A retirement lunch for my old English teacher, Marguerite Sandoval, who is leaving after thirty-one years at the school — the plan
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{
"date": "2027-06-19",
"summary": "Give Marguerite a long, unhurried table among people who love language — the kind of lunch she would have assigned as a setting in a short story.\n\nA retirement lunch for my old English teacher, Marguerite Sandoval, who is leaving after thirty-one years at the school — Marseille, 2027-06-19, 22 people.\n4 real candidate venues are shortlisted below, each with the source we found it in. None of them is booked.\nThe date is beyond any real forecast horizon, so this plan does not claim to know the weather.",
"claims": [
{
"text": "Ashourya — 26 Cours Julien, Marseille, 13006. A candidate for \"restaurant with a private dining room or shaded terrace, lon\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:18:52.397Z",
"url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/747035354"
}
},
{
"text": "Coquille — address not listed in OpenStreetMap. A candidate for \"restaurant with a private dining room or shaded terrace, lon\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:18:52.397Z",
"url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/364622149"
}
},
{
"text": "L'entrecôte — 14 Avenue de la Corse. A candidate for \"restaurant with a private dining room or shaded terrace, lon\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:18:52.397Z",
"url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/449112905"
}
},
{
"text": "Le Planète — address not listed in OpenStreetMap. A candidate for \"restaurant with a private dining room or shaded terrace, lon\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:18:52.397Z",
"url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/535284094"
}
}
],
"uncertainties": [
"No venue here is booked. Every one is a candidate you still have to call.",
"The weather for this date cannot be known yet."
],
"prepChecklist": [
"Confirm headcount and collect the two vegetarians' names so the venue can seat and serve them without fuss",
"Contact three to four candidate restaurants in the first week of May and ask specifically: private or semi-private long table for 22, set menu available Saturda",
"Book the venue and pay any deposit required to hold the room — do not leave this past mid-May for a June date in Marseille",
"Agree the set menu with the restaurant in writing, confirming vegetarian versions of each course at the same price",
"Collect €/$ contributions from all 22 guests — set a hard deadline of 1 June to avoid chasing during the week before",
"Source or commission the collective notebook: a proper hardback, blank inside, with Marguerite's name and dates on the cover",
"Write a brief note to each guest explaining the notebook ritual — one handwritten line each, no speeches — so they arrive prepared",
"Choose and order the group gift; allow time for delivery or assembly before the 19th",
"Design and print simple menus for the table — one per place setting — listing courses and noting which dishes are vegetarian",
"Confirm the final headcount with the restaurant 72 hours before and reconfirm the arrival time of 12:30"
]
}