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.