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Rebecca LaClair

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Rebecca likes to try new food from a trendy restaurant, or one she hasn't been to yet.

More than pancakes, Sands Pancake House will satisfy

Thursday, January 20, 2022 ~ Updated 5:51 PM

Recently, I found myself up at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. and driving around Cape Girardeau, evidently the only soul on the street at that hour. The city was eerie then, like traveling through a ghost town, and I was struck with the thought once again that we don't really know what goes on in the world for the dark half of the day. But then I found what I was looking for and was reassured that, no, I wasn't the last person on the planet, and other people were up much earlier than me, working for a living and putting food and coffee on the table.

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