Dinner on Church Street

Montclair’s Church Street is lined with shops and restaurants. Dan and I went to Café Giotto, one of my favorites, for an early dinner alfresco.

We paid about $1 for the parking meter and Dan got wine, since the restaurant is BYOB, like most in our town, where liquor licenses are very limited and pass hands for a lot o money (million dollar rumor). I loved the spinach salad and the lamb with roasted potatoes.

But it’s been an emotional week for Dan, me and Fig re Skippy and we are tired. I was busy writing all day. When I stopped, I felt sad about Skipper. Nothing about our plan going forward is formal or final but we still are at a loss, for words, a workable plan, mended ways, etc.

On Church Street, I remembered all the things I/we have done with Skippy there:

• Doin’ Dishes ceramics studio.
• The Furrier, to browse mink and fox coats. I take an interest in Skip's style education. She asked the owner about the animals.
• Café Giotto (summer treat tiramisu, 13th bday tiramisu).
• The Italian gelato place.
• Le French Dad (croissants; we went for a pickup early in the pandemic).
• Raymond’s (dinner).
• The falafel place (with friends).
• The whole street (Montclair Bounce Festival,  May 2019).

Good night.