Don't pay the ransom, we've escaped. Home safe and sound with nary a nick on the panda fur. Could have been the liberally applied scotchguard.

I will not sully the evening with a trip report. Karen's food was great as expected and her conversation was scintillating. Bob did not embarrass himself.

We did notice that the town of Needham has become consignment shop central. There were about five such shops on the main drag. One can only wonder.

All in all it was a great evening. The Pandas survived.

he lies.....our neighbors called the police when they saw his beverly hill billies car enter our area....thank god they stopped him before he got to our house so that no one knew where he was going....

we ate our usual boston saturday nite meal in peace: hot dogs and baked beans....we had ice cream sandwiches for dessert...

another fodors potential disaster avoided....

thank god craig and jeane are back so we can return to socializing with normal people....