"The restaurant was bustling, but Séan had reserved one of their best tables for us. It afforded a commanding view over Walker Bay. The sculpted tail fluke in the fountain below the open window served as a reminder to keep our eyes open.
"We'd barely been seated before a huge voice boomed out from the direction of the kitchen. "Hi, Maxie. It's so good to see you again. How's Henry, and your Mom, and Marcia? And who's your lovely friend?"
Great follow on from the tagged pic which I remember well. "reminder to keep your eyes open" very poignantly ties in with your title and had they not been so interested in each other, they missed the chance
(Middle-aged woman, pale skin, fluffy-white-hair, modest pleated dress, silk-scarf) and (young woman, slender, olive-skin, bobbed dark hair. glasses, t-shirt, jeans); sitting at bistro table, watching whale-tail-fluke in ocean through open panoramic window