Woodstock, Vermont

I awoke about 7:30, to a quiet house, though it was a rough night, as I was up on and off during the night, like the night before, and Evie had a tummy ache after her dinner, and severe diarheaa, though she seems better this morning. We had a great meal last night, despite the tummy aches, at the Prince and Pauper, Mac's favorite restaurant, where he eats a couple times a week. I had ribs, and Evie and Mac split a salmon dish and a steak, all nicely done. The restaurant has atmosphere, though the best part is that everyone knows and likes Mac, from the waiting staff, to the maitre de, to the bar tender. It reminds us a lot of Bud's, even inside, dark but nicely furnished. I was surprised at how crowded it was on a Thursday night, and when we left, around 8:30, couples were still arriving, both local and tourist. It is obviously the most popular place in Woodstock, the place to go. They have a prix fixe meal for 49.00 but also a bistro menu where most of the prices are in the 18 or 19 range, including salad, not bad. We came home, Evie went straight to bed, and I stayed up and talked with Mac. We are sitting here in Mac's living room, watching Morning Joe, waiting for Evie to get up. We are sitting in the Conly's living room, after a marvelous dinner of beef bourgionne, wine, snickedooles, and good company. We started the morning with Mac, visiting the farmer's market for a coffee and bagel, before heading over to Shackleton's to see the works. It was really interesting as Mac us through the shop, showing us hte various stages of the furniture making business. We talked with various furniture makers but we really enjoyed Chris, Mac's young friend Chris, who was really charming and fun to talk to, as he explained lots of the process. We got the bowl he made out of the car, which Mac hadn't given us, and it was fun to listen to him, as he said he remembered it, bowl 23, as it was etched. We went to the potters, to the store, met various people, and it was fun to see Mac in his element, with all his friends at the shop. We then did the same thing at the library, where we met various women, all who talked about him fondly, and we got the grand tour. Mac seemed in a bit of a hurry to get to work, so we bid him an aloha, and headed off to King Arthur in Norwich, NH, where we shopped but didn't really buy anything but a cuban sandwich and a dough scraper and sour dough starter