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 lunch where the conversation is the event — food and wine that earn their place, a table that invites lingering, and the tributes woven into the meal rather than bolted on at the end.\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 separate long\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:25:02.330Z",
"url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/747035354"
}
},
{
"text": "Coquille — address not listed in OpenStreetMap. A candidate for \"restaurant with a private dining room or separate long\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:25:02.330Z",
"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 separate long\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:25:02.330Z",
"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 separate long\". NOT booked, NOT confirmed: call them yourself.",
"grounded": true,
"source": {
"source": "openstreetmap",
"retrievedAt": "2026-08-02T15:25:02.330Z",
"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 of 22 and lock the date — contact at least four candidate restaurants this week, as June weekends fill fast in Marseille",
"When booking, declare: table for 22, private or semi-private space, two vegetarian covers, service start no earlier than 12:30, table held until 16:30",
"Negotiate a set menu in writing — confirm the vegetarian main is a full dish, not a reduced version of the meat plate",
"Collect written tributes, favourite quotes, or short readings from former pupils — assign one person to gather these and format them for the table",
"Design and print place cards and a simple one-page menu card; include Marguerite's years of service and a chosen epigraph",
"Organise the group gift — if a bookshop voucher, source from a Marseille independent bookseller and have it wrapped before the day",
"Assign a deputy host to manage arrivals and seat guests while you liaise with the restaurant on the day",
"Confirm final headcount with the restaurant 72 hours before and restate the vegetarian requirement in writing",
"On the day: arrive 20 minutes before guests, check table layout, confirm kitchen timing with the manager, place cards and menus on the table before anyone sits"
]
}