Ruth Crist is the kind of place you go to once, maybe twice a year. Not just because it’s expensive, but oy! A New York Strip steak, baked potato and asparagus (plus a salad) that’s a whole lotta calories.

My mom turning 90 this year means she was born 7 months before the stock market crash. So, she spent her childhood during the Depression and her teen years during World War 2.