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Lunch at Dora's In Bay End, New Jersey
We entered the upstairs dining room that has a very feminine décor and were greeted with "Hello, ladies". The walls are painted white and the tables and chairs are also white. Each table has a table cloth that has a pastel flower print with a white flounce skirt around the table edges. The tablecloth is protected with a glass top. We were sitting near the end of the enclosed porch that has a sun window and windows with beautiful white curtains that also have flounces like the tablecloths. Hanging from the ceilings were inverted Victorian style umbrellas. On the walls were framed watercolors and paintings of 19th Century Impressionist painters such as Monet, Degas and Homer. The rooms were decorated in a style that should delight every GG or TG Woman.
We thought that we would be alone where we sat so that we could have a nice "girl talk" conversation, but then four ladies sat down at the adjacent table. That was all right, but I had to be careful that my voice didn't arouse any suspicion. I do talk in a quiet, soft voice for that reason. It wasn't long ago that Theresa would be too embarrassed to sit down with me in such an environment, but she has learned that I pass very well and that I am accepted as a woman. I go by how strange people react to me and not by what I think of myself. Theresa would also notice if anyone seemed suspicious, but that has never happened. I attribute this to my size, age and appearance.
