Dinner: A Love Story

Dinner: A Love Story

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Dinner: A Love Story
Dinner: A Love Story
2 All-Turkey Patties, Special Organic Sauce, Greens, Cheddar, on a Whole Wheat Bun

2 All-Turkey Patties, Special Organic Sauce, Greens, Cheddar, on a Whole Wheat Bun

jenny
Jun 16, 2010
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Dinner: A Love Story
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Phoebe was about four years old the first time she walked into a McDonald's. It was somewhere in Virginia, an I-95 pitstop on our annual 800-mile drive down to South Carolina from New York. I remember her wide-eyeballing the playground outside, the Wizard of Oz doll display inside. Before she had taken a single bite of food, she turned to me and said, "…

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