Intriguing

I stumbled upon this blog recently...although there are only a couple posts, I hope it continues...very intriguing...

Barbie

I've never wanted a Barbie more than I do now!

The Odyssey

Yesterday, before the huge mass of cold air blew away my will to live, my kids and I built snowmen in the very packable snow. But we decided to add a bit of a twist and built "Odysseus and his Men in the Cave of the Cyclops." The picture isn't the best because I took it with a cell phone, but you should be able to see that Cyclops has a snowman in his left hand...

Long over due...

I can't believe I forgot to add a link to this site...Mike the Waiter...It's quite a good site, check it out...

More things no one wants to see...

A previous post talked about things server's don't want to see...here's some things patrons don't want to see...

* Men at outside tables/bars without shirts. Lets face it, even for chicks, shirtless men near your food just makes you go "eew." At least it should. And yes, I know it's not allowed, but I've worked at places where the "investors" have done things like this. And the dude didn't look good. Not at all. Not to anyone.

* Servers or other employees shoving food in their faces when the door to the kitchen swings open. Seriously. Even if it's food you are allowed to be eating, the customers will think it's coming off their plate.

* Staff members arguing. Seriously, if I want disfunction, I'll stay home.

* Along with arguing, servers who look annoyed that you are there. Even if a server wasn't supposed to have the table, should have left an hour ago, or whatever, this is not the patron's fault. Do your job and shut the fuck up.

* The corollary to the arguing - uproars of laughter. Ok, nobody wants people to not enjoy themselves, but we've all been at places where the servers/staff are more concerned with playing grab ass than getting your food. Do your job and shut the fuck up.

* Misleading menu descriptions. A personal pet peeve for me. If I'm new to a place, I'd like some semblance of honesty. It's not like I'll come back if the food sucks but the menu describes it as being wonderful.

* Tables with six or more loud business types. You just know they will fuck up the service for everyone and under tip the poor server to boot.

* A group of people streaming to the restaurant all wearing name tags. Not a good sign for servers or patrons. Fucked up annoying shit will ensue. Guaranteed.

* Bitchy host/hostesses. Nothing says "this will suck" like a surly first impression. Once again, do your job, smile, and shut the fuck up. Honestly, hostesses do almost nothing, they could at least to nothing well.

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Restaurant of the Month

My place of employment has been chosen by the Wisconsin's tourism division as their "Restaurant of the Month" for December. Here's an excerpt from their site(it's on the right side bar)...
"Have we got a restaurant pick of the month for you, and I don’t know that I was ever so surprised to find such a gem. We were filming for Discover Wisconsin Television, when they told us we needed to check out a place called Christian’s Bistro, a New Orleans-style Bistro in Plover, Wisconsin..."

Finalist

UPDATE: The voting is closed...thanks to all who voted for my bro. I'll post results when they are available.

So my brother is a finalist in a photography contest...it'd be wonderful if all you wonderful readers would do me a solid and vote for him! See the photo at Outdoor Photographer.