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...long, white silk scarf, and the “Tango Acrobatics” of the French team of Sophie Ferrero and Virgile Peyramaure, a painful test of strength as the two balance each other’s bodies while, in stereotypical French fashion, infuse the act with a sexy je ne sais quoi. In another particularly creative act that both kids and adults will find amusing, Gordoon, Orville and company reek havoc at the “Department of Sanitation” with several rolls of toilet paper, blowers and special lighting...
They moved north and were married in 1965, and 30 years ago, they opened a restaurant that became an institution in downtown Newark, N.J. SOUL OF THE SOUTH, HEART OF THE CITY, say the place mats at Je's Restaurant, where Harry and Diane worked alongside each other. They raised three handsome sons and sent them to college, and all three, despite other pursuits, continued to help their parents run the restaurant that became Newark's kitchen...
...know what I mean? This is the place, and Diane was the soul of it," says David Morton, a police officer. Morton and thousands of others are part of a family of regulars who come for grits and home fries, catfish and okra, smothered chicken and peach cobbler. Je's after Sunday Mass is a sight, Newark all dressed up in finery and extended families marching straight from the hallelujah to the harvest...
...This was her pride and joy," Harry says of his wife, Christmas decorations all around as he stands behind the counter in his white apron. And so it was, but there was a price for the success of Je's. The same price we all pay when, in balancing a work life with a home life, work too often wins. "If you got a break for a minute on a Sunday, you'd look out and see all these families together," says Jason, 29, who came after Harry Jr., 30, and before Chad, 24. "It was hard to deal with...
Diane Sutton passed on that August night, and for days, customers left flowers outside Je's. To Harry, it feels as if she died yesterday. The faces at the counter, the light through the window, the time on the clock--the meaning of it all escapes Harry, who lost his girl and can't find his way. He and the boys will keep Je's open for now, but they won't work themselves to death like she did. There will be a different balance now. "You spend your whole life working, planning for the day when you can take...