SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Recently, Fred and I celebrated our 63rd anniversary – quite a milestone. As it happened, we were in Virginia, celebrating the high school graduation of our grand-twins, Connor and Hannah. And so, while we were there, we made our own celebration.
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While we like to eat out quite often, this was to be a special meal. We had a difficult time deciding just where we wanted to eat for our celebration. We finally decided to eat at Berret’s Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse Grill in Merchant’s Square in Colonial Williamsburg. We had never eaten there before, so this would really be a treat for us.
Photo credit by Google search and Berret’s website
We had a really nice meal there. Here is a decoration we found at a window near our table.
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Since they knew it was our anniversary, just before we left the restaurant, they gave us a SMALL bottle of champagne with writing on the side.
Photo by Judy Wills
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Nice gesture on their part. Neither of us are champagne drinkers, but I tasted it when we got back to Janet and Tom’s house. It was okay, if you like that kind of thing. It was the thought that counted.
The last day we were in Virginia, Fred and I had a second meal at one of our favorite eateries in Williamsburg. It is called Food for Thought – original name, hm?
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We thoroughly eating there, and the inside decorations are quite unique. There are “sayings” and thought-provoking comments from scholars and literary people lining the walls. A most interesting place to eat and ponder…and the food is good, as well!
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When we returned home from that visit, on Saturday, we went to our favorite bbq eatery called 4Rivers.
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Since we eat there frequently, we have become fairly good friends – well perhaps very good acquaintances is a better word – with the servers, managers, and cooks there. We get waves and smiles whenever we enter the eatery, and the managers come and have conversations with us. We love it!
Well, we had told one of the managers, Cara, when our anniversary was, and she planned this surprise there for us. She said she was sweating bullets that day, just hoping we would go there to eat that Saturday, as usual. And this is why: They had “reserved” part of a table just for us – in our usual spot to eat!
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They treated us to the meal (wouldn’t let us pay for it); walked us to the table; gave us a plaque telling about love and marriage, that every employee of this restaurant had signed on the back, and just celebrated with us.
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Every cook/cashier/server in the place wished us a “happy anniversary” with a smile. They were aMAZing! We were amazed and surprised. This is customer service to the extreme. But we loved it. Oh, the memories. And here is where we’ve hung the plaque in our house – so we can see it and think of those people and the effort they put into making a special time for us. WOW!
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~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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