[sammyg2]

So the wife decided that we (wife, son, daughter, me) would meet up with her mom, dad, sister, aunt and uncle after church yesterday and have lunch at the ........ wait for it ....... cheeeezecake factory at the Brea mall. shudder.

The most crowded time to have lunch, on the most crowded day of the year, at the most crowded restaurant, in the parking lot of the most crowded mall in north OC.
What could go wrong?
did I mention that the cheeeeezecake factory doan take reservations and has the world's worst acoustics? like a damn echo chamber.

20 minutes to get into the parking lot, which was full.
10 minutes to get back out.
We parked in a lot down the street and walked.

We asked, how long until we can get a table? I don't know.
That was the answer, I don't know.
Can ya at least guess?
I don't know, maybe an hour, maybe two.

After 45 minutes we had snagged two small tables in the bar area.
Left the place around 3:30 pm, never did get seated. Just ate at those tables in the bar area.
Over-priced small portion food and hours out of my life and it only cost me $300.
Whuda deal.



Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament,
Another day's useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white.
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?