Sherry Gore pulls up to Yoder's Amish restaurant on the world's cutest bike. It's a whimsical Electra with a broad seat covered in tropical flowers. The fenders are aqua and it has pink-walled tires.

Gloria took the week after Thanksgiving off from writing the column, but she will be back next week. As her editor and a writer myself, I can attest to the rigors of writing a weekly column. She and I ...