Ocean City was awesome, even if the weather wasn't. The weather was miserable, pretty cool and rainy. But we weren't there for the weather, we were there for the company. It was so great to see Ali again, I love her, of course, but I also just love seeing her with Mike, there's such a bond between those two. We arrived Saturday night, in tie to have dinner at her restaurant (which was great) and chat with her a little while she was on duty. Then today, first we had a great brunch in Berlin, Maryland, at The Globe. The Globe is a restaurant that doesn't look like it'll be a good brunch place: it's dark and looks much more like a night place than a brunch place, but the food was awesome. After that, since it was so rainy, we went back to Ali's place and unloaded some things we had brought for her, including a very nice china tea set. They got it years ago in a trip to England and it's a rather special set: each of the twelve tea cups and saucers had a month on it and a flower for that month. It's sort of a birthday flower tea cup set. Ali has a lot of memories of it, so we brought it for her, but none of us quite knew where to put it. But then we thought: why not just put up a shelf? We had the time so Mike and Ali's boyfriend Dean went to Home Depot and got all the goods. Then Mike rolled up his sleeves and put up the shelf! Here are some pictures:
Mike working on the shelf.
Mike, Alison, and Dean with the tea set on the shelf behind them.
Just a really sweet picture of a father and daughter.
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