My first day on the job at the New Orleans Bistro in Lacombe was a good day. The lunch hustle went by fast and then I was offered an Eggplant Pirogue. It was a breaded, hollowed out eggplant half, stuffed with shrimp and crawfish (and yucky mushrooms), topped with parmesan and broiled for a minute. It was so delicious. I can serve the food with pride, in an establishment that is designed with finesse. The co-owner I worked with yesterday calls himself a perfectionist and though he has two degrees, one in horticulture - the other one isn't being used either, but I forget what it was - he prefers what he is doing. It shows.
I can only do this with a good attitude if I take some college classes and work towards a degree I will be using.
I wonder if waiterrant.blogspot.com is still producing. I'm going to go look. He made waiting tables sound so noble.
I just checked. He still has a post there that I read with sheer delight, and made a note of his new site at www.waiterrant.net. His writing will go a long way to making me feel okay about what I am doing. I am not alone.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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So cool, Jo. Happy anniversary to you and Gerald.
This week's schedule is Tuesday lunch, Thursday and Saturday dinner. I am pretty certain that the shifts will grow when the other very much younger gals start wanting some vacation time.
I don't know where Julia gets that idea. Maybe she sees other mothers drinking and she doesn't want me to start.
I was talking out loud at the grocery store and asking myself did I want a 6-pack of Abita beer for the Superbowl hoopla (this was months ago, obviously), and she answered me, "no, you don't." I didn't get the 6-pack. If it is going to make her nervous, I wouldn't want to do that. I don't need the fat anyway. That's the big clincher - not my daughter's insecurity, but how will I look after.
Did you get many blueberries this year? Karla gifted me last week. I shared some. They are so good. I love summer for the fruit that's in season.
Mmmm, watermelon.
That soup sounds awesome. I love tomatoes and avocados. Cantaloupe too. You are such a good cook, Jo. If you open a restaurant, I'd come wait tables out that way. They need some good food out there in your neck of the woods. Karla told me of houses for sale in her hood. I love it out that way. Such beautiful country.
I just ate a whole mango by myself. I was intending for Michael to share it with me, but he was eating lunch of a roast beef sandwich at 10 a.m. To each his own. The mango was delicious.
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