I’m so annoyed at Camille who was in charge of reservations.
You would think a hotel dining room with a prix-fix menu for 300 bucks would have an extra table, even if it’s in the kitchen.
Am I exaggerating?
Not all that much.
This is why we’re in the bar waiting like hopefuls at a Patti Smith concert.
“How could you have forgotten Camille knowing how quickly the room fills up?”
“I’ve been busy, I told you. Having your living room, eyes and tires redone all at the same time can cause you to miss a thing or two.”
This did not make me feel any better perched on a stool in my new holiday dress, after having not bought one in three years. When Madam suggested we go all out in the name of gratitude, I was straplessly in.
I made it a point, three times, of reminding Camille who insisted on making the reservations, to call because I knew there would be no cancellations since it’s a hotter ticket than Hamilton on Broadway.
I’m surprised scalpers aren’t in front of the hotel doing big business. “HOT SEATS…HOT SEATS…WINGS, BREASTS AND THIGHS.”
Wasps turn out for that turkey like resurrected pilgrims clad in moth eaten Chanel with a considerable amount of tweed about to turn. This is why they have so much extra money for dinner, they never shop and only eat on holidays. But once again, I’m digressing.
Suddenly without fanfare Camille disappears leaving me stranded like a well-dressed Dickens character. Feeling alone in such an empty room, I hear a little voice say, remember who you’re dealing with here Susannah, so replenish your gloss, smooth out your Armani and stop eating those damned chips.
The maidre d’ appears like an apparition, all smiles and says,”Your friend is waiting for you in the dining room.”
As I gather myself in my silk, navy sheath no one would guess was resale, there she is, all aglow, at the best table in the house.
I smile, thinking, how could I have doubted her, saying nothing, as our waiter politely pulls out my chair.
Snoot Family, party of 5, your table’s ready. 🙂 SB
Best wishes. Hope it improves
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Champagne helps. 🙂
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Hope something or someone does. Cannot stand it when people don’t bother to make reservations when you know that it is necessary at that restaurant. Also don’t understand large groups expecting to get a table without a reservation
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Here it’s always who you know.
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or bourbon
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Jameson over ice. sigh
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She’s something!
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To put it mildly.
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Sounds more like a Patty Hearst concert?
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Just finished a recent book about her…American Heiress. It was fascinating.
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Converted by her kidnappers. Stockholm syndrome type stuff. I thought perhaps there might be some similarities with your hospitality experience
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I see. Didn’t get the joke there Coyote. Too much champagne tends to blur my humor.
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The cynic in me can’t help but wonder what it cost her. I guess we’ll never know?
Glad you got fed anyway. 😉
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p.s. love the baboon picture. I think he used to work here.
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He mentioned that. 🙂
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I noticed her pearls were missing. 🙂
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Not pearls of wisdom, self-evidently.
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Nice little play on words there Mick.
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Just been to the club for dinner with the folks. Should have remembered this thread 😃🤔
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Where does Coyote hail from? Orion? Is that out west? 🙂
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We don’t have coyotes in Australia. I resonated with them out the back of California in the 90’s. Closest thing we have here are foxes. I quite like owls too
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Didn’t know you were from there though you always seem to be up when I can’t sleep. I was guessing England, same as Mick. I’m a big owl lover. Have a stuffed white one named Elsie who sits on top of my book shelf surveying the premises. I also just framed a great photo of one. Need to go get her. Suzy is is her name. We name everything in these parts. 🙂
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Owls are incredible. I like them in the CS Lewis book The Silver Chair
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Never read that. Making a note.
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Sometimes questions are unnecessary, and this my friend is one of those moments. Eating food with a dear friend while wearing a new dress sounds like a lovely day.
I love those photos! So funny…just the serious faces crack me up.
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I love the monocle guy. So funny.
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Narnia books. I just saw the final Harry Potter film the other day. Was a bit behind
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Not a follower but Narnia sounds good.
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Any recommendations?
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Are you a big reader? I am, and post a reading list twice annually. I LOVE to read. Because of my hearing loss, I don’t watch much TV so books have become very vital to my well being. I like to share what I like.
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I read avidly from the start of my schooling and started making my way through American literature at 11. I have read a lot and hold a degree majoring in Political science and History. I had a breakdown at 18 and whilst committed lost the ability to read. I didn’t finish high school because of black Sabbath I guess though reading was still a passion then. I went to university mature age at 25 and aced it. Further medical stuff ups got in the way of my work during that time and some years later I was on medication that had nothing to do with my diagnosis or symptoms and it made reading very difficult. I begged the doctor for help explaining why the treatment was inappropriate. Turned out he has since written his paper about the use of antipsychotics in patients with no diagnosis or symptoms… recently got heard after a big fight and have been getting back to reading again in the last year. Read some Le Carre lately. My battle on this went to 2 federal ministers and they really wanted me to shut up. I figure I have lost so much anyway and endured so much pain and humiliation that I say what I like anyway. I can say I am crazy though it has been interesting over the last decade how subjective my sanity has been depending on the needs of some medical staff at the time. Lol. I love reading for inner peace. Always have. My mother was an alcoholic so reading was safe inside. I write too. Working on another manuscript. Miyomati Musashi had it right ☺
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Wow, such a story. My mother was a drinker too, your tale very familiar. Reading is my mainstay. It’s wonderful to hear you’re reading again.
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Thanks for hearing me out on it. New day beginning here. Thanks for the chat. Will definitely be picking up my reading ☺
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It can only makes things better, as I sit here, propped on pillows, reading.
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Live music tonight at a friend’s venue. 2nd band starting. A bit Hendrixy a bit Stooges.
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Enjoy.
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Heard a great band my friend has been shooting photos for lately. Best band I have heard in a while. Will probably get some writing done when I get home. Hope all good in NY 😏
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Happy Thanksgiving, Susannah. Now how on earth did she arrange not just any table, but the BEST table? I’m going to start charging for my feast – $300 a pop?! I made an extra large turkey with all the trimmings and side dishes. The kids love it because I send containers of leftovers home with them. Sunday will be turkey soup day.
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Turkey Soup Day just may become a national holiday. 300 dollars was poetic license on my part but it was still over the top expensive. Camille’s epitaph will read…-It’s Who You Know. Glad you had a nice day.
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Hope it was a good Thanksgiving. Ours was hectic and full of noise and fun. Some friends, their three kids (two boys, full of life and energy), a moping teenage girl who is very sweet, a boston terrier, and a mammoth of a dog, 1/2 English sheepdog and 1/2 St Bernard were here. Lots of noise, food and fun… ❤
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Love the image of the dogs milling around. Like an English portrait in full stride.
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Camille always seems rather larger than life, although to be fair, so do you, in a perfectly wonderful way, of course. 🙂 You make a great duo.
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Awe…here blushing.
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Thank goodness the maidre d’ could be bought. And probably not at just any price.
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I never ask questions. It’s too much, even for me.
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Oh that Camille. Life sounds like it becomes another adventure when you’re with her. At least it won’t be boring. :O)
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Often irritating but never boring.
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I thought so.
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