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One of my favorite holiday events is visiting Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach. Besides being an outstanding nursery, in December, trees are decorated with the latest ornaments from Christopher Radco and other designers of note.
This year something new has been added. Who knew? A restaurant in the garden area? I heard about The Farmhouse from my niece, Cindy who was visiting from Alabama. It was one of the highlights of her visit to Southern California in November.
My friend, Karen from Apache Junction, Arizona was visiting. I had been to the nursery and Christmas rooms many times but never to the new restaurant. Now the holidays were underway- when I called for a reservation, I was told reservations were suspended to accommodate holiday walk-ins. We drove into the slow traffic entering the gardens and finally a sign appeared- "Free Valet Parking".
The menu arrives and we look over the choices. The market soup is recommended by our waitres- a delicious Chicken Vegetable Soup. 
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