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Old 02-05-2010, 11:03 AM   #241
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This has been a wonderful TR. And your pics & description of Les Chefs de France helped me make up my mind about what I'll do for lunch this Sunday. . . . I just now got a 1:00pm ADR. So THANK YOU! I'll be sure to tell Remy hello from Remy!
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Thanks for the report - I loved reading it and the photo's were fab. The ones of the girls all done up were really beautiful.
I have to say in photo's you don't look old enough to have a son going to college unless he is a stepson?
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Great finish Tara! Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!

Thanks Marnie.......I aspire to write trip reports as entertaining as yours!
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This has been a wonderful TR. And your pics & description of Les Chefs de France helped me make up my mind about what I'll do for lunch this Sunday. . . . I just now got a 1:00pm ADR. So THANK YOU! I'll be sure to tell Remy hello from Remy!

Chef's is one of my favorites! Try one of those flatbreads...it's the best item we have had there and that's saying something since everything is great!
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Love your family Tinkerbelle picture...are your boys twins?
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