CO-AUTHOR OF THE POPULAR new book, Applebee’s America, showed up for a book signing at the Falls Church Applebee’s on E. Broad Street last week. It turns out that Ron Fournier (center), a former Associated Press writer, signed autographs at the same establishment where he often brings his family to eat. He resides in N. Arlington, blocks away from Falls Church, and the idea for the book was at least partly hatched at the Applebee’s here. (News-Press photo)

Marcus Simon: October Column
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