I got up at 8:30 and got ready for Easter brunch at the Wachusett Village Inn with my parents and two of my 3 siblings and their families. We have gone there every year except one for the last decade or so because they feature private rooms for family dining while giving access to their fine Easter buffet.
The economy being what it is (thanks, Bush & Cheney, you miserable fu*%ers), there was no chocolate fountain, to the seven kids' disappointment, and their usually outstanding seafood chowder had been downgraded to a serviceable clam. Otherwise it was a decent spread. I had a plate of link sausage, scrambled eggs, a slice of lemon cake and a fantastic apricot flaky pastry. Later, I had a second plate of eggs & sausage, but I added a cup of chowder (which was very good). I also had another pastry, which I cut in three so Jackie & Helena could try it too (Jackie hated it, while Helena liked it). The coffee absolutely sucked. I even poured out a nearly full pot in the room's sink so we could get a fresh pot more quickly, to little improvement.
All that aside, it was a fun morning spent with my parents, and Kevin & Sarah and their respective clans, hanging with the various kids and even playing a game of magnetic chess with Hayden. When I got home I made a pot of my coffee, and spent the rest of the day in a blur of television, internet games and reading. A nice low-key Easter is on the books.
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