Saturday May 20 dawned as a beautiful day so Ben
and Suzanne
and I decided to take a walk into town. Along the way, we ran into Bob Cava
and Polly and Ben Straus
before Ben
Suzanne
and I
settled in for chocolate chip pancakes (Ben)
mushroom omelet (Suzanne)
and cheese omelet with egg beaters (me)
for our breakfast at the Carousel.
On the way back, the men got haircuts and then we ran into Jeff and Ilana Herbst
before reaching home.
In the midst of a downpour, we parked the car
and waited for the train
to get to the city where people seem to either take pictures
or shop for things -- nuts
and handbags
on the street.
When we got to the Palace where Dick and Fran were staying, we
were glad to see them
but then headed back onto the streets for even more handbags
before we settled down at the wrong bar at the Algonquin for these colorful drinks
and then headed to DB Bistro Moderne for dinner which began with
bread
as Dick and Fran
studied the menu which Suzanne and I
took this self portrait and a few more pictures of Fran
to get ready for this picture of the 2 of them
before the courtesy appetizer (olive tappanade)
came followed by the crab salad
which shone better in lower light
and the special tomato and goat cheese pastry
with Suzanne's scallops
my vegetable plate
Fran's veal
and cute potatoes
and Dick halibut
all nicely accompanied by this wine
even as our waiter
took a picture of others and the dessert
was nicely presented. It's just as well that the numbers
faded from the bill
but we all agreed
that it had been a lovely evening.