I hopped online to check my email (nada extraordinary) but then got sidetracked by my sometimes fixation of seeking out info on LUMS restaurants. Can't say exactly why I have such a thing for Lums...probably it breaks down to 45% nostalgia and 55% my enjoying the sound of the word. Lums.. LUMS ...say it with me: LUMMMMS. Don't deny it...there's some delightful euphony in that one li'l syllable.

I remember...waaay waay back in the day, there was a Lums in every sizeable VT city. And then, in the late 80s or thereabouts they just died out. And I had presumed the franchise had just vanished off the face of the earth entirely (or, if I may borrow a Lucy-ism, I thought they had "mist-appeared" entirely) But I've since learned that, even though the franchise did go belly-up, there are still a few independent Lums restaurants out there...a fact that fascinates me inordinately. There's one in Davie, FL , another in Plattsburgh, NY (I saw this one when I journeyed to Plattsburgh around 1999...but I was there for work and didn't get to stop for eats), and possibly one in Horseheads NY (wherever that may be). One o' these days I'm going to do a road trip solely for the purpose of going to Lums again. I suppose Plattsburgh would be the most prudent destination... Maybe I'll try to find a White Castle while I'm at it....