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?