Is Saturn the very bright object in the east about 11 pm? I thought that was Jupiter, I know Jupiter was in that neck of the woods a few years back. Saturn is currently "north" of Orion; at 11pm, it would be closer to overhead than East.
Jupiter is just crawling over the eastern horizon around 11pm these days; it's MUCH brighter than Saturn, or almost anything else in the night sky, save for the moon, and perhaps Venus.
Saturn is yellowish compared to Jupiter. The hard naked-eye planet is Mercury. Generally one has to go outdoors with the deliberate and planned intent to observe Mercury or one will never see Mercury, not in a lifetime.