remember? Abby_Donovan: Is this an awkward silence? Are you staring at my chest? I’m not sure what’s supposed to happen next? MarkBaynard: We get to know each other. Isn’t that what people do on first dates? Abby_Donovan: I’ve always heard you’ll never have more in common than you do on your first date. Especially if you get married later. MarkBaynard: I can vouch for that. As can my ex. So … toilet paper … over or under? Abby_Donovan: I was a staunch “over” until I got up one night and Buffy had unrolled the entire roll with her paws. Ginger or Mary Ann? MarkBaynard: Oh, definitely Mary Ann. Everybody knows those wholesome, corn-fed Kansas farm girls are easy. Abby_Donovan: I’m betting you’re a big Dorothy Gale fan. MarkBaynard: I always preferred the Wicked Witch of the West myself. So passionate. So misunderstood. So green. Abby_Donovan: What’s not to love about a woman willing to kill for a fabulous pair of shoes? Yankees or Red Sox? MarkBaynard: Braves. I’m from Oxford, Mississippi, not Oxford, Connecticut. Gilligan or the Skipper? Abby_Donovan: Thurston Howell III. Any man with that much money can call me “Lovey” and eat crackers in my bed all night long. Dorothy, Blanche, or Rose? MarkBaynard: Sofia. Betty White will always be da bomb but I like a woman with experience. Angel or Spike? Abby_Donovan: Spike. I never could resist a jerk with a Billy Idol complex, a Brit accent and a snarky sense of humor. MarkBaynard: Whew! That’s a relief. At least the jerk part. Abby_Donovan: Best song of all time? MarkBaynard: That’s an easy one. The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” Abby_Donovan: Oh, I don’t think so. That would be discounting the seminal influence on the pop/rock genre of David Cassidy’s “I Think I Love You.” MarkBaynard: Do you? Abby_Donovan: What? MarkBaynard: Think you love me? Abby_Donovan: Don’t be impertinent. I’m not even sure I like you yet. Ah … here comes the food! The fresh tomatoes & rosemary smell incredible! MarkBaynard: Shall we share a noodle like Lady and her Tramp? Abby_Donovan: Not unless you want to get stabbed in the throat with a fork. MarkBaynard: You’re such an incurable romantic! (Dodging the serrated edge of yr bread knife, I reach over & gently tuck a strand of hair behind yr ear.) MarkBaynard: Abby? MarkBaynard: Abby? Did my charms sweep you off your feet or did a power surge knock you off the Internet? Abby_Donovan: You caught me off guard. I think I might be blushing. MarkBaynard: If you want me to keep my hands to myself, I will. I won’t even lean over and lick the dab of marinara sauce from the corner of your mouth. Abby_Donovan: Good. Because I don’t believe in licking on the first date. Wait … did that sound as bad as I think it did? MarkBaynard: Worse. Now I’m blushing. Abby_Donovan: Perhaps we should just move on to the dessert course. MarkBaynard: Cannoli, biscotti, or tiramasu? Abby_Donovan: Mmm … cannoli. MarkBaynard: The waiter wants to know if you’d like your cannoli dipped in chocolate. Abby_Donovan: If I said that to you, it would sound really dirty. MarkBaynard: Everything you say sounds dirty to me. Abby Donovan: What I’d really like is a box of nice hot Krispy Kreme donuts. MarkBaynard: Now you’re just being a tease. Because I’d never be able to resist licking that glaze from the corner of your mouth. Abby_Donovan: Or the bottom of the box. MarkBaynard: Or the bottom of your shoe. Abby_Donovan: Foot fetishist? MarkBaynard: No … Krispy Kreme fetishist. Abby_Donovan: Sigh … I may be falling in love with you after all. MarkBaynard: If that’s all it took, you just might be easier than Mary Ann. Or Ginger. Abby_Donovan: Like everyone didn’t know Ginger was diddling the Professor! That’s why he never fixed the radio. He didn’t want to get off that island. MarkBaynard: If you could take one book on your 3-hour tour, what would it be? Abby_Donovan: Peter S.