Stephanie nodded, grinning. "I suppose we'll find out what all the fuss is about soon, won't we? For all we know, they could be serving us koala steaks." It was a joke, of course. She was pretty sure that there wouldn't, in fact, be koalas on the menu.

"Soon, though, we should go somewhere nice together. Much as I enjoy New York, its winter climate is hardly congenial to me." She liked warmth and sun, and New York in March simply didn't provide enough of it.