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Midtown Diner breakfast

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With Fred and my book, Hermit in Paris, by Italo Calvino. I took the photo pre-pandemic, when I could while away the time in cafés. I miss Midtown Diner. I wonder whatever happened to Kuya Ruel, Ate Angel, and the rest of the Midtown Gang? 
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