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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:01 AM Dec 2016

2016 Comeback player of the year? OLIVE GARDEN!

Olive Garden is 'molto bene' with diners and investors
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/20/investing/darden-restaurants-olive-garden-earnings/index.html
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I did not have my traditional meal there this year. My parents always went there around Christmas as to meet with old friends. A dwindling number and by the time my Mom passed, it was mher, an old friend, iris and her caregiver son A. R., Someone I knew since the fifties but i only saw at the annual Olive Garden visit. Even after my parents passed, I went once during the holidays. This year I can only eat thin soups so I didn't go. Even by myself, it was like dining with ghosts from years passed. People I knew well, my parents friends were very into my life though they were my parents friends, and it was great to put them in my thoughts again. I'll miss that.

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