Jone't, clear your Wednesday.
You know where lunch is. The rest is a surprise.
Wednesday is planned around a few things I know Sage would approve of 🐾
Lunch is the only address you get. After that we ride together, and every stop has a riddle. Guess all you want, but the answers stay locked until it's time. Or until I give you the code.
Everything's indoors, so the rain can do whatever it wants.
Wednesday at 12:00 noon
The Cheesecake Factory
1 Maple Ave, White Plains
You've never been, so heads up, the menu is basically a book. Get whatever you want.
It's on the ground floor of The Source, right next to Whole Foods. Park there and I'll meet you at the front. After lunch we ride together, so this is the only address you need.
Opens at lunch
Anything else?
One more thing is tucked in here. You'll see it once we're sitting down.
The photo game is on 📸
We don't get a lot of pictures together. Today we fix that.
The Sneak Shot. You get one photo of me when I'm not looking, and I get one of you. Anytime today. We compare them at coffee, and the best one wins.
The prize. Winner picks the snacks for movie night.
One rule. Once the bears exist, they're in every picture.
First mission: our first photo together. Right here.
Our album is waiting for us.
Around 1:45
What's after lunch?
It walks in empty and leaves with a heart.
You make mine, I make yours,
and we both have to name what we made.
You'll want to hug it when we're done. And it will never make you sneeze.
We're making stuffed animals for each other
You make one for me and I make one for you. Pick whatever animal you think I am. If they have a green-eyed cat that looks like Sage, I already know which one you're getting.
Photo mission: hold the one you made for me right before you hand it over. Then the bears meet for the first time.
Around 2:45
Then what?
Two things that are fine on their own
turn into something new when you put them together.
You already know more about this than I do.
Let's see if I can keep up.
You won't need your hands for this one. You'll need your nose.
We're pairing scents for each other
You pick two that go together for me, and I pick two for you. Then we see who did better. You're going to win, and I'm okay with that.
Photo mission: your most serious judging face at the counter. Mine too.
Around 3:45, no rush
How does it end?
You get something warm and something sweet.
I get to find out how competitive you are.
There's a pastry case involved. Bring your poker face.
Coffee, pastries, and a couple of card games
Your coffee and pastry are on me. Then we play, and we stay as long as we want.
Photo mission: bears on the table with the cards and pastries. Then we ask someone to take one of the two of us. And the sneak shots come out.
What should I bring?
- Comfy shoes. There's some walking, all of it inside.
- An appetite. Leave room for dessert.
- A charged phone. We're taking pictures.
- Wear whatever you feel good in. Nothing today will mess it up.
- A little bit of Epiphany, if you can bring it. You'll see why.
One last thing. If you're in for Wednesday, tap the button 👇