Category: First course

Today dawned already warm–even by April or May standards. By mid morning, it was 68 degrees, with the promise of balmy 70s by early afternoon. I am not worried about the reasons why our winter has been warmer than usual. I am not worried about this summer-like day in January. Why not? Because the snow…

Little known fact about The Gal: I almost grew up in the restaurant and hotel business. I say “almost,” because my family had sold their holdings and moved on by the time I was a teenager. Still, my formative years were spent playing hide-and-seek in closed off dining rooms, hanging new curtains in redecorated hotel…

When I married Mr. Restaurant Gal, I bought an ornament to commemorate that event, and hung it on a very small tree along with a few generic ornaments I’d bought at the mall. Several years later, when I was expecting our first baby, I saved the ornaments my friend had tied to the baby shower…

I can walk to and from my new job, although it is contrary and a contradiction to my old walks. Old walk: Pass by dozens of Ethiopian restaurants and wonder how they all stay in business. New walk: Pass by dozens of bikers and strollers and other people who can say they “live in the…

We took Mr. Restaurant Gal’s mother out to lunch for her 81st birthday. Times are not good for her, and they are not getting better. They will only get worse. These are givens. Times are hard for Mr. Restaurant Gal as he keeps careful track of his mother during these not-good times. It will only…

Radio Replay If you missed the Friday night fun and want to hear a replay, go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=6008 The show is archived and you can hear it all. Thanks again, Aaron. –The Gal On a very bleak day at my previous fine-dining job, I received a comment on my blog from Aaron Delay. I commented…

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. –William Shakespeare, All’s Well that Ends Well “Well, at least no one was hurt.” I said or heard that sentiment four times over the past 48 hours–roughly four times more than I’ve said or heard it in as many years. I…

Whew! Who knew writing and posting satire could be so–interesting? Let’s just say that Miss Betty and Miss Nancy and Big Al’s Pizza Palace II are my imaginary friends and workplace who helped to make my unexpected landing out there in the real world a bit softer. After the stupid crap I’ve dealt with recently–online…

“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” –Jimmy Buffet In a flash, in a moment, all that was past is past, and my future begins. I will have to learn much, and I will have to be patient. But Miss Nancy tells me, “You will get it. I’ll make sure of it.” If…

In the past four months, I have spent very little time doing little else than work. I saw Restaurant Gal Daughter during Parents Weekend in October, which was great. Other than that, when friends and family came to town, they had to come to the restaurant to see me and I them. Mr. Restaurant Gal…