SCENE ON THE STREET : Outside Eating Is In

“Hey, wanna eat out?”

“Sure,” she says.

“I mean out out, sidewalk cafe.”

“ Zat goes wizzout sayeeng, “ she says. She claims la smog adds extra eumph to le hamburger.

He knows she means oomph. He’s been around. He’s seen le fast food eateries sprouting on the sidewalks of Claremont and Pasadena as fast as little cabbages in the sun. “Bone appeteet,” he says later, raising his soda in a toast.

“Votre accent is euful,” she says.