a mostly lovely weekend
it was a mostly lovely weekend
the weather cooperated nicely
the temps were temperate
the skies were blue
with
just the right amount of
fluffy
non threatening clouds
there was
beautification
a street fair
and
dinner out
dinner out
wasnt as great
as it should have been
due to a not so smart waiter
its a long story
the short version is
it took an hour
from the time we ordered
to the time
we ate
in between
the waiter
had all manner of excuses
the worst
of which
was saying
that the order
was taking longer
due
to
toonman wanting his steak well done
sigh
toonman did not order his steak well done
even if he had
the waiter using that as an excuse
was
very wrong
very wrong
the manager came by after toonman refused his meal
to say sorry
i am sorry
i didnt tell him
what the waiter said
i am even sorrier
that the manager didnt have the smarts
to comp us the entire meal
an hour is an outrageous amount of time to wait for a meal
where none of the items ordered
were in any way
requiring special treatment
we wont be going to Calle Ocho again
and
thats sad
because its a nice place
with good food
i did get some pleasure
out of writing a review
for
open table
through which we booked the reservation
as i said
aside from dinner
the weekend was lovely
here are some iPhone snaps
i took while walking through the street fair
none
of
them
are signed
i was too lazy
setting up his stall
fried pickles
no
i didnt try them
my sister tells me
they're very big down south
she knows
because
she watches some food network show
i dont know
what
he was selling
but i loved his hair
perhaps
he was selling hair gel
this pup
was
thinking
why are there so many people
the shish kebab lady
was doing a brisk business
no, i didnt have any
and
no
i didnt buy any wooden roses
or
take any wooden nickels
what did you do this weekend?
