Lost utensils near Riverwalk, Dubuque
Description
I was helping prep a small dinner along the Mississippi at the Riverwalk near the Diamond Jo Casino when I must have dropped my utensils. By 6:15 pm on Sunday, the crowd drifted along the riverfront, and I couldn't find the set, a battered stainless spoon, a wooden spatula, and a chipped ladle. Those utensils mean a lot to me because they were my grandmother's, the ones she used to stir soup on chilly Dubuque evenings. I retraced from the riverfront overlook toward the fountain and back along the pedestrian bridge, but I didn't spot them, and I'm hoping a kind passer-by held onto them until I could return.
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