Author: Restaurant Gal
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That Bartender
Sometimes, taking the first job offered is not a brilliant career move. If, on day two, the triple management threat is telling you to clean better and sell more food, you clean better and try to sell more food. If, on day five, the triple threat tells you sales are down in the bar but…
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Shameless Thanks
Two RG posts are up for “Post of the Year” at the popular South Florida Daily Blog. “Can She See Your Dog?” was post of the month for January 2010. “Alone in Time” was both the reader’s and the editor’s choice for September 2010. For Post of the Year, readers vote for their favorite, while…
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Coveted Snow-Free Status
A dear and wonderful D.C. girlfriend posted this startling statistic on my personal Facebook page: “Just a little tidbit of current trivia: the only state in the union without snow on 1/11/11 is Florida…” I knew, of course, the weather was horrible throughout the southeast. I also knew the horribleness was about to spread to…
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Work, Move, Work, Move!
I will post again soon. It’s been a hectic few weeks with ending one job on one day, packing some clothes, and starting a new job the next evening. The new job is not without some challenges, and living out of a suitcase is always fun! Hopefully, the chaos will be over in a few…
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Thank You, Rambling One
A hearty thank you to Kim Ayres for awarding Restaurant Gal a Rambling Beard Award 2010. Kim is an incredibly thoughtful writer and extremely talented photographer in his own right. His site is always well worth a visit. One of these days, I hope he will guest post again on my site. Happy 2011, Kim,…
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Year’s End, New Beginnings
In 2010, I worked three jobs simultaneously, driving from one job and one Key to another, back-to-back with only an hour in between, to get these jobs done. I abhorred one job’s customers while I shook my head at another one’s fourth inept manager in as many weeks. The third job, however, I loved–both the…
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Overheard
A mom to her daughter at a Fort Lauderdale Target: “Just buy the jacket, leave the tags on, wear it, and we’ll return it tomorrow when the weather warms up again.” And so it goes during a temporary cold snap in SoFla. A couple of “jackets” I will never return:
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Making Merry on a Whim
On a whim, I mentioned to a once-upon-a-time-two-years-ago-almost-but-really-never boyfriend who is, thankfully, now a friend, that I was looking for work off the Rock. I was on the other side of his bar, enjoying the evening, waiting for my great guy to get off work. Within two minutes, my now-friend gave me a name and…
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RG Son’s Week Off
My son does a fair amount of writing of his own, so I thought I’d share his take on a recent visit to the land of all things “southernmost.” The Southernmost Tourist Line by RG Son I took a little trip down to South Florida a few weeks ago to visit my mom who resides…
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A Kiss Goodbye
I know the look. I saw it on my biological father, when I thought he was just tired from all the activity he’d insisted we cram into 48 hours. But he knew. I know that look. I saw it on my customer who’d said he’d lost so much weight because he’d wanted to. I evaluated…