I made two excursions in the car. The first was to a grocery. I had chatted with some fellow passengers about Aretha Frankenstein's which had already been recommended to them by a friend. This morning they headed home to Huntsville, Alabama, with plans to drive by the restaurant with the intention of at least buying some pancake mix. I told them that I had been able to buy just two boxes on Sunday because the other two boxes on the shelf had been promised to someone who had just telephoned. Unless the inventory had been replenished overnight, they would probably be disappointed. I'd given them a card and they sent an email mid-morning telling me they had secured the mix at a nearby grocery. I followed up on that and, with the exceptional help of a couple of Bi-Lo employees, bought a case. There will be belated Christmas presents.

The second outing was for dinner. I returned to Tony's, the site of my 2010 Christmas Eve meal. The food was once again excellent but, since a picture of this year's tortellini would have looked a lot like that year's ravioli, didn't bother. It was quite foggy when I left the restaurant and headed directly to the boat for a quiet evening.