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Aurora Colony Inn: no plastic food _ here By Leanne Lally Print Arts Editor “May you find at the Aurora Colony Inn the quality and glow of contentment that is given from our hearts.” Your hosts, Max and Vergie Taylor Charming is the only word to describe the atmosphere at the Auoroa Colony Inn located in downtown Aurora. The restaurant is located in a small New England style house packed full of the most Various antiques like the beautiful antiques. Marble top lamp above add-to the at tables, cut crystal goblets, mosphere at the Inn. wooden chairs, and other Joan Chambers, above, found the Aurora Colony Inn charming. timeless treasures add a “home the order and serves drinks. style” flavor to the Inn. There is a waiting period in The restaurant has been in between the order and dinner, existence for two years, accor but not any longer than some ding to owner Vergie Taylor. restaurants. The waiting can be The idea was a “spin-off” from taken up by strolling through their antique shop just a few the house looking at the an blocks up the street. tiques and taking in the quiet “We cater to those people atmosphere. who are into food,” said Dinner is served and one is Taylor, “We do not serve any generally surprised at the fast foods of any kind; and we amount of food that rests on insist on quality.” Quality and the plate. Generous portions of quantity would be more like it. meat, fruits, and vegetables The salads alone are a meal, lanquish in a style that is and the price? are competitive. pleasing to the eye as well as The dimly lit Inn houses 70 the tongue. customers. A waitress dressed After dinner the waitress in old fashioned clothes takes comes back and asks if dessert Photos by Leanne Lally is desired. If so, she wheels out a cart full of pies and cakes, and explaining each one, takes the customers’ order. “We feel as if you are coming to our house, so we are going to treat you like our guests,” said Taylor. “People get tired of plastic foods, and even good restaurant foods begin to taste alike, but not ours. We make everything from scratch, it may take a little longer, but the customers generally think it’s worth it.” The Inn is open every day for lunch except Monday, and dinners Thursday through Sunday. ‘My Mother/My Self author speaks Standing tall and self- issured before an audience of 50 Saturday, author Nancy Friday bore little resemblance Io the awkward, self-conscious youth she described in her best seller,My Mother/My Self. She has, as she said in her book, “grown into my looks.” [Outgrowing the anxieties pat took root in her youth has been a more time-consuming ask, she added. DheapTrick play angel melodies [By Mike Koller Of The Print I Cheap Trick’s third and most popular album to date is titled [Heaven Tonight.” Cheap Trick play their music loud and last, but catchy melodies and humorous lyrics set them apart «om other hard rock groups ¡•ho rely on a constant dull pud to get a point across. The album opens with “On [op of the World” a bouncy We that features some fine War playing by lead guitarist wNielsen. Nielsen is an ex tent musician, but his pange physical appearance Ws to perplex and attract [heap Trick fans. He always pars a small beeny cap, bow- pand a jacket stamped with Mnesday, Nov. 8,1978 I’m trying to put that anger at the appropriate level in my life.” Friday encouraged the audience “to, think how your mother still affects your life today.” In her interviews with more than 200 women, whose comments were included in My Mother/My Self, Friday discovered that intuitively, most women know how impor tant their relationship with their mother is to all aspects of thier lives.” Speaking at the college during a Focus on Women seminar on mother-daughter relationships, Friday told the all-female audience, “writing this book has changed my life.” The introspection that ac companied her writing opened the author’s eyes about her relationship with her own mother. “I’d masked my anger at my mother until I wrote this book,” she admitted. “Now, the “Cheap Trick” emblem bn it. “California Man” is one of the best cuts on the album. The song was first made popular by an English group called The Move which then featured members of the Electric Light Orchestra. Cheap Trick has reworked the song into a rocker that could become the group’s first major hit single. “High Rollers,” “Surrender” and the title track “Heaven Tonight” are all stand-out cuts with enthusiasm and energy that give the songs a “live” feeling. The power generated on “Heaven Tonight” proves that Cheap Trick is one of the most talented heavy metal groups in the United States. Before women can become whole people, they need to separate from their early childhood bonds to their mothers, Friday said. “Separation is a lifelong work, but it is worth it,” she said. “There cannot truly be love without separatiop.” The College will offer a chance to pursue the mother daughter relationship in more detail winter term, when in structor Anita Helle will offer a course, “Mother-Daughter Relationships,” Sociology 199. 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