"Earl Grey triple bergamot is good for older people," said Holland, and he knew to whom he was talking, "because it stirs memories." This is true. When I got home and brewed my cup, I remembered what it was like, in my dorm room at late night/very early morning, reading Moby Dick, and I also remembered what it was like to taste Earl Grey for the first time. It was a good memory.

I would suggest to restaurants, maybe you should stay open on Mondays. If restaurants were to stay open all week, they could perhaps re-hire some workers, and, of course, generate additional revenue. Everybody deserves a day or two off per week, but by rotating different people into position to handle the extra day, staff could still get a day off while others get a needed day of work.

Sun Wah BBQ, on Broadway in Chicago's Uptown, is one of our favorite restaurants and arguably the best spot anywhere in the Midwest for Chinese BBQ duck dinners. Although we've been there half-a-dozen times, it can be a ride of 45 minutes or so from our home in Oak Park, and that means we haven't gone there as often as we'd like.  On the evening of November 11, Sun Wah arranged to deliver pre-ordered dinners to the parking lot at the corner of Madison and Harlem. 

A few years ago, recognizing that many family and friends have passed in recent years, we set up an ofrenda in our house. We put up photos of the deceased and positioned comestibles near them that reflect the tastes of the people pictured: my mom, for instance, has a bar of chocolate near her photo, and my dad a bottle of whiskey (he was a very circumspect drinker, but he did enjoy a dram now and again).