Message 349

Yesterday afternoon I read some more of The Economist, and in the evening I went to dinner with Mary and Eddie Solomon and Dennis and Theres Rohan at Gambardella's. I am not sure about this spelling. It is next to the railroad tracks in the relatively new big building on Oak Grove Avenue. Mary organized the gathering because a friend of hers has formed a band for which she is the singer. The band has a cocktail music sound, maybe like Nora Jones, but the music is old and jazz like. It was nice, but it was hard to have a conversation while listening. Eddie is still going down because of his Parkinson's disease. It is hard to understand what he says, and he has trouble sitting still. Mary had to take him out for a walk during the meal to let him stretch out some. I had to help him get his box of pills out of his pocket. He still has a positive attitude though.