Pete's Diner Christmas Gift

We walk every morning - most of the time. Sometimes we prefer to get breakfast rather than make it ourselves. A couple of times a month we stop by the neighborhood diner - Pete's. We have been there so often that we don't even need to say what we want - the drinks are brought our way before we even sit down. The only thing that changes is that if it's before eleven am you can still get waffles. After that - it's only pancakes. Yesterday we got our Christmas cards ready to hand deliver to Pete's and the housekeeping/

grounds couple that keep our building in good shape. After breakfast we received a package from Pete's and as we were given that, I slipped the Christmas card to the staff. When we got home we did the same for the building staff - we caught them on their way out. There is something charming about knowing people in the neighborhood and remembering them during the holidays. It gives this big city a small town feel. It's one of the reasons we like the neighborhood here. We feel the same way about our Saturday morning breakfast in McLean. We will have a chance to do the same there this weekend. The wait staff there are just as pleasant - which is why we keep going there.