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.