The next day was June 17 and I began by admiring my view
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before taking a picture of Bailey Dixon '07
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who had just taken my picture and then heading to San Jose to
catch a flight to San Diego.
Larry
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and Janet
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met me at the airport and Janet took this picture
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while Larry
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tried to do the same with his cell phone camera which replaced the
old phone which lost its signal after going through the washing machine.
Driving north on I-5, we saw this car from Iowa with surfboards
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and then reached our destination -- Suite 306
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where Syl greeted us
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as Dan put on his shirt
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and we were served fruit and nuts
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as they do in California.
Next we saw the card
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that came with the orchids, the flowers from Michelle and Jason
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the new orchid
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and the older one
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which is getting a new bud. Meanwhile, Syl was unpacking the bells
from Sarah
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and getting ready to install them
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as Janet
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admired the Do Not Disturb sign and the bells were shown
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even as these azaleas
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arrived from Linda.
But we were there for a reason -- Sylvia's 85th birthday. So, we headed
to George's
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and went in
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so that each of us
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and the birthday girl twice could read the menu
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as Shane, our waiter, explained the specials
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and then Sylvia
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Larry
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Janet
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Dan
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and I
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in this better self portrait
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could order as the bread
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arrived and the cards
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were opened
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as the first course of crab
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was arriving. The wine came
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and was oriented
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for a good picture as my vegetarian plate
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tasted as good as it looked and the server
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brought the other main courses
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so that as the sun set
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I could join the clean plate club
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and see the birthday chocolates
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even as these pictures
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were being taken by the staff photographer
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and we were headed back to the apartment. A discussion of who was really
taller led to this picture
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though there was no doubt of who was more handsome.