<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you Cathie!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 6, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Cathie Woteki <cathie@woteki.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">Dear Roberta,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That was a lovely thought and a generous gift to the hard-working staff at WHC. And thanks for the tip about Bistro Bis take-out!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cathie<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 6, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Roberta Shapiro <<a href="mailto:rshapiro1153@yahoo.com" class="">rshapiro1153@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp4a2167fdyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="" class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">With so much sad and bad news, Jerry and I wanted to share something that made us feel good about what some of our business neighbors are willing to do. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Jerry and I decided to provide dinner<font color="#050505" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> to the incredibly talented and devoted weekend night shift staff in Washington Hospital Center's Covid ICU. We had enjoyed several delicious gourmet takeout meals from </span></font><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-0-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class="">Bistro Bis (</span></span><span class="ydp1b6cad63py34i1dx" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-1-0" style="" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><a href="http://bistrobis.com/" class="">http://bistrobis.com/</a></span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> 15 E ST NW, DC) and we really like the owner and staff. I was not sure that more casual Saturday night "box dinners" would be their thing. However, when I presented the possibility to the owner, Jeff Buben, his </span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">response</span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> was, "</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">absolutely</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, we want to partner with you."</span></font></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">From delicious appetizers, amazing sandwiches, homemade chips, and Opera Cake, to a lovely note of appreciation on each of the 30 dinners, Bistro Bis went above and beyond. They even </span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">accommodated</span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> vegetarian and gluten free staff members. Needless to say, the ICU staff was very pleased to have all of their hard work acknowledged, even in this admittedly small way.</span></font></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class="">Thank you Jeff, Memo, Adrian and the other Bistro Bis team members. FYI, their gourmet multicourse takeout dinners are truly fabulous. </span></span></font><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class="">Roberta and Jerry</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><br class=""><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><span id="cid:00a7b6ce-fd1d-b6a6-92f1-cebc2eba0ee7@yahoo.com"><1607274521693blob.jpg></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span data-text="true" style="" class=""><span id="cid:33212a81-4456-61ed-bf22-c58a92e8f212@yahoo.com"><1607274381562blob.jpg></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class="ydp4a2167fdsignature" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class=""><div class=""><strong class=""><font size="3" class=""><font face="verdana" class=""><br class=""></font></font></strong></div><div class=""><strong class=""><font size="3" class=""><font face="verdana" class="">Roberta Shapiro</font><br class=""></font></strong></div><div class=""><font face="arial" class="">Mobile 205-901-7415 <br class="">email </font><a href="mailto:rshapiro1153@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="arial" class="">rshapiro1153@yahoo.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><span id="cid:33212a81-4456-61ed-bf22-c58a92e8f212@yahoo.com"><1607274381562blob.jpg></span><span id="cid:00a7b6ce-fd1d-b6a6-92f1-cebc2eba0ee7@yahoo.com"><1607274521693blob.jpg></span>_______________________________________________<br class="">LincolnParkDC mailing list<br class=""><br class="">To post to the list address your message to: <a href="mailto:LincolnParkDC@lincolnparkdc.info" class="">LincolnParkDC@lincolnparkdc.info</a><br class="">When replying, please consider whether to reply to the sender only, or to the list, which is the default.<br class="">Not all replies are appropriate for the entire list.<br class=""><br class="">Please do not send administrative requests to the list. 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