Paying it Forward

Chef E,

Well, GOD one day turned into 5 !!! I'm just the busiest ex server ever these days... But I wanted to let you guys know what happened to the Finklestein family over spring break!

Okay.. so we go to the focaccia bread and Olive oil restaurant for dinner.. And we're eating... pretty much shoveling it in, although I did split a meal with my niece and had my girls split a giant spaghetti dinner. We eat... we're beached whales... we relax for a moment.. we think about dessert and then realize we needed to be able to walk out the door, not be carried.. the meal was nice, Shine(that's what we'll call the hubby) and I had both our mothers there and we were still in a good mood. Didn't have much dinner conversation.. I think we were starved when we arrived and I pretty much just drank 400 glasses of ice tea and concentrated on the food..

ANYHOO!

SO Shine says.. "Can we have the check please?"

The waitress.. (pulls out the check and then puts it back) "Uh... someone has taken care of your check... anonymously..(we're all just staring)..your meal has been paid."

Me... "well I hope they took care of your tip.." Me laughing hysterically... her not so much.. "I'm just kidding... do we need to tip you? Did he take care of you??" 

Oh yeah.. she smiles. You don't need to tip... OMG... I started looking around the room.. for the person who randomly picked up our 125 dollar tab.. WOW... that is so amazing.. I seriously couldn't believe it.. People are so cool... 

So we tried to be discreet and not freak out and look around trying to figure out who it was...

On a side note.. when Shine and I went to see Robin Williams when he was here, we tried to go to this restaurant and it was PACKED. 1 1/2 hour wait. Well, we walked right up and this guy asked if there was a party of two.  "Right here! we said..." and proceeded to eat dinner with this great guy and his daughter... 

So this place is really happening for us....right.... Wanted to share something HAPPY!!! 

Happy Full Moon peeps!

Chantel

This Blog is grossing me out...

okay... it's been 50 years since I've posted.. Girl, I have been BUSY.. but when we do post a story.. it always shows us just how sick people really are... I mean DISGUSTING... it reminds me of a TV show a friend of mine was on.. it lasted about 5 minutes.. and I think was on FX.. It was called Starved. It was about people with FOOD ISSUES... now these are very serious diseases.. anorexia, bulimia, being 150 pounds overweight.. but quite frankly I'd much rather watch Bob on the biggest loser swing his purse around in the weight room than watch grown men "act out" the life of a bulimic dude... ewwwwww.. in a comedic way. There's nothing funny about picking a donut out of the trashcan after you've poured bleach or detergent on it and eat it.. I think that's what the guy did.. I couldn't make that up. I mean the imagery... it's stayed with me, scary shit, like a scene from "silence of the lambs, or the sixth sense.." I don't feel like capitalizing by the way.. so tomorrow, in honor of things less gross.. I'm going to post what happened to me and my family at that fancy restaurant chain that serves alot of bread with olive oil and let's you write on the tables...

Peace out,

Chantel