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A Small-Town Afternoon: Variations

I am a bad person. I didn't come to Sam's shop during his first six years in business for a lot of reasons such as being busy. Also because parallel parking in front is so hard to get and all other parking is at least half a block away. So now that I'm finally here in hopes of redeeming myself, I think I'll have orange and cherry since I can't think of anything more interesting while I explain myself to Sam at the same time I'm trying to read the complicated menu. Also I am a bad person because I am only ordering the smallest, cheapest thing.

Susan Starbird