Susan and I both took Sunday off so Saturday afternoon we drove down to Massachusetts to check on our household goods that had just arrived from Paris. It's good that we did since we found several problems, one of them quite serious.
We both worked Saturday morning and got an early afternoon start for Dick and Dorothy's house. It was a beautiful day for a drive and the traffic was light -- the northern part of I-95 is actually not too bad -- and we arrived a little after 6 p.m. The three of us -- Dorothy was in Washington state visiting her mom -- went out to eat at Via, a new restaurant in Worcester, owned by the same folks who operate the Sole Proprietor. It was noisy, packed and lively with activity. The place is huge, the food good (and large portions which Americans love) and the wine list short but sweet.
Susan, Dick and I had a nice time and brought each other up on all the news that's fit to print.
Sunday morning we slept in for the first time in days -- our normal schedule is to get up at 5 am. After coffee Susie and I went down to the basement and started going through the boxes that had been delivered the previous Wednesday, and discovered a broken plate, a couple of missing kitchen things and all my camera equipment. That's right, my entire Nikon digital SLR system gone who knows where now. Fortunately we had the foresight to spring for the insurance and we sent a note off Sunday evening to our mover in Paris. They responded immediately with a simple claim form. Now we just have to wait and see what happens I suppose.
After repacking everything -- well OK we brought a few things back to Winter Harbor -- we said arrivaderci to Dick and headed back north, stopping at the Berghman's in Orono for dinner. We were back in the apartment in WH by 9 pm after stopping at Gerrish's so Susie could get a few things ready for the Monday morning oven.
And speaking of Monday it's been beautiful here in WH this Monday before the Fourth. business has picked up and so far we're all adjusting to the changes OK. It's occasionally frustrating and often confusing but with a change of ownership adjustments in the routine and layout of the space needed to be done. We do miss Patrick to be sure. So be it.
Business is brisk right now and Natalie and Jessica are up to their elbows in ice cream and coffee, Alex is making sandwiches and Elena is squirreled behind the deli counter ready to pounce on the next sandwich order.
Rosemary and Susie are going like gangbusters in the kitchen: for example, this morning Rosemary made a breakfast bread pudding with blueberry sauce and for dessert this afternoon Susie made an apple streusel custard! We're also starting to roll out the food to go. Rosemary's got homemade guacamole, tzatziki, tapenade, chicken piperade, lemon chicken kebabs, cod cakes, BBQ salmon, just to name a few items.
Man it's making my hungry just writing about all this stuff!
Wish you were here!
Steve
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