On the Road, Again!

Spring flowers

It’s been more than a year since the Near Normal Travelers have been out and about. We’ve been to a few restaurants near us, but not experienced anything new. However, now that we’ve all had our COVID-19 vaccinations we’re beginning to venture out, again. We still wear masks except when we’re eating, we use gallons of hand sanitizer, and we keep six feet of distance from other folks.

Burleson, Texas (Bounding to Burleson) is still one of our ‘go to’ towns to find good food. Surprisingly, we still locate restaurants we haven’t visited within the city limits. On this rainy Friday we sampled the cuisine at Villa Dianna Italian Restaurant (2475 E Renfro St, Burleson, TX 76028, 817-426-6664). Housed in an attractive building, this Italian restaurant has been in business since 2005, but in 2015 they had a fire that burned the building, but this disaster didn’t stop the owners. They rebuilt and have been serving customers ever since. During the pandemic they served take-out only; the dining room hasn’t been re-opened for long and is set up for the safety of the customers.

Bounding to Burleson

It came to my attention rather recently that although we visit Burleson frequently, I’d never

Decorated fence

written a blog about it. Burleson is the closest ‘city’ to Vince; this is where he does most of his shopping. It has lots of chain restaurants, some ‘big box’ stores, and medical facilities. It was also the location of my first venture into the job market. I was about 16 and had just gotten a driver’s license so I needed money to support the life-style to which I wanted to become accustom. While the other students in my high school were driving into Fort Worth to work as salesclerks, burger flippers, or other jobs suitable for that age group, I went to work on Saturdays for a medical doctor; I also worked there in the summers. It seemed like a good idea at the time and did give me a chance to decide if I really wanted to work in the blood, tears, and other bodily fluids that could on occasion spew forth from a human being. The answer to that question was a profound, ‘No’!