Since Jane had her shirt on, Benjamin got together his list of Pokemon cards ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271052 and Sarah decided that it was time to think about finishing her college applications ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271053 while Benjamin and I got Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271055 and began our pilgrimage to Staples ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271056 which we entered by the front door ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271057 so that Benjamin could browse ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271058 until he found trading card pages ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271059 to go with the index cards ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271060 that Suzanne found.

Having brought our purchases home, Benjamin tried to get Sarah off the phone ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271061 or at least aiming towards the camera ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271062 so that we could begin our journey to Philadelphia.

Once in Philadelphia, we found a parking place ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271063 near this elegant sign ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271064 at this intersection ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271065 and walked through the cold to get to the restaurant. Once inside, we washed hands and took this rest room sign for the collection. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271066 We were there first and recorded Sarah, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271067 Jane, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271068 Benjamin, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271069 Joyce, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271070 and Suzanne (who was incognito) ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271071 before Joyce took this picture of me ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271072 and the Slaughters arrived to this broken picture. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271073

Martha was very excited to see us and bounced all around ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271074 though Erika, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271075 Willa, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271076 Bill ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271077 and Sam ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271078 were much calmer. Once we had studied the menu ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271079 Joe ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271080 showed up, so we ordered this bottle of wine ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271081 and this antipasto ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271082 to tide us over before the main courses arrived. Sarah had this gnocchi dish, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271083 while I had the risotto porcini, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271084 Willa had this veal dish, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271085 Joe had this veal dish, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271086 Joyce and Martha ordered this clam and pasta dish ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271087 while Benjamin and Erika had this ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271088 pasta and Jane had this good looking salad ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271089 even though it had shrimp on top. Bill and Suzanne had this veal chop dish ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271090 which seemed to make them very happy. The waiter reappeared with this dessert tray ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271091 showing off these wonderful delicacies ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271092 of which we had a few cannolis, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271093 this lemon sorbet ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271094 and this raspberry something or other. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271095

At this point, Benjamin took over the camera and decided to focus on pictures involving pictures and pictures involving light. He began with Martha ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271096 and then the glasses on the wall ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271097 followed by the wreath ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271098 and other lights ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271099 and the white napkin. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271100 Next came Jane's Bat Mitzvah gift, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271101 the wreath again, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271102 and the light ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271103 in the ceiling. After two pictures of the pictures ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271104 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271105 on the walls, he turned to people pictures starting with Sarah and Joyce ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271106 and then doing various views of those assembled at the table ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271107 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271108 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271109 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271110 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271111 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271112 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271113 and then a clearer shot of Martha. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271114 After an interruption for something known only to Miryan Orjuela, ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271115 he was back to the people at the table ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271116 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271117 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271118 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271119 and another Miryan picture ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271120 before going back to the people pictures ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271121 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271122 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271123 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271124 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271125 which led to some pictures of glasses ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271126 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271127 and then interior restaurant scenes ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271128 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271129 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271130 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271131 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271132 that ended with two pictures of Jane's gift. ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271133 ../../../Sabbat/12.27.01DinnerWithMartha//PC271134

Another wonderful meal on another holiday night made us happy for friendship and worrying that we'd have to go back to our diets.