I’ve had a lot going on the past few days and have lots to tell you about. It just amazes me how quickly things pick up when September rolls around. It seems like it was just yesterday that Jackie and I were buying concert tickets for the month of September and talking about how awesome it was going to be and now… here we are!
I wanted to update you on some things that I mentioned last week. First –the mouse. As you may recall, I saw a mouse scurry down the aisle at work last Thursday. Friday morning when I came in someone had placed a plastic bag under my filing cabinet and tried to convince me they had caught the mouse but had left it in that bag under my filing cabinet. I didn’t buy it. As it turns out, they did catch the mouse, but the mouse met its demise and was disposed of before I arrived. Apparently the lady who sits on the other side of the wall from me keeps food in her drawers and that mouse was over there eating a chocolate bar when he was found. I wouldn’t be surprised if another one showed up some time soon, but here’s to hoping not.
I also mentioned last week that I had election training. It actually was a lot more interesting than I had anticipated. My dad had complained to me the week before that it took about two hours and lots of people had questions and he didn’t think they were ever going to get out of there. My group must have been more attentive because our session only lasted about an hour and a half and there were only about five questions from the group. The information they reviewed was interesting and including scenarios I had never even considered. This training was for the September 18 vote for the special amendment to the constitution and I will have another training session in October for the November election.
In other news, a few times this summer there has been fresh dog poop out by my car. Clearly someone has been walking their dog and letting it poop in my yard without cleaning it up. To say this perturbs me is quite an understatement. It happened again last Friday and of course when I walk out to my car in the morning I am ready to leave and don’t have time to scoop poop. If I ever catch the culprit, you can rest assured I’ll be giving that owner a piece of my mind.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Ramblin'
I'm going to ramble today, because I know that you love it when I just type things as they come to me...or something like that.
On Wednesday, for the first time ever, I decided to play all of the songs on my iPod in a shuffle mode. This was strange for me because I am so structured in what I listen to and can sing along to albums like nobody's business. The thought of shuffling it all up was kind of a foreign concept to me - it's like a mixed tape, you never know what to expect next, and I guess I like knowing what's coming up next. Wednesday, however, I couldn't decide what I wanted to listen to and decided to go to all songs and just hit shuffle. As of the moment I am writing this, I am on song 65 of 913 - obviously, I have a while to go to listen to all the songs. One thing this little experiment has confirmed (and I guess I really already knew) - I have a lot of Pearl Jam and a lot of jazz on my iPod. Shuffling the songs has been quite interesting and I have enjoyed the odd mix that has come about. I should have tried this a long time ago.
Also on Wednesday... I went to bed around 9:30 - I was tired and about to fall asleep on the couch so I just went on to bed. About 11:30 I woke up because I was hot and felt like the air was stifling. In a daze, I looked around and after 30 seconds or so I realized that the power was out - no wonder I was hot. I have no idea how long the power had been out. I venture to say around an hour or so because I got up and turned on my phone to see what time it was and also to set the alarm on the phone in case the power never came back on during the night. It was 11:30ish when I powered up the phone and I checked the Twitter feed to see if Huntsville Utilities was on the case - as it turns out they were. I went back to bed and fell asleep and the next thing I remember is being cold because the power had come back on and the AC was blowing full blast as was the ceiling fan. Again, I have no idea what time this occurred, but I think the power kicked on some time around midnight based on how accurate my unset clock was to the actual time. It probably goes without saying that Wednesday night was not the best night of sleep I have ever received.
As a result of the lackluster sleep Wednesday night, I rolled in to work on Thursday feeling quite tired. After our morning meeting, I went to the cafeteria to get a coffee and afterwards as I was walking down the aisle to my desk, a mouse ran out in front of me. Yes, I screamed at the top of my lungs and quite frankly, it's a wonder I didn't let out some inappropriate curse word. At that point, I was quite awake and so was everyone else I would assume. Everyone got a big laugh out of my screaming and thankfully another person saw the mouse out of the corner of his eye - otherwise I might think I was a wee bit crazy. Someone called facilities and they sent a man over who laid out some of those sticky strips which probably won't catch the little critter.
Thursday night I have election training. I won't have a chance to write about it until next week because this post is going up Friday and I'll be scheduling it to post before I leave for my training. I'm sure I have mentioned on here before that my dad is the inspector at his polling location and I will now be a worker at my polling location. My first stint as a poll worker will be on September 18 when we have a special voting day for an amendment to the Alabama constitution. Why they are setting aside a whole day of voting for this one thing I will never know - these are your tax dollars at work, people. I expect to see very few people come through the polling place that day; especially considering during the recent mayoral election I voted an hour and a half before closing and less than 500 people had voted. I suspect there will be even less people than that on the day of this special election because in all honesty, I don't even think that many people know about it. At any rate, it will be my first taste of working an election, unless you count that dreadful experience from Greene County when I was in college and was supposed to watch a poll for the Republican party. That, dear friends, is a story for another time. I think I am still scarred from that experience. I will also be working the November 6 presidential election which is sure to see a lot more voters than this special election coming up in a couple of weeks. Needless to say, I'll be filling you in on all the details of both election working experiences.
This Sunday, September 9, is Friend's Day at the Hampton Cove Church of Christ which is where my parents' attend and my dad is the preacher. Y'all should come on out and visit that day. I'll be there along with my infamous coleslaw that everyone seems to love. Classes start at 9:00 a.m. and worship is at 10:00 a.m. The address is 409 Old Big Cove Road, Brownsboro, AL 35741. I would link to the web site, but y'all, it is so outdated and sad. I'm trying to get that resolved for them. Hope to see you there!
On Wednesday, for the first time ever, I decided to play all of the songs on my iPod in a shuffle mode. This was strange for me because I am so structured in what I listen to and can sing along to albums like nobody's business. The thought of shuffling it all up was kind of a foreign concept to me - it's like a mixed tape, you never know what to expect next, and I guess I like knowing what's coming up next. Wednesday, however, I couldn't decide what I wanted to listen to and decided to go to all songs and just hit shuffle. As of the moment I am writing this, I am on song 65 of 913 - obviously, I have a while to go to listen to all the songs. One thing this little experiment has confirmed (and I guess I really already knew) - I have a lot of Pearl Jam and a lot of jazz on my iPod. Shuffling the songs has been quite interesting and I have enjoyed the odd mix that has come about. I should have tried this a long time ago.
Also on Wednesday... I went to bed around 9:30 - I was tired and about to fall asleep on the couch so I just went on to bed. About 11:30 I woke up because I was hot and felt like the air was stifling. In a daze, I looked around and after 30 seconds or so I realized that the power was out - no wonder I was hot. I have no idea how long the power had been out. I venture to say around an hour or so because I got up and turned on my phone to see what time it was and also to set the alarm on the phone in case the power never came back on during the night. It was 11:30ish when I powered up the phone and I checked the Twitter feed to see if Huntsville Utilities was on the case - as it turns out they were. I went back to bed and fell asleep and the next thing I remember is being cold because the power had come back on and the AC was blowing full blast as was the ceiling fan. Again, I have no idea what time this occurred, but I think the power kicked on some time around midnight based on how accurate my unset clock was to the actual time. It probably goes without saying that Wednesday night was not the best night of sleep I have ever received.
As a result of the lackluster sleep Wednesday night, I rolled in to work on Thursday feeling quite tired. After our morning meeting, I went to the cafeteria to get a coffee and afterwards as I was walking down the aisle to my desk, a mouse ran out in front of me. Yes, I screamed at the top of my lungs and quite frankly, it's a wonder I didn't let out some inappropriate curse word. At that point, I was quite awake and so was everyone else I would assume. Everyone got a big laugh out of my screaming and thankfully another person saw the mouse out of the corner of his eye - otherwise I might think I was a wee bit crazy. Someone called facilities and they sent a man over who laid out some of those sticky strips which probably won't catch the little critter.
Thursday night I have election training. I won't have a chance to write about it until next week because this post is going up Friday and I'll be scheduling it to post before I leave for my training. I'm sure I have mentioned on here before that my dad is the inspector at his polling location and I will now be a worker at my polling location. My first stint as a poll worker will be on September 18 when we have a special voting day for an amendment to the Alabama constitution. Why they are setting aside a whole day of voting for this one thing I will never know - these are your tax dollars at work, people. I expect to see very few people come through the polling place that day; especially considering during the recent mayoral election I voted an hour and a half before closing and less than 500 people had voted. I suspect there will be even less people than that on the day of this special election because in all honesty, I don't even think that many people know about it. At any rate, it will be my first taste of working an election, unless you count that dreadful experience from Greene County when I was in college and was supposed to watch a poll for the Republican party. That, dear friends, is a story for another time. I think I am still scarred from that experience. I will also be working the November 6 presidential election which is sure to see a lot more voters than this special election coming up in a couple of weeks. Needless to say, I'll be filling you in on all the details of both election working experiences.
This Sunday, September 9, is Friend's Day at the Hampton Cove Church of Christ which is where my parents' attend and my dad is the preacher. Y'all should come on out and visit that day. I'll be there along with my infamous coleslaw that everyone seems to love. Classes start at 9:00 a.m. and worship is at 10:00 a.m. The address is 409 Old Big Cove Road, Brownsboro, AL 35741. I would link to the web site, but y'all, it is so outdated and sad. I'm trying to get that resolved for them. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Unofficial End to Summer 2012
Labor Day was this past Monday -
as if you didn't already know that - and I don't know about the rest of
you, but I, for one, enjoyed having the day off. I had planned to wake
up early and go for a walk, but laziness prevailed and I ended up just
doing some things around the house instead. Then I put Lord of the Rings
in the Blu-Ray player and ended up sleeping for the next two hours.
Yes, I do love to sleep. After I woke from my nap, I restarted the disc
and watched it without falling asleep.
My parents were hosting a cook-out, as they often do on holidays, and I had made some coleslaw early that morning. I assumed it would be the typical crowd of about 15 or so people. Imagine my surprise then, when at 3:00 (the start time of the cookout) no one was there but my parents, my granddad and me. Turns out my parents had invited only one couple and they should up a few minutes after three. I didn't eat much because I had another event to attend at 5:30 and I wanted to make sure I was still hungry for that dinner. I visited with my parents and our friends and then a few minutes before 5:30 I headed over to Jackie's parents' place for dinner because not only was Monday Labor Day, but it was Jackie's birthday as well. That lucky gal got to celebrate with a day off from work!
Jan prepared pork chops, green beans, black-eyed peas, rolls, salad, and sweet potatoes for dinner and there was a cookie cake for dessert. The dinner was excellent but the fellowship was even better. In addition to Jackie's parents and kids, there were also her cousins Scott and Little Mickey and her aunt and uncle and also another couple, Christa and Jason with whom we are all friends. Little Mickey being there was a surprise to not only me, but also Jackie. We were so glad to see him as he is always the life of the party. At one point he asked me, "Does your dad still the Keebler man?" I said, "No, he is a preacher now." To which Little Mickey responded, "Does he yell?" Oh, how that cracked me up. That was not the only hilarious moment of the night, but probably my favorite.
Jackie got lots of good loot for her birthday, including cash, a necklace from Ashlyn and an Alabama pillow with arms (I don't know what the technical term for those are) from Troy, a Hobby Lobby gift card, an elephant hat and season tickets to Fantasy Playhouse for her and the kids. I think she had a good time and definitely got some good presents! Surprisingly, we didn't end up playing any card games as is usually the case when we get together for dinner at her parents' house. It was, however, a school night, and we did spend a lot of time chatting and eating!
I made it home in time to watch the new episode of Grimm, which was great! Sadly, it's the last new episode until September 28 when Grimm returns to Friday nights - the death slot for network television. Seriously, what show besides Dateline NBC has ever survived on Friday Nights - none that I know of. Oh well, I shall watch it until it is cancelled, which will be sooner rather than later if NBC leaves it on Friday nights.
Anyway, it was a nice way to unofficially end the summer - if only we could unofficially end something every Monday, or in other words - if only we could have every Monday off. Hope you all had a nice Labor Day as well.
My parents were hosting a cook-out, as they often do on holidays, and I had made some coleslaw early that morning. I assumed it would be the typical crowd of about 15 or so people. Imagine my surprise then, when at 3:00 (the start time of the cookout) no one was there but my parents, my granddad and me. Turns out my parents had invited only one couple and they should up a few minutes after three. I didn't eat much because I had another event to attend at 5:30 and I wanted to make sure I was still hungry for that dinner. I visited with my parents and our friends and then a few minutes before 5:30 I headed over to Jackie's parents' place for dinner because not only was Monday Labor Day, but it was Jackie's birthday as well. That lucky gal got to celebrate with a day off from work!
Jan prepared pork chops, green beans, black-eyed peas, rolls, salad, and sweet potatoes for dinner and there was a cookie cake for dessert. The dinner was excellent but the fellowship was even better. In addition to Jackie's parents and kids, there were also her cousins Scott and Little Mickey and her aunt and uncle and also another couple, Christa and Jason with whom we are all friends. Little Mickey being there was a surprise to not only me, but also Jackie. We were so glad to see him as he is always the life of the party. At one point he asked me, "Does your dad still the Keebler man?" I said, "No, he is a preacher now." To which Little Mickey responded, "Does he yell?" Oh, how that cracked me up. That was not the only hilarious moment of the night, but probably my favorite.
Jackie got lots of good loot for her birthday, including cash, a necklace from Ashlyn and an Alabama pillow with arms (I don't know what the technical term for those are) from Troy, a Hobby Lobby gift card, an elephant hat and season tickets to Fantasy Playhouse for her and the kids. I think she had a good time and definitely got some good presents! Surprisingly, we didn't end up playing any card games as is usually the case when we get together for dinner at her parents' house. It was, however, a school night, and we did spend a lot of time chatting and eating!
I made it home in time to watch the new episode of Grimm, which was great! Sadly, it's the last new episode until September 28 when Grimm returns to Friday nights - the death slot for network television. Seriously, what show besides Dateline NBC has ever survived on Friday Nights - none that I know of. Oh well, I shall watch it until it is cancelled, which will be sooner rather than later if NBC leaves it on Friday nights.
Anyway, it was a nice way to unofficially end the summer - if only we could unofficially end something every Monday, or in other words - if only we could have every Monday off. Hope you all had a nice Labor Day as well.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Sometimes You Wake Up and There's a Bus Next Door
I hope you all heeded my advice yesterday and will steer clear of the City Cafe Diner on Drake Avenue next to Cracker Barrel. Seriously, folks - most disgusting food in town! Please listen to my warning. This has been a Public Service Announcement. Thank you.
So, as mentioned, it was a large weekend for me. I had a lot going on and yet not much all at the same time - if that's even possible. Last Thursday night Madison Academy played at Tanner and my dad and I went to that game, which meant that Friday night I was without a game to attend. I had big plans of getting some laundry and cleaning done but instead ended up sleeping the night away on the sofa. I did manage to do the laundry, but the cleaning - not so much. For whatever reason, all I want to do these days is sleep. It can be mildly annoying when I have items on the agenda that need to be accomplished.
Saturday I got up around 6:30 and let The Tide out and was apparently still in a daze when I did because a few minutes later when I went to let her back in, I saw this parked in the yard next door:
I think I have mentioned before how my neighbor often has bands from out of town stay over at her house. I have no idea how this all comes about and quite frankly it's none of my business; besides, the stories I make up in my head are, I'm sure, much more interesting than the actual stories that take place next door. There was also a dog on the bus. I guess he was the band dog, or guard dog or something along these lines. At any rate, he growled every time I or The Tide stepped into the yard. I went for a three mile jaunt that morning instead of going to the gym; that way I was able to get my workout over with before all the college football got going. The rest of the morning was spent doing laundry and some of that cleaning that had been scheduled for Friday night.
Saturday afternoon I went to a wedding of a couple that attend church with my parents. They are in their 50s (I think) and their spouses passed away in the past year or two and they reconnected on that dreaded facebook and now they are hitched. My dad conducted the ceremony and apparently he was a little rusty on marrying folks because after he asked if there were any objections to Bobby and Judi getting married, he turned around and started the ceremony without letting those of us in the audience know we could go ahead and sit down. So, there we were - standing. My granddad was the first to sit and I soon followed. Finally, my mother told one of the young men sitting close to her to go and whisper to everyone that it was okay to sit down. I, for one, found it to be quite funny. The reception was right after the wedding and y'all that chocolate cake they had was the best chocolate cake I have tasted in a long time - maybe ever.
Saturday evening Jackie came by to watch the Alabama game. We feasted on guacamole and salsa and some chocolate cake leftover from the wedding. The game, of course, turned out to be a good one for us seeing as how we are Alabama fans. Quite honestly I think I got more fired up about the Clemson - Auburn game that was on at the same time.
Sunday morning was church and then we had our awful experience at City Cafe Diner. I took my obligatory nap on Sunday afternoon and then about 4:15 I pried myself off the sofa to get ready for evening service when the tornado sirens started wailing. Now, I'm not one of those folks who get frightened when the weather gets bad, but I do not care to drive in it as the road isn't really the safest place to be when it's storming. So, I decided I would just stay home instead of getting out in the midst of tornado warnings. Within the hour, it started raining like crazy and the wind was rather ferocious as well. I had three people text to see if I was okay. Apparently the weather folks mentioned that Five Points was getting hit hard. I didn't know this because I was watching the Republican National Convention on the DVR and getting fired up about being an American. My phone was in another room on the charger in case the power went out and I didn't get the messages until about 30 minutes after they had been sent. At least some folks were thinking about me.
I spent the rest of the night watching TV and just generally being lazy - oh, and drinking Ginger Ale to try and get the thought of City Cafe out of my head. Speaking of TV, there is a new show on BBC America on Sunday nights that I am really enjoying called Copper. Have any of the rest of you checked it out?
Back tomorrow with a Labor Day recap.
So, as mentioned, it was a large weekend for me. I had a lot going on and yet not much all at the same time - if that's even possible. Last Thursday night Madison Academy played at Tanner and my dad and I went to that game, which meant that Friday night I was without a game to attend. I had big plans of getting some laundry and cleaning done but instead ended up sleeping the night away on the sofa. I did manage to do the laundry, but the cleaning - not so much. For whatever reason, all I want to do these days is sleep. It can be mildly annoying when I have items on the agenda that need to be accomplished.
Saturday I got up around 6:30 and let The Tide out and was apparently still in a daze when I did because a few minutes later when I went to let her back in, I saw this parked in the yard next door:
I think I have mentioned before how my neighbor often has bands from out of town stay over at her house. I have no idea how this all comes about and quite frankly it's none of my business; besides, the stories I make up in my head are, I'm sure, much more interesting than the actual stories that take place next door. There was also a dog on the bus. I guess he was the band dog, or guard dog or something along these lines. At any rate, he growled every time I or The Tide stepped into the yard. I went for a three mile jaunt that morning instead of going to the gym; that way I was able to get my workout over with before all the college football got going. The rest of the morning was spent doing laundry and some of that cleaning that had been scheduled for Friday night.
Saturday afternoon I went to a wedding of a couple that attend church with my parents. They are in their 50s (I think) and their spouses passed away in the past year or two and they reconnected on that dreaded facebook and now they are hitched. My dad conducted the ceremony and apparently he was a little rusty on marrying folks because after he asked if there were any objections to Bobby and Judi getting married, he turned around and started the ceremony without letting those of us in the audience know we could go ahead and sit down. So, there we were - standing. My granddad was the first to sit and I soon followed. Finally, my mother told one of the young men sitting close to her to go and whisper to everyone that it was okay to sit down. I, for one, found it to be quite funny. The reception was right after the wedding and y'all that chocolate cake they had was the best chocolate cake I have tasted in a long time - maybe ever.
Saturday evening Jackie came by to watch the Alabama game. We feasted on guacamole and salsa and some chocolate cake leftover from the wedding. The game, of course, turned out to be a good one for us seeing as how we are Alabama fans. Quite honestly I think I got more fired up about the Clemson - Auburn game that was on at the same time.
Sunday morning was church and then we had our awful experience at City Cafe Diner. I took my obligatory nap on Sunday afternoon and then about 4:15 I pried myself off the sofa to get ready for evening service when the tornado sirens started wailing. Now, I'm not one of those folks who get frightened when the weather gets bad, but I do not care to drive in it as the road isn't really the safest place to be when it's storming. So, I decided I would just stay home instead of getting out in the midst of tornado warnings. Within the hour, it started raining like crazy and the wind was rather ferocious as well. I had three people text to see if I was okay. Apparently the weather folks mentioned that Five Points was getting hit hard. I didn't know this because I was watching the Republican National Convention on the DVR and getting fired up about being an American. My phone was in another room on the charger in case the power went out and I didn't get the messages until about 30 minutes after they had been sent. At least some folks were thinking about me.
I spent the rest of the night watching TV and just generally being lazy - oh, and drinking Ginger Ale to try and get the thought of City Cafe out of my head. Speaking of TV, there is a new show on BBC America on Sunday nights that I am really enjoying called Copper. Have any of the rest of you checked it out?
Back tomorrow with a Labor Day recap.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Restaurant Review: City Cafe Diner
I had a large weekend and plan to tell you all about it, but first I feel I must issue a Public Service Announcement about a new restaurant in town. I feel I must get this information out to you immediately for fear you may want to try this place and I assure you, it would be a complete waste of your time and money.
Since her folks were out of town and the kids were with their dad, Jackie sat with me and my family at church on Sunday. I asked her if she wanted to go to lunch afterwards and she agreed. Neither of us really had a particular spot in mind and so I suggested Zoe’s and the new City Café Diner on Drake Avenue next to Cracker Barrel. She said let’s try City Café and so that’s where we went. We ran into my Aunt Linda and her friend Saundra there, but they ended up leaving because after a glance at the menu they decided the prices were too high. I wish we had followed suit.
When they called the name for my aunt and her friend, we took their spot since they had left. The lady running the place was a total spaz and when we tried to tell her she had called our name she told us they were taking names at the door. Finally we were able to help her understand that our name had been called to be seated and we were then led to a table. While everyone was waiting to be seated, there were free muffins and juice. I grabbed a muffin (they were wrapped in plastic wrap) to eat for breakfast on Monday.
The place was packed. There were people at every table and standing outside trying to get in. The waiter in our section was struggling to keep up and told us that one of the other servers had not shown up. The menu at this place was extremely overwhelming. There were probably 100 items on the menu and I’m not even exaggerating. I felt like I was in a panic and couldn’t make a decision as to what I wanted to get. They brought some bread to our table while we were waiting and it was dry, and tasted like it was a week old. Finally I made a decision on what to get only to then be told that I couldn’t order from that menu that I could only order from the daily specials. Then, I felt pressured into ordering and just decided on the chicken marsala. Jackie ordered the spaghetti and meatballs.
The guy brought out our salads. I had not ordered one but he gave me one anyway; Jackie got one with what she ordered. For all I know I should have gotten one with what I ordered but it didn’t come up when I was ordering (did that make sense?). The salads were not bad, but Jackie didn’t eat much of hers because it had some cheese on it and she steers clear of dairy these days.
Then our food came out and y’all, just the thought of that food makes me want to throw up a little bit. It was not good – at all. I ate make three or four bites of mine and then piled the other plates on top of it and said, “I’m done”. Jackie ate 1.5 of the three meatballs and maybe one spoonful of noodles and she was done. It was disgusting. The server noticed I did not eat mine and voided out my check. I guess Jackie’s 1.5 meatballs counted as eating the whole meal because he didn’t offer to void hers out. I told her I would pay for half of her lunch since I didn’t have to pay for mine but she said no so I just left the tip for both of us.
Jackie was overcharged by $1 for her dinner and her drink was $2.39 – her total came to just under $15. This place is overpriced and the quality of the food is terrible. The only positive thing I have to say is that the server, Brian, was nice and took good care of us while we were there. I’m not even kidding when I say my stomach is aching a little right now while I am typing this story. This was the worst meal I have had in a long time. I’m assuming a family must operate the place and I think they are Greek, or at least that was my guess and everyone who seemed to be in charge seemed to be Greek so that’s my guess and I’m sticking to it.
As for the muffin I mentioned earlier, I didn’t even eat it on Monday. It was squishy and felt like it had not been fully cooked and after the terrible lunch on Sunday, I didn’t want to ever eat anything from that place again. After I left there on Sunday, my stomach was achy and I stopped by Star Market to get some Ginger Ale which I only crave when I’m not feeling well if that tells you anything.
City Café Diner on Drake Avenue – don’t even bother stopping in!
Since her folks were out of town and the kids were with their dad, Jackie sat with me and my family at church on Sunday. I asked her if she wanted to go to lunch afterwards and she agreed. Neither of us really had a particular spot in mind and so I suggested Zoe’s and the new City Café Diner on Drake Avenue next to Cracker Barrel. She said let’s try City Café and so that’s where we went. We ran into my Aunt Linda and her friend Saundra there, but they ended up leaving because after a glance at the menu they decided the prices were too high. I wish we had followed suit.
When they called the name for my aunt and her friend, we took their spot since they had left. The lady running the place was a total spaz and when we tried to tell her she had called our name she told us they were taking names at the door. Finally we were able to help her understand that our name had been called to be seated and we were then led to a table. While everyone was waiting to be seated, there were free muffins and juice. I grabbed a muffin (they were wrapped in plastic wrap) to eat for breakfast on Monday.
The place was packed. There were people at every table and standing outside trying to get in. The waiter in our section was struggling to keep up and told us that one of the other servers had not shown up. The menu at this place was extremely overwhelming. There were probably 100 items on the menu and I’m not even exaggerating. I felt like I was in a panic and couldn’t make a decision as to what I wanted to get. They brought some bread to our table while we were waiting and it was dry, and tasted like it was a week old. Finally I made a decision on what to get only to then be told that I couldn’t order from that menu that I could only order from the daily specials. Then, I felt pressured into ordering and just decided on the chicken marsala. Jackie ordered the spaghetti and meatballs.
The guy brought out our salads. I had not ordered one but he gave me one anyway; Jackie got one with what she ordered. For all I know I should have gotten one with what I ordered but it didn’t come up when I was ordering (did that make sense?). The salads were not bad, but Jackie didn’t eat much of hers because it had some cheese on it and she steers clear of dairy these days.
Then our food came out and y’all, just the thought of that food makes me want to throw up a little bit. It was not good – at all. I ate make three or four bites of mine and then piled the other plates on top of it and said, “I’m done”. Jackie ate 1.5 of the three meatballs and maybe one spoonful of noodles and she was done. It was disgusting. The server noticed I did not eat mine and voided out my check. I guess Jackie’s 1.5 meatballs counted as eating the whole meal because he didn’t offer to void hers out. I told her I would pay for half of her lunch since I didn’t have to pay for mine but she said no so I just left the tip for both of us.
Jackie was overcharged by $1 for her dinner and her drink was $2.39 – her total came to just under $15. This place is overpriced and the quality of the food is terrible. The only positive thing I have to say is that the server, Brian, was nice and took good care of us while we were there. I’m not even kidding when I say my stomach is aching a little right now while I am typing this story. This was the worst meal I have had in a long time. I’m assuming a family must operate the place and I think they are Greek, or at least that was my guess and everyone who seemed to be in charge seemed to be Greek so that’s my guess and I’m sticking to it.
As for the muffin I mentioned earlier, I didn’t even eat it on Monday. It was squishy and felt like it had not been fully cooked and after the terrible lunch on Sunday, I didn’t want to ever eat anything from that place again. After I left there on Sunday, my stomach was achy and I stopped by Star Market to get some Ginger Ale which I only crave when I’m not feeling well if that tells you anything.
City Café Diner on Drake Avenue – don’t even bother stopping in!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone is able to enjoy a nice day off from work.
Not only is it Labor Day, but it's also my best friend Jackie's birthday today! So, I'd like to send a shout out to the best friend a girl could ever hope for - thanks for being the sister I never had!
Not only is it Labor Day, but it's also my best friend Jackie's birthday today! So, I'd like to send a shout out to the best friend a girl could ever hope for - thanks for being the sister I never had!
Jackie, Maria, Natasha -September 2011
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Giveaway Winner
Well, since Erika was the only commenter on the Book Review and Giveaway: The Power of the Prophetic Blessing Post, she is the winner! Congrats, Erika! I can't wait to hear what you have to say about this book!
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