This past Thursday, July 10, was our daughter Mary's 29th birthday. We went to one of our favorite local restaurants, California Dreaming and we all had a great time.
Mary has a big party weekend planned for mid-town and she's headed downtown for that bit of her birthday weekend.
We joke about this type of picture and call it our "hand on chin" portrait. Very funny, to us anyway.
Happy Birthday Miss Mary! Mom & Pop love you very much!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Okay, I admit it - I am no plumber
I tightened the old one too much and POW!, off it came and the water went everywhere and I do mean EVERYWHERE! For the second time in 2 weeks, this corner of the basement got washed down and is now nice and sparkly clean! Geez...
Restaurant Review - Vreny's
This past Saturday, July 5, for Linda's birthday we visited Vreny's Alpine Grille & Biergarten at 4225 River Green Parkway in Duluth. Another local authentic German/Bavarian restaurant.
The table comes stock with a basket of small pretzels and German mustard to dip them in. We started out with a Swiss Fondue, a couple of diet cokes and a 0.5L Franziskaner Weissbier for me. Mary ordered the same dish she had at Gasthaus a few weeks ago, the Swiss Spätzle or pasta. Linda ordered the Kalbs Geschnetzeltes mit Rosti and I had my usual Wienerschnitzel.
The girls really enjoyed their dishes and I was somewhat disappointed. First, the side I had ordered was potato salad and I got spatzle instead - which I do not care for. Our waitress was busy and didn't stop by to ask how our orders were and if all was okay, a major error in service principles in my mind.
Overall this is a good restaurant, although I think I prefer the Gasthaus for service and overall food quality. We did all have a good time and will come back, in September or October for sure - if not sooner.
The table comes stock with a basket of small pretzels and German mustard to dip them in. We started out with a Swiss Fondue, a couple of diet cokes and a 0.5L Franziskaner Weissbier for me. Mary ordered the same dish she had at Gasthaus a few weeks ago, the Swiss Spätzle or pasta. Linda ordered the Kalbs Geschnetzeltes mit Rosti and I had my usual Wienerschnitzel.
The girls really enjoyed their dishes and I was somewhat disappointed. First, the side I had ordered was potato salad and I got spatzle instead - which I do not care for. Our waitress was busy and didn't stop by to ask how our orders were and if all was okay, a major error in service principles in my mind.
Overall this is a good restaurant, although I think I prefer the Gasthaus for service and overall food quality. We did all have a good time and will come back, in September or October for sure - if not sooner.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
UPS's Customer Service Sucks
I am trying to get a package for my wife's birthday delivered to our new office and UPS are just a bunch of idiots. So I am driving to their delivery center to meet the driver and get the package, since I need it for Saturday.
Three tries at delivering it to our new location failed due to "THE RECEIVER'S ADDRESS IS INCOMPLETE. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THE ENTIRE ADDRESS AND COMPLETE THE DELIVERY. / THE ADDRESS HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE DELIVERY HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED". Wrong UPS! There was nothing incorrect or missing - YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS!
Geez. Back to work...
Three tries at delivering it to our new location failed due to "THE RECEIVER'S ADDRESS IS INCOMPLETE. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THE ENTIRE ADDRESS AND COMPLETE THE DELIVERY. / THE ADDRESS HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE DELIVERY HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED". Wrong UPS! There was nothing incorrect or missing - YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS!
Geez. Back to work...
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