I ate by myself yesterday at the casino buffet surrounded by hundreds of
people in groups. I did have the thought that they should offer seating
at a "group table for strangers" (without any embarassing signs or
announcements) as there were a few widowers divorcees singles etc in
line. The hostess was peeved I didnt want to sit by myself in a
booth-most booths I find uncomfortable.

I love cornish hen (Jill managed to get a nice burnish on that bird-mine
are always too pale) and would gladly have driven thousands of miles to
share Jill's meal-I would want my own bird though :-)

My only thought looking at the photo was based on trying to take a
photo-you stage it to try to fit it into a small frame-obviously she
wasn't ready to sit down and eat yet-she just wanted to show us the good
china-the photo was a little dark but I think I've seen that pattern
before.