1.   On top of a red-and-white checkered tablecloth were two of the best plates, cups and saucers.

2.   An Italian restaurant, she said, is more than checkered tablecloths and classical figurines and bunches of grapes.

3.   A heap of blackened paperback novels, a torn blue-and-white checkered tablecloth with Piglet on it, a single roller-skate with lavender laces.

4.   In long shots, the stars resemble checkered tablecloths in human form, almost unidentifiable except by their voices.

5.   Inside is a cafe with red checkered tablecloths and the aroma of cinnamon in the air that could as easily be in Soho or Seattle.

6.   Tables are covered with red-and-white checkered tablecloths, and you can dine alfresco.

7.   The cake looked like a picnic table, set with edible spoons and covered with a checkered tablecloth that looked as if it were made out of real fabric.