Saturday May 20 dawned as a beautiful day so Ben
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and Suzanne
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and I decided to take a walk into town. Along the way, we ran into Bob Cava
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and Polly and Ben Straus
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before Ben
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Suzanne
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and I
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settled in for chocolate chip pancakes (Ben)
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mushroom omelet (Suzanne)
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and cheese omelet with egg beaters (me)
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for our breakfast at the Carousel.
On the way back, the men got haircuts and then we ran into Jeff and Ilana Herbst
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before reaching home.
In the midst of a downpour, we parked the car
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and waited for the train
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to get to the city where people seem to either take pictures
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or shop for things -- nuts
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and handbags
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on the street.
When we got to the Palace where Dick and Fran were staying, we
were glad to see them
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but then headed back onto the streets for even more handbags
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before we settled down at the wrong bar at the Algonquin for these colorful drinks
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and then headed to DB Bistro Moderne for dinner which began with
bread
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as Dick and Fran
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studied the menu which Suzanne and I
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took this self portrait and a few more pictures of Fran
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to get ready for this picture of the 2 of them
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before the courtesy appetizer (olive tappanade)
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came followed by the crab salad
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which shone better in lower light
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and the special tomato and goat cheese pastry
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with Suzanne's scallops
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my vegetable plate
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Fran's veal
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and cute potatoes
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and Dick halibut
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all nicely accompanied by this wine
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even as our waiter
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took a picture of others and the dessert
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was nicely presented. It's just as well that the numbers
faded from the bill
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but we all agreed
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that it had been a lovely evening.