On Saturday, we drove out to Rancho Bernardo where Ben and Sylvia were joined by Rob and then Linda and Anne arrived to receive the flowers Janet had brought. So our table was Ben Sylvia Sylvia (vice Dan) Larry Janet Linda Anne Irv and Rob with this banana (vice David) finishing the group. Ben had the cheeseburger Sylvia had the salad, Larry's dish was too far away Rob had the seafood salad and I had the pasta all brought by our friendly waiter who also brought me this elegant chocolate sundae and Larry the butterscotch version that looked even better.

On the way home, we stopped at the grocery store where there were no pickets and then Ben settled in to play his new game as Dan and I spoke. We then headed off to dinner where the noodles were better in this light and worse without a flash but Dansyl seemed happy and Ben and I seemed even happier though I didn't do a good job of keeping my eyes opened even as the dumplings beef tofu and moo shu chicken came.