A small round table with a white linen tablecloth, topped with a crystal vase holding two long-stemmed red roses, waits to one side, near bales of hay.
Tables have green tablecloths topped with white bistro paper and red cloth napkins.
The setting is conducive to lingering, with floral tablecloths topped with butcher paper, cups full of well-worn crayons, giant coffee mugs and windows big enough for people-watching downtown.
It's a small Lebanese "take-away chicken shop" that's about as bare bones as you can get: stiff red plastic tablecloths topped with homebrand tissue boxes ("minimalist decor" would be a massive understatement).
Finally, he set his down on the checkered tablecloth, on top of the checkered blanket he'd brought for the picnic.
For the price of a good glass of wine, you get the whole white tablecloth treatment, top service, a beautiful setting, the town's prettiest patio and a choice of nine appetisers, six mains, and three non-fattening desserts.
I find it nice to put down a pretty sheet or tablecloth on top for your own personal enjoyment.
In contrast, the floors are bare wood and the tablecloths are topped with white bistro paper.
The clothes were cheerful in the best sense of the term, mixing well-matched stripes with florals and drawing from the comforting images of domestic life: picnic-tablecloth-check tops, wallpaper-patterned cotton dresses, skirts emblazoned with pet parakeets.
A tablecloth clips the top of my head.
