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New York Restaurant Attracts More than Attention
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Erie's mysterious benefactor may be one of the few people who can actually afford to eat dessert at Serendipity 3 in New York City. It's a whimsical place for sure, with parfaits and ice cream sundaes and delights for children of all ages, but not for all pocketbooks.
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SEABROOK: Serendipity 3's Web site does not mention the latest humiliation. It advertises itself as someplace that takes you down the rabbit hole into a fairytale world. Perhaps they meant to say the mouse hole.
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SEABROOK: We want your stories of suppertime woes. If it happened at a previous Thanksgiving, all the better. E-mail your answers to Homework at npr.org, or leave a voicemail message on the Homework hotline at 202-408-5183. That's 202-408-5183. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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