Modesto Area 40s and Up

There's been alot of talk about trying out this restaurant..so let's try it out!

This month's book pick is How to Read a Book by Monica Wood, suggested by Veronica.

Description:
Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland-Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman-their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.

Slick Fork is our 2nd stop on our hunt for the best BBQ in the area. Slick Fork started out as a food truck but people loved it so much that they opened up a sit-down restaurant.

Slick Fork in Hughson
https://www.slickforkbbqcompany.com

My goal right now is to post a different restaurant each month this spring, but I don't know of too many places that have great reputations, so if you have any suggestions, let me know! They can be sit-down restaurants or food trucks. I'd love to try different styles, too, Kansas City, Memphis, Texas style, whatever we can find locally. Hopefully within an hour of Modesto/Turlock.

I am so excited to see this movie! The time is just a placeholder because a showtimes are not listed yet. I will update the time when it's listed. This movie is based on one of my favorite audiobooks from the last few years, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I can't wait to see how the book