Thank you, Don! As I've often said (just last night, I think), my random access memory is getting more and more random.

Now, if Tom and I had REALLY tried to celebrate our "Other Anniversary" properly, we should have stopped at Gillie's on the way home last night. Gillie himself is, alas, no longer with us, but an expanded diner/lunch cart in a permanent position (that means no more tires beneath it) is still in the location where Tom and I first visited it together (along with banjo player Bob Frost and our future best man)on our way to my apartment from the party at Fishtraks where we met back on December 15, 1980.

We didn't. Just had the first course (found a tin of escargot in the larder and have plenty of garlic and butter) of our anniversary dinner treats (along with a glass of our anniversary "champagne" -- actually cava -- which was in the upstairs fridge). Tight budget this year but at least we can drink the Freixenet out of the painted Perrier-Jouët "Fleur de Champagne" glasses we got on our first wedding anniversary.

We'll postpone the tree trimming (also traditional for our "other anniversary") until we actually GET the tree...

Linn