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Zzyyggy, the fondue dinner was delicious. I ordered the fruit plate for dessert. It comes with my favorite fruit dip—one 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened and one 7 ounce jar of marshmallow creme, mix until smooth. 😋 Of course, I have a whey protein intolerance so I can’t eat cream cheese except at the cybercafe. What would I ever do without the cybercafe?

We need to have Francois set up the chocolate fountain. I’ve been to wedding receptions that had chocolate fountains. If I had to choose between cheese fondue or a chocolate fountain, I’m not sure I could.

Zzyyggy, I think Igor has fond memories of the pool full of jello. Me, I’d rather have water in the pool. Fish and chips for dinner sounds great, it’s something I don’t eat in the real world. Hopefully Francois made biscuits or hush puppies, too. The chocolate fountain looks wonderful. Fresh fruit, dried fruit, cake, cookies—I’ll have it all.

Viktor, I’ll have a chocolate espresso brownie sundae in about a hour, please. I’m going swimming first.

Hi, Zzyyggy. It’s lovely out here by the pool. At home it’s hot and horribly humid. The dew point in 75 degrees. Once the dew point goes over 70 degrees it’s uncomfortable and when you add in the 90 degree heat it’s stifling. I’m beginning to feel like a hermit because I’ve been avoiding going outside.

Happy Sunday, Zzyyggy. It’s National Cheesecake Day so I’m ordering pumpkin praline cheesecake. I want Francois to make the crumb crust chocolate and add a chocolate ganache topping. An iced mocha would be good with that. It’s beautiful out here on the terrace this evening. The String Quartet sets the mood perfectly.

Welcome to the Cybercafe, @Ladyofthelakes23. You don’t have to just gaze, you can order anything you want. Order up a sunny day with a seat on the terrace and enjoy the view while you enjoy Chef Francois’ world famous cuisine. Viktor, our most attentive and amazing waiter will gladly take your order.

Zzyyggy, I’m glad you’re still out here on the terrace. I asked Viktor to bring out another iced mocha for you. I ordered a cup of tea and some ginger molasses sandwich cookies—the ones with the orange buttercream filling. Those cookies are addictive. They’re the perfect little bite-sized cookies. I’m so glad Francois makes them for me. While I made the ginger molasses cookies for Christmas, I didn’t make buttercream filled sandwiches, I made gingerbread people and hearts instead (small 1.5 inches tall). When I make orange buttercream filling I use freshly squeezed orange juice and fresh orange zest. The sandwich cookies are delicious. It’s been 76 days without sugar, but Francois and Viktor have kept me and my sweet dreams well supplied.

Calories? What’s that?😄 Isn’t it amazing that Francois can replicate any recipe we can dream up? In fact, I asked him to make my mom’s poppyseed cake recipe. It was my grandmother’s favorite cake and I’d love to have a piece with a cup of coffee. It’s not a very sweet cake and it doesn’t have icing, just powdered sugar sprinkled over the top.

Viktor, I’ll have a cheeseburger on a biscuit with coleslaw, Parmesan garlic fries, and a Dr. Pepper, please. Zzyyggy’s blueberry cobbler and ice cream for dessert would be great. Could you see if there’s any blueberry swirl ice cream? Thanks, Viktor.

Mm, I love brick oven pizza, Zzyyggy. We have a friend we used to live near (12 hours away now) who built a brick oven. He would fire up the oven and make bread, scones, biscuits, and pizza. When it would snow he would make biscuits and scones served with tea and coffee for the crew plowing the roads. His son worked for the public works department in our town as a summer job when he was in college. Our friend got to know the crew and he appreciated all they did and wanted to thank them.

Thunderstorms at the Cybercafe! If the terrace gets too cold we can go sit at the mini cafe by the indoor cyberpool. The floor to ceiling windows are perfect for watching storms and stars. Zzyyggy, did you see Betty’s recipe for Chocolate-Marshmallow Pillows in today’s email? I want that, after I have my pizza, of course. It’s a good thing the brick oven is under cover in the gazebo on the terrace or we’d be sitting in the rain. Jorge was manning the brick oven when I ordered my veggie supreme pizza with extra cheese. He did a great job, it’s delicious.