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Today's vegetable soup came with a popover for an extra dollar so we split
one, spreading on lots of butter in memory of Nora Ephron. |
We enjoyed a light lunch at the
Archer House Bittersweet Cafe in Northfield today; daughter Jennifer rode along and showed us around. The Archer House River Inn opened in 1877. The Inn is a grand 4-story red brick building featuring French Second Empire architecture and is situated on the banks of the Cannon River at the center of town. Northfield is the home of St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, as well as family friends Stephanie and Greg. Among other things today, we checked out their memory foam mattresses. We need a new mattress and aren't sure about our next sleeping surface. Jennifer had keys to their house so we gave the beds a test drive, with Jennifer emailing snapshots to an amused Stephanie (who was at work) of her parents spread out in their bed, clowning around with the house cat. Not sure what we'll do for a new mattress just yet, the memory foam got mixed reviews. We've already eliminated water and air as a support system. Suggestions?
That's Stephanie and Greg on the right, sitting at our 2006 Thanksgiving table. Big deal. Today we were in THEIR bed.
