Nice Beaver

Brooke Astor is 104. She married the great-great grandson of John Jacob Astor. America's first millionaire, Astor gained his fortune from the fur trade. THE FUR TRADE! When you check into a penthouse assisted living center and pay with pelts that's some old money.

The Astors built the famed Waldorf-Astoria. While the rival Algonquin Hotel was the regular lunch gathering for a roundtable of jazz age wits, the Waldorf gave us the apple, nuts, celery and mayo salad. Someone must've had to clean out the fridge one day.

So where's Atlanta's wittiest luncheon? The wise-ass hipsters and visually-impaired regulars at the Majestic Diner? The jaded bon mots of the Grady cafeteria? Jeff Foxworthy at a Huddle House dining alone?

Here's my almost-empty fridge salad: bread and butter pickle chunks, worcestershire sauce, some seeded grapes I bought by mistake and diet Dr. K.