Secrets of the City

Sorry no links today. I’m on my way to Council Bluffs, Iowa for Easter.

I almost forgot…a happy Good Friday to all my Christian MNSpeak friends.

Also, who else is excited to see Michigan State in the NCAA Hockey Championship game on Saturday night? sorry gophers.

Say hi to the strip clubs and casinos for me, Matt. Tell them I miss them.

is easter the one where jesus comes out of his hole and if he sees his shadow this fucking cold goes away?

So…….who thinks restaurants should have “family” and “non-family” sections? I tried to go out to eat around 8PM last night and no shit, we looked into the windows of two places that were CHOKED with small children before we finally decided on a place that wasn’t.

I don’t hate all kids, but have ZERO faith these days that they’ll be well-behaved. Why don’t more restaurants have “no kids” nights or at least “non-family” sections? We rarely eat out any more because of this. We’re usually only left with going somewhere pricey, late in the evening. Anyone else sick of the little lemmings and their high and mighty parents being inconsiderate? Share some horror stories, from restaurants to airplanes to movie theatres.

Easter? I for the life of me thought it was Beaster!

Bx…that’s what you get for eating @ Chuck E. Cheese.

Maybe you should expand your restaurant selection beyond Perkins and Denny’s.

i haven’t taken my kid to a real restaurant in the last 6 months. (he’s like 18 months now.) it’s not realistic to expect him to sit quietly for 20 minutes waiting for food – for him it must be an eternity. i guess some parents just get immune to it, but i feel like an ass when the boy acts up in public. (which is rare – he’s a good little dude – but it happens.)

I flew to Hawaii a few years back. I was in the aisle seat in a plane with 5 seats in the center row, flying by myself. There was a large family sitting near me. The older kids were in the seats in the row in front and the mother and her daughter of about 4 was sitting right next to me. The father was in a seat quite a few rows back with another child.

There wasn’t a moment of drama or acting up. In fact the little girl sat on her mothers lap the majority of the time so I had even extra leg room. I did have to pass her back and forth once so she could go to the restroom but other than that I was left to enjoy Maid in Manhatten in peace.

ok, that broad that’s on that new body spray commercial (i don’t want to smell you from here (closer) i want to smell you from here)….could she be any hotter? i feel like my son when he watches “Cars”….2 feet from the screen, staring, pointing, mumbling “goo…ahhh…wooooowwww!!!!”

i needed to get that off my chest.

I went to a 10:30 pm Friday night showing of Spiderman 2 and sat next to a two year old. Or, rather, I sat and the two year old climbed and pouted and was otherwise obnoxious, and ruined the moviegoing experience of everyone in our row.

My parents were smart and hardly ever took us anywhere after dark when we were kids…probably because my brother and I couldn’t go five minutes without arguing (road trips were a blast). I think they also understood the concept of “adult appropriate” vs. “kid appropriate” and acted accordingly. Hire a babysitter on occasion. How else are fourteen year olds going to make spending money?

Hey Bx, try not going to Applebees or Chucky Cheese. That might help.

Me too cubbie. We certainly don’t go out at 8pm. But I have never had the experience that Bx had — where were you?

And having a “no kids” section is insane. Then they also should add a no loud talker section, a no frat boy section, and a no hipster section too– because all of those things annoy me too. And a no pleated pants section. Those are really annoying… and often ruin my dinner.

Somebody stole my joke already!

Orthodox Holy Week = eating dandelions, parading around the church (outside) in the frigid cold, then eating tripe soup.

At least there’s a whole lamb at the very end!

Cubbie: it’s wrong to post that comment without a video link.

Its Easter this weekend? Is that why everybody keeps bothering me about brunch and church on Sunday? WTF! Leave me alone people!

I’m okay with parents taking their kids out. I think its awesome to see kids crawling around and spilling shit while their parents try to pretend that everything is under control. It’s even better to get them all riled up and then take off so the parents have to deal with the aftermath. Ha ha fuckers!

if I didn’t love the cute bunnies in my courtyard so much I’d put one up on a cross this sunday

instead I’m going to feed them carrots.

Cubbie: it’s wrong to post that comment without a video link.

i know! but i’m at work so youtube is blocked – which i’m assuming it’s on. seriously dude….so hot…..

Max, there’s a new casino in CB. Real Vegas style, except that being it’s Council Bluffs, you have to pay for the drinks.

my jaded LA hipster friends caught man man @ in W. Hollywood last night and, (they’re mos def not much for hyperbole) texted me @ 4am to say it was the best show they’ve ever seen. just found out that man man are now opening for Modest Mouse (feat. Johnny Marr..yes, that Johnny Marr) on the back end of the modest mouse US tour that is ongoing & I sureashell hope that is the case in MPLS. & they are here April 20 & 21. I call going…holy fookin good show…

MMouse
MMan

You have to pay for the drinks in Vegas now too. At least, they made me pay.

We tried Longfellow Grill first, took one look. I’d say a good 1/3 of the people in there were under 10. This was around 7:50 PM. There was not a seat in the place that wasn’t within 8 feet of a little kid, there was even a family with 2 of them at the BAR. Right as we stood there near the entry, a little boy RAN past me, almost tripping over my shoes in the process. His father followed close behind, YELLING his name. They both ran into the men’s room and slammed the door and we could hear the kid screaming.

So we went to Tre Chieu on University Ave for pho. Now it was about 8PM. Sure it’s a small place, but has lots of windows. As we walked up we could both see little kids at almost every other booth and table. We walked in and at least 3 or 4 of them were crying. LOUDLY. We looked at each other and shrugged.

We ended up at La Grolla at the bar, where it was by then 8:30 and blissfully quiet.

We do not eat at places like Perkins or Denny’s. Try not taking the easy idiotic cheap shot if you’re going to try and be a wiseacre. And don’t tell me to cook at home either, I do that 5-6 nights out of the week.

I just expected too much to think we could find a place to go out and enjoy a nice dinner early on a weeknight. I honestly don’t think restaurants making ‘family’ and ‘non-family’ sections is really that shocking of an idea to at least consider.

Apparently to many of you, it is. And that speaks predictable volumes about Midwesterners (or at the very least, people who post here).

christine sounds like a real sweetheart.

Max, it’s only because you’re jewish.

Damn, you must not have been gambling enough, then

Oh she is.

Hey! Fuck off!

Just kidding.

Whe my bro/sis-in-law take the rugrat out to eat, they bring all he food anyway, cuz what 2 year old eats from a restaurant menu anyway.

They are popping stuff in heer mouth from the word go.

Plus, they have this disposable plastic mat that adheres to the table, and when the kid is done it rolls up and there is no trace of kid residue.

Very effiecent. Props to my fam, yo.

Cubbie: it’s wrong to post that comment without a video link.

Here you go.

I have fond memories of a riverboat casino in CB….Musta been 10 years ago, driving home from Boulder we stopped there for gas & realized there was a casino. I was broke & my brother had just $40 left…we split it 20/20 and played blackjack for an hour or so…he frittered his away, but I turned mine into ~$300 & we then proceeded to work up a good case of the munchies & wreak havoc on the allyoucaneatbuffet. good times.

Delightful. Thanks indyr. And Right Guard made that?

Cubbie: it’s wrong to post that comment without a video link.

Here you go.

i’m not even gonna pretend to get any work done today.

Bx…what did you end up having for dinner? white whine & crab?

no hipster section too-

You’d think when mothers and fathers took their hipster kids to restaurants, they’d dress them a little better. Crappy plaid clothes made of some unkown fabric, glasses that went out of style the Buddy Holly. Clodhopper shoes.

i think it’s interesting you went from the longfellow grill to a pho place, seamlessly. that’s bizarre. but longfellow is pretty kid-friendly, i wouldn’t be surprised to see the joint hoppin with ragamuffins. just go to a bar – now that you can’t smoke it’s cool.

i was at the 331 club a couple weeks ago, like 10pm, and a family brought in their INFANT. i thought that was really strange. and selfish…i only get one or 2 nights a week away from kids….and to go to a bar and hear a baby cry was NOT cool.

*chuckle*

BX, it looks to me like Mnspeak these days is populated by sexcrazed gamblers who hate kids.

Sorry you had a less than perfect night.

That’s exactly what I had, and a new cocktail called a ‘wounded cyclist’

*chuckle*

Happy Good Friday everyone!

Bx.. it is spring break also, so that may have something to do with all the kids.

And what does being a Midwesterner have to do with anything?

What doesn’t that have to do with EVERYTHING, DeRusha?

And Cubbie, I’m curious why you find it so bizarre that we like fare from both American and Vietnamese places.

as a judgemental wannabe hipster foodie parent of 2, you have to be crazy & irresponsible to take your kids out that late. if wifey & I are going to be out past 8pm, the kids stay with a sitter, no exceptions. we might have made an exception when kid #1 was a tiny quiet immobile infant in a car seat, but now, no F’in way. It’s not fair to the kids to ask them to behave when it’s past a reasonable bedtime hour. Reminds me of this Talking Heads song….

I saw more idiot parents taking their kids out to restaurants late at night when I’ve been visiting California than I do here. It’s possible some people think it’s silly to have a kids section and no kids section because it is silly. Not because of geography.

Lots of people do dumb, annoying things at restaurants. Parents, cell phone talkers, groups of drunk people. That was my point. No big deal.

this hurts my heart a bit today ….

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1104506.html

They postponed the Twins – White Sox game set for tonight because it’s Too Damned Cold in Chicago.

Freaky weather these days.

this is the 3 week window where we should appreciate the dome…other than that, no way does baseball belong in the cold gray confines of the HHH.

DeRusha, I grok your point. MY point about Midwesterners, if you go back and read it again, is that judging by some responses, people are more concerned with insulting and putting down a person for complaining about rotten kids in restaurants than they are about actually stopping and considering the idea of making kid/no-kid sections in restaurants.

I tried to make my post about discussing that IDEA, but people here would rather throw sand at each other about who hates kids and who doesn’t. That, to me, is classic Midwestern, close-minded BS. Cloaked in lame humor. Those cracks about Perkins and Dennys were about as intelligent, funny and useful a contribution as “UFF DA.”

I know there are close-minded assholes everywhere in the world, but I think being subjected to 12 degree windchills in April and Amish liquor laws keeps lots of folks brains in this part of the country nice and frozen.

You say tomato………..

Schedules can be made so that the home opener doesn’t happen until the middle of April. That would make a lot of difference.

tough to do when their division opponents, save for KC, all have the same weather.

The Twins opened against Baltimore this year.

I don’t know how many radio stations the White Bear Lake Superstore car dealership advertises on, but I have to turn off the radio everytime I hear Paul Rubin’s voice.

He sounds like he takes quaaludes.

Does this mean they’re going to skip Silva’s start? Please tell me it means they’re going to skip Silva’s start.

I have a kid, and I’m mortified if he acts out in public. So I don’t have a lot of patience with people who let their kids go nuts or who bring them into strange situations.

The new Chatterbox in St. Paul has it set up pretty good. Lots of people take their kids there (what with the Nintendo and all), but they have a big seating area where the bar is that ends up being the de facto area for those who would rather drink and play Nintendo with their grownup friends. Quasi-hipsters get one room and the kiddies and parents can have the other dining room.

Also, to go back about 30 posts, I was going to totally ignore Modest Mouse when they came through, but I might have to reconsider now that Man Man’s on board.

Bx, I myself turn on the Manson lamps when I see little kids in restaurants where they oughtn’t to be, but you have to consider the venue. Longfellow Grill and its sister restaurants definitely have that family-friendly vibe going on. And I think pretty much any low-priced ethnic restaurant like Trieu Chau is going to have lots of family groups eating there, too. I just try to moderate my expectations based on where I’m going.

Also, who else is excited to see Michigan State in the NCAA Hockey Championship game on Saturday night?

Ooh! Me! (Surprise….) Caught a little bit of State’s game against NoDak yesterday. Looked pretty good. If Michigan can’t win it, I’m all about the Spartans.

Er, not North Dakota. Maine. Duh.

but I think being subjected to 12 degree windchills in April and Amish liquor laws keeps lots of folks brains in this part of the country nice and frozen

God, another asshole who’s not from here! Are we locals the minority on this site? Seems like it. Wouldn’t be so bad if they weren’t always coming into our backyard and telling us our garden sucks. No wonder you people think I’m strange. YOU’RE the ones who are strange. Phew. I finally get it I think. Go home. All a’ya.

derusha, find a restaurant with a no loud talker and no loud cell phone talker section and I am THERE. . . maybe at the dancing derusha night spot dining room?
as for kids, it depends. I’m from a large unruly family so I try to cut parents some slack. it’s hard to get out with the little devils in tow. (I joke that we didn’t get to go anywhere until we were 30.)
at the same time parents need to at least have a rein on the kids. we once had a charming four-year-old join us in a booth at grandview grill and we got through halfway the meal before Mom and Dad came to find him. He was so danged cute and talky we didn’t mind sharing our fries with him — hope those were part of his approved child diet

Bob’s on his way to Wayne’s World for a little shopping at the store Wayne hates. Going to do a brunch-style meal for Easter. They also got some nice small-sized dark choc. bunnies there.

Got the eggs yesterday (thanks for the tip, Jason!)

bx…i didn’t mean that in a bad way…i guess when i got out to eat i’m “in the mood” for a certain type of food – burgers, mexican, asian (not really- i hate asian, and to me pho smells like boiled sweaty socks)….so to go from an elvis burger to Pho is…well…i just can’t make that transition. props to you.

When I lived in the South, maz, people said the same thing about the Damned New Yorkers comin’ down. tellin’ them how to live. I thought they sounded like defensive rubes.

my feelings for lunds have gone from hatred to a general dislike.

I just can’t resist…

I don’t think the idea of a “non-family” section will fly very far (even tho’ I, too, would love to see it, BX) mostly because a majority (and I said “majority”, so please don’t hound me with names of restaurants that aren’t like this) of restaurants want their business to be a family-friendly place – 4 people (a family) vs. 2 people (a childless couple) = a bigger dinner tab.

I can stand a little interaction with children in public places. What I can’t stand is when parents assume that everyone is going to love and cater to their child and the fact that they are parents.

Downtown condo plan goes retail

According to the story they are redesigning the Whole foods that is going into the Jaguar dealership to be all retail with possibly a Best Buy.

Also it looks like the plans have changed for The Nicollet to a mixed use building. I’m guessing some offices and some residential. I would think they could draw in some of the Target vendors.

fuck yeah! I don’t really like best buy much, but for getting stupid cables and shit I hate having to wait for them to get delivered by mail! A downtown best buy would be fairly useful to me.

No! I want Whole Foods! Not Worst Buy!!!

minnesota is all about getting married when you’re 20 and moving to the burbs to have kids

You’ll get both!
the whole foods is still for sure going in, they’re talking about putting a best buy on top of it.

My birthday is on Sunday. I have to compete with Jesus and the Easter Bunny, who could be argued to have the same identity.

Oh. Goodie.

Happy B-Day!

Now get back to work!!!

thanks, DouglasG! I cannot stop laughing at the best dancer ‘cco has to offer. . . and he was a good sport to put it on his blog (thanks, Jason!)

Happy birthday Aaron! It’s probably not as bad as my sister, who has a Christmas birthday… and is totally ignored.

Does your family hide your presents in little plastic eggs?

mine isn’t until next weekend

my wife was born on Halloween…for her birthday she dresses up like someone else and we play trick or treat.

Yes! to the no-kids section. I’m tired of having to share the world with parents who don’t understand that it is ANNOYING when their kids wine and jump around.

ANNOYING when their kids wine and jump around

I just hate their snooty comments about the wine.

“The nose on the wine is exquisite, it smells of strawberry, raspberry and Nena Cherry and has a smooth finish with a tobacco undercurrent”

“Oh and can you refill my sippy wine glass?”

Thanks Jason. I wish they’d hide them in eggs. They did back in the day when my birthday would coincide with Easter, but now it’s just “we’ll take you to dinner wherever you want to go.” So a Saturday lunch at Totino’s it is!

As for a Christmas birthday, my brother’s friend is cursed with the same malady as your sister. Needless to say, his 18th birthday shopping spree at Sex World and his 21st birthday power hour made the holiday a little less holy…

my wife was born on Halloween…for her birthday she dresses up like someone else and we play trick or treat.

TMI!!!

we are very judicious in selecting where and when we take the kids for dinner (noodles, anyone?). my kids have a lovely habit of interrogating the adults at surrounding tables regarding their meals, employment status, and whether or not they share my son’s obsession with all things Minnesota Twins, especially Joe Mauer. I’m no introvert, but the fact that both of my children act like miniature game-show-hosts is simultaneously humorous and horrifying.

…4 people (a family) vs. 2 people (a childless couple) = a bigger dinner tab.

I’m not so sure about this. While I have no data with which to prove this assertion, I would be willing to postulate that a family of four spends the same or less, especially if the kids are small. The parents will probably share something with one or both kids, or the kids will share something, or they’ll order from a kiddie menu if available. Also, probably everyone will drink coke or water or milk.

Conversely, a couple (I suspect) would be more likely to order higher-priced menu items and cocktails or a bottle of wine.

I could be wrong…

i have a vivid memory of visiting a breakfast joint in toronto with my family while in my early teens…as the hostess walked up to us, she was confronted by a server who said, “not in my section”. it was the first time i realized that kids weren’t universally adored…especially by the types of self-absorbed jerks who choose to work in the restaurant & hospitality biz

Grote,

Maybe the waiter loved kids, but hated Jews.

that was my initial thought. but once I came to realize that they couldn’t see our horns & that Jews are universally loved, I knew it had to be the kid angle.

I think that downtown Whole Foods is a great idea. I love how Fritz Kroll said it would be “Dynamite”. So Jimmy J. J. Walker!

More amenities like that downtown will make it much more livable. If I had big bucks I would open up a year-round, indoor dog park/doggy day care. Hey, maybe we could all pitch in and buy the dome for that purpose!

My hope is that they will build a Whole Foods somewhere along the Hiawatha Light Rail Line.

Speaking of Jewishness, I was at Fuji-Ya last Sunday with some friends and the bartender totally thought we were Israeli. I didn’t get it until he said “oh that’s Hebrew you’re speaking, right?” (It wasn’t.)

It explained why when I asked him (earlier) to describe a dumpling on the menu his response was “it has pork in it.”

Bring back s4xton now. The links today sucked. Hell, the links have sucked since Rex was here.

ranty…was it pig latin or arabic?

It was Greek, which (in fairness) I don’t expect to be easily identified like say, Italian or French.

For all I know it may sound similar to Hebrew, it was just funny that the dude seemed pretty sure of himself, even after we wolfed down all those pork dumplings.

I can recognize greek these days because my ex was half greek.

I also learned some choice greek swears!

Summer Road Project Mania!

So we can spend $1.5B on road projects in one summer, but people throw a fucking hissy fit for one billion for a transit project that will take several years to build?

And of course that billion and a half worth of road work will have to be rebuilt again in ten or fifteen years anyway. Or some other piece of decaying crap highway will need to be rebuilt next year. Or something.

Swear words are always good to know…

Swear words are always good to know…

malakas!

pista malakas!

conservative estimate…90% of Minnesota Jews eat pork & shellfish if out of view of the other 10%.

I personally go hog wild for bacon, scallops, shrimp, baby backs, cheeseburgers, general name-yer-trayfe. I’m a kosher relativist, and kosher laws were written pre-food inspectors and refrigeration/homogenization/irradiation/microwave/gas oven. Plus, Jules, ribs taste gooood…bacon tastes gooood.

Excellent, but if you’re yelling it AT someone it’s “malaka” without the “s.”

(If you’re talking ABOUT someone, then they are “malakas.”)

yeah I was always funny on the proper usage
I mostly just parroted what I heard.

funny -> fuzzy

Mmmmmmm… baaaaaaacon.

greek…check
handy…check
shapely shoulders…check

paging rex….adding ranty to the hot femblogger list, stat.

Kosher relavist… it has a ring to it.

The “man” will never take away my Tam Tams and Kosher Coke.

Oh shit, I didn’t know you could make that pic so BIG!

*embarrassed*

I like the “no kids” rule for restaurants.
If I can’t smoke in there, you can’t bring your kids around me. Seems fair to me.

No Kids
No Smoking
No Fun

Shut down Guantanamo!

Mmmmmmm… baaaaaaacon.

Bacon!?

I CAN’T READ!

my kids have a lovely habit of interrogating the adults at surrounding tables regarding their meals, employment status, and whether or not they share my son’s obsession with all things Minnesota Twins, especially Joe Mauer. I’m no introvert, but the fact that both of my children act like miniature game-show-hosts is simultaneously humorous and horrifying.

Humorous for whom? Some of your kids’ “victims” might find this amusing, but others might not. Either way, it’s not appropriate behavior. When I did something like this as a child, my dad or mom grasped me firmly by the shoulders, plopped me back down in my seat and said — in no uncertain terms — “That is not how we behave in a restaurant. Please apologize for disturbing their dinner, and finish your food.” Of course, there were places like Cicero’s and Farrell’s (Cicero’s and Farrell’s! God I miss them…) where the rules were appropriately loosened.

It’s called parenting. It includes understanding that there are some places you don’t bring your kids — certain restaurants, certain movies, bars (!), etc. It also includes teaching children how to behave in those places where they are welcome.

Too many parents let their kid(s) run amok in the restaurant and think it’s precious and adorable. “They’re just playing. They’re kids — that’s what kids do.” Well, that’s what kids do when they’re on a playground or in the back yard. As children, my brother and I were rewarded for “acting like little grownups” in restaurants, etc. and punished for misbehaving. How hard is that? Why do we have to rely on restaurants to set aside spaces for kids to misbehave, so the rest of us can enjoy our dinner? Why can’t the onus be on the parents? (Heh, “onus.”)

(God, am I the world’s youngest curmudgeon or what? I should be sitting on my front porch with a shotgun, yelling at the damn kids and starting each sentence with, “Back in MY day…”)

I like funny/crazy kids in public. It’s the screaming ones that grate on the nerves.

dave…you were in such a hurry to mount your high horse that you missed this little tidbit, “we are very judicious in selecting where and when we take the kids for dinner”… if they cross the line and are bothering someone who clearly doesn’t want them around, we do “parent” them. Otherwise, I view it as socializing and don’t care to clip their wings if they want to have conversations with folks outside of our immediate circle. and I must admit that you sounded more than a tad like my late curmudgeonly grandmother in that screed.

So, it’s only after they’ve crossed some arbitrary line that you’ve set up that you do anything?

not arbitrary at all…it’s right when the other folks glare at me and say, “do you mind?”

How much has transpired by that time?

Goodness gracious.

Let us not forget that some people actually DO like children… even those which are not products of their own loins. In fact, I distinctly recall all sorts of people talking to me when I was a child, even strangers in public!

But then, I was exceptionally adorable and precocious, so that may be the difference…

This thread has been very sad. Too much judging and crabiness. Not good for Friday.

well, I’ll tell an Easter story. . . that should make everyone less crabby
At St. Paul City Hall this week, bunny rabbit decorations beagn to appear in the council offices. Today one of the secretaries was wearing ears and a fluffy tail. The “vision of peace’ statue in the Great Hall again has bunnies and candies at his feet and is the “vision of peeps.”
As some of you may recall, St. Paul city officials banned the Easter Bunny last year from the council offices. Slowly, slowly, he has hopped back. . . ‘One sign on one bunny said he had been resurrected. . . I always liked the Easter story of the resurrection but it’s better with peeps

oh, and another easter tradition — microwaved peeps!

Visions of Easter, all the flowers and gaily colored clothes never seemed to fit into the northern Minnesota landscape that was brown and gray at Easter. Often cold as hell Just like this year. When I was a kid I wondered who lived like that.

That’s a great story not from here! I was thinking about the peep/easter bunny/st. paul story this week. We should have updated it for the news.

yeah, but last year Mayor Coleman served chocolate eggs. . . didn’t see those this year!
damned ethanol. . .

I’d repeatedly go to a restaurant that had a no kids section.

Seriously – this is a major problem these days. I’d say it’s developed into a far worse problem in the last 5-7 years or so.

I get the impression many times that parents are actually charmed or find it funny when their kids act like absolute monsters in public…. We’ve moved far away from discipline, and now parents are told to support their children in every single one of their endeavors lest we damage them emotionally. So instead of scolding the children, parents instead “suggest” that their children behave, which naturally doesn’t work.

It’s especially annoying to me, considering I’ve made a conscious choice to not bring another child into this world…. The ones that are being born are being coddled instead of being raised properly. I really have to resist actually walking up to some parents and yelling at them for being so goddamn stupid.

Always wear proper dining out apparel.

I think people should open their own restaurant and implement the idea. I’m sure the no kids section would be as effective as the no smoking section was. The smoke always wafts over to the other side.

I took my family to the Longfellow Grill today for breakfast. We have a 6 month old girl, and a two year old boy. It is a perfect place to take a kid because it is noisy, so fewer people will need to hear it if number one son decides to start bellowing halfway through the meal (he didn’t, score!).

The waitress automatically delivered to our table:
Crayons and a coloring book-style placemat,

and:

A tub of little kids toys that looked like they had been freshly washed (or maybe it was drool from the last rugrat who played with them, who knows?).

In any event, it looks like the LG has decided to warmly embrace kids and families, so those uptight types who can’t stand to be around kids may want to look elsewhere…..

But then, I was exceptionally adorable and precocious, so that may be the difference…

Don’t go changin’, Ranty.

why so much hate on Erev Easter???

I am the resurrection and I am the light
I couldnt ever bring myself to hate you as I’d liiiiii—iiiiike

Just hearing the word “resurrection” conjures up warm memories of the druggy summer of ‘89. good times. thank you and good day.

For real. Have an egg, people.