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Alison Ehrlich Wachstein's avatar

I saw him once at Le Chambord. He, Joanne and someone else were at a nearby table. I said I wasn't staring, but my husband said I dropped some of my salad from my fork onto my lap.

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It's About Time by barbara jay's avatar

So whose birthday do you share, Alison?

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Carol Shaw's avatar

Friend Carol here. Do you remember the night John and I went out to dinner for his birthday to a Westport restaurant (also long gone), and Paul and Joanne came to sit in the same alcove where we were sitting? By the time the night was over, we were not only talking with each other, but they also sang Happy Birthday to John.

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It's About Time by barbara jay's avatar

You could have told him about your friend who shared his birthday. (Kidding.)

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Carol Shaw's avatar

Haha

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Rosemary Cass's avatar

I,too, lived in Westport and spent years looking for him! Everywhere I went people would say "Oh, you live in Westport. Have you seen Paul Newman?" And when I replied no, they'd say "Oh, I have."! The man was everywhere, except wherever I was!

And then finally one day in a theater in NYC to see Denzel Washington in "Brutus", Paul and Joanne entered and sat a few rows in front of me!

(But my birthday is in August!)

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It's About Time by barbara jay's avatar

Rosemary, glad I'm not the only one. Glad you like it.

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It's About Time by barbara jay's avatar

Really? Glad I wrote it then! Did you change the spelling of your name?

How is it in Israel?

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Sydney Blasco's avatar

Love this story grandma, it's one of my favorites.

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It's About Time by barbara jay's avatar

Sidney, I'm so glad.

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