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14 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | JULY 2022 Resident Restaurant Reviews Recently the committee has been asked to resume reviewing local restaurants. We decided it would be great if we tossed this to the community for input. We sent out an alert blast asking residents to submit reviews on local-ish restaurants. Happily, we have had a number of responses so without further ado we present Resident Restaurant Reviews! By Suzanne Wade, Resident There's a lot of growth and expansion going on all around us, some of it far-reaching. Just as our SDV community has grown, so have some of the places we have frequented over our 15 years here. One such place is Abby's Café. It was written up in The View shortly after I moved here in 2008. It was a nice cozy place for a good filling meal, on the East side of town. Today it is at a new location, has expanded as we have, and the food is still good and filling, in fact, some of us 'older' citizens of SDV can make two meals out of the one serving. Abby's has two seating areas, and if you wish to reserve space for a 'large' party, they do have a room that can be reserved for your event. This is a nice feature, all other walk-in customers will find pleasant seating in either of these large areas. The menu provides options for three meals a day, including breakfast any time of day. The most amazing thing is the price of the food, reasonable and, on top of that, thoroughly delicious. They can accommodate allergy sufferers, (gluten and dairy) and the choice of sides has some interesting options to boot. A fellow resident and I sampled the fare and seriously had to take half home, with the bill for two lunch meals under $25. One order was a salad with grilled chicken breast, the other a Rueben with a side of very crisp hash browns. Abby's Café hours are 6 am to 9 pm. The easiest way to get to Abby's is to take Stetson up to Stanford and then turn left – at Florida, you right into the strip mall, and there you will find Abby's. This has been one of the few reasonably priced restaurants still remaining in Hemet. While there are no more "Blue Plate Specials" or Senior Discount Hours, you can still get a wholesome meal at a reasonable price and walk away planning your next visit. So, Bon Appetit everyone! Enjoy! By Edith Reed Resident During these hot "dog days of summer," remember a few things about your beloved dog. They don't sweat like we do, for one thing. On a small scale panting is like evaporative cooling for your dog. Cooler, drier air is inhaled through the nose and upper airways, and in the lungs it is exchanged for warm, moist air as evaporative cooling takes place, which is the dog's equivalent of our sweating mechanism. The breathing rate increases from 40 to 400 breaths per minute, with an occasional deep breath. After the cooler air is sucked into the lungs, hot, moist air is exhaled through the mouth over the dripping tongue, expelling excess body heat. Panting animals need adequate cool water to drink on warm days to keep those airways moist for this process, maintaining a fragile temperature balance. If the outside environment is also very moist, less evaporation and cooling occur, resulting in reduced tolerance for hot, humid weather and a greater danger of overheating If you have a flat faced dog, Bulldog, Pug and others, they don't have a long nose, or even average nose, and consequently they have a much more difficult time cooling themselves. Don't exercise your dog when it is hot out. If you can't walk on the cement barefooted then the ground is probably too hot for your pet. If you are sweating from the heat, your pet probably is too. A dog's normal temp is about 102 degrees, if they get to 106 degrees they are at extreme risk. Don't dress your dog up when it is hot, especially if they are a coated dog. Watch your dog when you are walking them, if they go from happy to tail dragging they are telling you something. Usually dogs don't quit, as they want to please us even to their detriment. Be aware of your dog's body language. We take Tessa out almost every day, but we go early in the morning, and if she starts panting too hard, or too much saliva is dripping from her tongue we go home. The walk is dependent somewhat on her. She would run until she dropped if given her choice, and that is why we are the boss of her. (She doesn't know that!) Dog Days of Summer Abby's Café in Hémét

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