Sunday Mornings at the Cafe

The Cafe Atlantique: It's that home-away-from-home kind of place, good tea, and salads and a local baker who drops off her tasty from-scratch creations. On Sundays, a jazz and pop duo stop in for a couple of hours to play and, this morning, a little girl danced, unfettered and free, and then, from another table, a little boy got up to twirl, his small stuffed puppy in one hand.

Today, on this anniversary weekend of the Beatles bursting into America's homes on The Ed Sullivan Show, they're playing lots of Fab Four. At the tables nearby, two friends lean in and catch up, a family crowds around a small table, talking and laughing, a man reads his Times, and a line forms for cappuccinos and chai teas.

The cold outside the window seems far off and the little ones keep dancing.