Watch Out! The World's Behind You!!!

Well, maybe not the world, but a solid 20 Claytonians stood in line an extra ten minutes thanks to our brunch-supplying antics.

Sunday morning, Margie aka iPMM was in charge of the now commonplace post-celebration Sunday morning brunch. Margie is great at these type functions - you might remember her performances from such great films as My Daughter's Big Fat Somewhat Greek Wedding, Beck and Nyet's Excellent (Genesean) Adventure, and, most recently, The Program. So when she returned from the grocery stores with lox upon lox and enough salmon to reduce the heart disease risk of a small village, we knew we were in for excellence. She then put a order into Dunkin Donuts - authentic Bostonian fare, something Daniel may or may not have disavowed as he crossed the Mason Dixon - and we knew we were in for a feast fit for the entire family.

We trekked down to Clayton early Sunday, this time obeying the sun instead of Google and making it in plenty of time. As intrigued as we were by the restaurant called "Biscuitville," we honored our order at the Double D, where doin' stuff is what we like to do, and went in to grab a truckload of food. Only something happened - who knows, they were out of plains, or cheese, or something - so order became ordeal. I entertained the line with my stand-up - I believe a comment about donut vampires was made - but they pretty clearly got irritated with the New Yorkers who brought their Sunday morning rituals to a grinding halt. Oh, well - sorry Clayton.

We got to the house and everything unfolded marvelously - Catherine (Hilary's mom) directed traffic, and the table turned into a smorgasbord. Spent the better part of the morning and early afternoon sitting, chatting, drinking coffee and distributing Giant Panda t-shirts. Good party, though way too much foodstuffs - Beck and I were saddled with the bulk of the leftovers, which made for some interesting eating for the next few days. We headed out around 1:30; Beck's parents took Richard and Shirley back to their hotel, and we took Meghan and Greg to the airport.

Before progressing to the next stage of our June vacation, we had a nice dinner at - tada! - P.F. Chang's! Great stuff - Jamie was passed around the table (in iPhone embodiment) at one point. Good meal to end a fun family weekend. We printed out directions at the hotel and headed on to my grandparents' lakehouse in Whispering Pines...