Here’s to the ladies who lunch/Aren’t they the best?/Heading to The Georgian for Saturday brunch/”Smart casual”-dressed/A list of flavored lemonades/Wasabi chicken salad/The tasteful background serenades/Another guitar ballad/I’ll drink to that. Here’s to the ladies at tea/Making dates by phone/Meeting at the Fairmont each Sunday at 3/For a housemade scone/Another leisure afternoon/A pot of jasmine brewing/Another chocolate macaroon/Discreetly muffled chewing/Does anybody still go to tea?/I’ll drink to that! GAVIN BORCHERT, WITH APOLOGIES TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University St., 621-7889, fairmont.com
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