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There were sweets and potato chips, a treat that had been stored away.

By the end of our conversation — during which I may be the only person to touch the potato pancakes being passed around the table — I’m ready to make like a Hallmark heroine, leave the big city behind and take over a struggling Christmas tree farm somewhere in Vermont.

“Box of Rain,” a tribute to Lesh’s late father that marked the bassist’s first lead vocal on a Grateful Dead record, was the pinnacle of this period, but he also had co-writing credits on “Truckin’,” “Cumberland Blues,” “St. Stephen” and “New Potato Caboose,” all crucial parts of the Dead’s songbook.

However the World Series goes for the gutsy Dodgers, all those annoying couch potato critics who dissed Dave Roberts during an injury-plagued season need to issue mea culpas, followed by 30 lashes with a wet noodle.

Guests began to arrive, carrying food with them that they added to the growing buffet table, which was loaded up with cookies, cakes, a fruit-and-veggie tray, a small charcuterie board, and woven baskets of potato chips, Triscuits, and Chex Mix.