Kern’s apricot and run, drinking Miller Lite’s, we enjoyed the pool, the sun and the kids. We hit the jackpot when we found the gas grill in the garage (along with the ’88 5.0 drop top – Mr. Annoying would be envious.) We rolled the grill pool side, fired it up and grilled….sirloin burgers – medium and well, w/ cheese please. A couple more drinks and we called it an early night.
Today – The beach.
Landed yesterday, leaving Cleveland and its early spring freezing temps. Walking off the plane onto the jet way was great. 80 degrees and sunny. You could pick our fellow travelers out from everyone else in the terminal – jeans, long sleeves, pasty white skin. Those waiting to board the plane back to CLE – tanned, rested and relaxed. Except for the one guy arguing with the gate agent to get on the next flight (Dude, relax. Do you really need to get back to North that bad!?!)
The trip is the First Family and The Griswald’s. We’ve been talking about going on a family vacation together for some time, so when the opportunity presented itself to get a 4-bedroom, 4-bath house in South Cleveland for a very reasonable price, I laid down the cash and jumped at the opportunity…then I called Lefty with the news.
So while we got the bags, Lefty went to get the family truckster – a beautiful fire-engine red, 7-seat, Kia Sedona, minivan. (Actually, it’s a nice vehicle. Deep well in the back for our 10 suitcases (!), stadium seating in the back passengers, climate control for the passenger and the back seats, great sound system, due sliders with windows the roll-down. But I digress.) Lefty brought Navi-bitch to get us to our destination.
The house is located in an exclusive neighborhood of South Cleveland. Us pulling in was the Clampett’s pulling into Beverly Hills. Huge homes, Bentley’s, Ferrari’s, and Boats. As described about, the house is big. Bigger then we thought and more than enough room for the 7 in our traveling party. There’s a small, secluded pool, private dock, and satellite TV. The house is right out of the late 50’s, really 60’s. (Think of Michael Corleone visiting Hyman Roth in Miami.) Don’t get me wrong, the place is immaculate, and there have been updates – new kitchen, new windows, update and new baths in 3 of the four bedrooms.
After dropping the fams and the bags, Lefty and I head to Albertson’s. With two shopping cards and list written on the back of a boarding pass, we traversed the aisles. When we were checking out, this old bitty asked us if we were brothers because we looked alike, to which Lefty replied, “That was nicest thing anyone has ever said to me….” $300 in groceries, and $125 in booze and were back to Southern White House.
Mixing Margaritas and Kern’s apricot and run, drinking Miller Lite’s, we enjoyed the pool, the sun and the kids. We hit the jackpot when we found the gas grill in the garage (along with the ’88 5.0 drop top – Mr. Annoying would be envious.) We rolled the grill pool side, fired it up and grilled….sirloin burgers – medium and well, w/ cheese please. A couple more drinks and we called it an early night.
Today – The beach.
- POTUS
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3 comments:
Sounds like paradise, you both deserve it. Seems like everyone is on the chill but me! Co-conspirator and Cinderella are heading to Southern Cleveland in two weeks--me--not so much. F$%#$#!
Be safe.
--G
Isn't that the property you saw at a non-profit dinner? I love your descriptions as, I am insanely jealous! Please keep the daily updates coming for those of us stuck in sunny Belsen-Beirchisgartens. I even had a piece of my house (siding) blow off in the cold wind gusts of last night.
All is exactly as POTUS described - but just to clarify - what I told the lady at the store was, "That is the nicest thing anybody has ever said to HIM". Meaning POTUS!
L
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