Excerpts from the breakfast notebooks:
"1/13 Sunday
"Breakfast yesterday with Sarah & Josh at the Ideal Diner. I was late, but they were even later, so it worked out alright. And though it was a late breakfast (10:45 by the time they arrived) the place was busy until 11:15, then suddenly we were the only ones there and it got quiet. But then we could talk without worrying about taking up counter space from new customers.
"Once again I was amazed at how the waitress first memorized our orders, then simply spoke them to the cook. He didn't hand me my correct order this time. 'Who had the working man?' Josh did. 'Who had the lazy man scrambled?' that was mine. So I guess he isn't as much of a mind reader as it always seemed, but thats alright, its still amazing how he does his job. He was talking to a 11 or 12-year old kid sitting next to me. ...
"Our pancakes were so yellow! And big and fluffy. Mine had a little tail -- looked like a cartoon word balloon. Wish I'd had a pencil so I could draw it. I've been tempted lately to start drawing local pancakes again, but still something says it wouldn't be good - can't relax and just talk when you're drawing.
"Sarah noticed a neat thing -- the linoleum on the walls with yellow, orange & white squigglies and boomerangs. Neat! There was something about the silver appliances I was marveling at, too, but so absently I can't remember it. ..."