I cracked up at my dad’s email this morning and thought I would share it – see caps. The restaurant is Agua Dulce. He doesn’t live in D.C., and the blog he’s referring to is this one, I think, or maybe some imaginary blog. For his purposes, I guess it didn’t really matter! In any case, you might want to adopt his strategy for nailing a good table at a busy restaurant. Hell, I might want to use the strategy, too, since I'm the one who actually has a food blog!
LAST NITE WE MET FOR DINNER AT A LATIN PLACE ON 53RD ST AND 9TH AVENUE. AGUA SOMETHING OR OTHER. WE WERE LATE FOR OUR RESERVATION BY ABOUT 15 MIN BUT CALLED TO TELL THEM WE'D BE LATE AND WERE TOLD FINE, DON'T WORRY. WHEN WE GOT TO THE RESTAURANT WE WERE GIVEN SOME MUMBO JUMBO WHICH I SOON INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT THEY HAD GIVEN AWAY OUR TABLE. THEY TOLD US THEY COULD SEAT US DOWNSTAIRS. I ASKED TO SEE DOWNSTAIRS, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A POORLY FINISHED BASEMENT; DARK, DANK, AND DESERTED.
I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS, FOUND THE MANAGER (SOME SMARMY 30-SOMETHING WHO ACTED LIKE HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND) AND GAVE HIM HELL FOR GIVING AWAY OUR TABLE. HE REALLY ZEROED IN WHEN I SAID, "AND BY THE WAY, I LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC AND HAVE A VERY WELL-READ BLOG AND YOU CAN BET THE RANCH I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE TOMORROW."
WE WERE SEATED AT A VERY GOOD TABLE WITHIN 10 MINUTES. AND MY CEVICHE WAS VERY GOOD DESPITE MY FEAR THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE SPIT IN IT.
Heehee...hysterical!
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