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Thursday, August 25, 2005
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Last night we
had dinner with Jerry again, starting and ending with drinks at our
place. Dinner was at Oh! Duo. Thank heavens the Valeros have come back
from vacation so they could feed us one more time. It was a delightful evening. After we
arrived and the restaurant and had a brief chat with the Valeros about their
vacation, we were seated at a nice table in the front. Near us was another table occupied by two
older-middle-aged French women.
Farther away, in a back corner, was a table of 5 American men. They sounded like engineers who work for a The two French
women were smoking. It was obvious to
them that we weren’t ordinary Americans because we speak French and we seem
to know the Valeros. So, they very,
very nicely asked us if their smoke was bothering us at all. We said it was no problem (Oh! Duo has very
good ventilation). We were so pleased
with their courtesy. How nice they
were! Much later in the evening, when
they were leaving, we bade them good evening and one of them came over to
show us her not-so-small French-English dictionary. She said a very few words in English just to
show that she is trying very hard to learn.
It is difficult, indeed. After the
American engineers left, we were the only clients in the place. Still, when we left, the Valeros were in a
talkative mood. So we entertained them
with hurricane jokes and stories from last summer. Speaking of
which, Tropical Storm Katrina is hitting |
