Beware! It's that time of year again - dreaded income tax day is just a couple days away for small businesses, and Nic, the senior Manager of Loveless Motel has been directed by the tax accounting firm of Caesar and Da'Marche', Jule and Ignatz, (their best friends endearingly call them "Julia" and "Ida") to finalize and send forms to the IRS for the business's past year. March 15 in the private dining room at Birdwhistle's Tearoom is this year's luncheon to celebrate the work the three men have put into the job.  More than anything, as in years past,  attention will be paid to cocktails and food a good deal greater than money talk. 

On a personal level, Ignatz is an accomplished accordionist.  The two men met some years back at Ticklers, the piano bar at Loveless Motel, when  Ignatz was substituting for Paul, the blind piano player.  Jule, who loves opera, asked Ignatz if he knew the snappy male bonding tune, "Ah, Mes Amis" from The Daughter of the Regiment. That night, history was made in the bar, as Jule nearly pulled off the high C's required of the tune, drunk as he was, though Ignatz was asked never to come back, as the noise drove away half the clientele.  But the two men hit it off as Jule was able to demonstrate his ability to play the skin flute, apparently hitting the correct notes, as they have been pulling it off ever since.  They are shown here at their home in town, where they repeat the Donizetti performance annually for the locals, while warning them to stay off the lawn.