"Do you think they'll give me a free meal for this?." -A lady with bright red hair wearing a thin purple headband with tiny orange polka dots
The French film was delightful and charming. Joo and I even recognized the song in the last scene of the movie, "Sympathetique" by Pink Martini from the "Rendez-vous a Paris" cd that Jason burned me. Afterwards Peter, Melvin, Joo and I went to eat a late dinner at Canter's. For Joo and me, it was our first time there. I went upstairs to the ladies room to find a line of two other women and one empty stall. So naturally I was wondering why they were not using the empty one. My curiosity was soon answered, "That one's broken." Sure enough, I could see that it was flooded as I peak into the stall from the end of the line. Nasty! The lady who was using the working stall came out and one of the ladies in line went in.
The lady in front of me looks down her black cowl neck long sleeve shirt and says, "Don't you hate it when crumbs get into your shirt? It's all stuck right here, " tugging at her bra. Since I haven't had that happen to me before, I just laughed and made no reply. I'm thinking, 'TMI = too much information.' The lady in the working stall comes out and the lady in front of me goes in. She keeps talking to me, "They should have more than one working stall in the ladies room." "Yeah, we should tell someone downstairs that one of the stalls is not working," I reply. "Oh, I was planning to," she says. She flushes the toilet and opens the stall door…holding a plunger she found in the working stall. I'm mildly surprised. "Are you gonna try to fix it?" I ask. "Yeah, I'm gonna give it a shot." Now I'm in the working stall and our conversation continues. "Do you think it'll work?" I ask. "We'll see." I hear swishing noises and after a few seconds flushing. She did it! "Congratulations! You fixed it!" "Yeah, do you think they'll give me a free meal for this?" she asks. "Yeah, they should," I tell her, "I'll be your witness." We say our good byes as I'm finishing up in my stall. I come out, wash my hands, and smile to myself at this unexpected amusing little adventure in the ladies room. I come back downstairs to the dining room area,sit down and recognize the lady sitting across from me in the next booth as the first lady in line in the ladies room. I see her smiling after a brief eye contact and know that she recognizes me too. But since we were getting ready to eat, I keep this bathroom adventure to myself.
Saturday, I went down to Cerritos to eat at the India Restaurant with my Quest buddies. It was the best Indian food I've had so far. Then Joo and I went next door to Ziba's to get our eyebrows threaded as Jenny and Mike looked on in curiosity. Then for dinner, Hannah and I went over to Jason's in Culver City and went to Hama Sushi in Venice for our family night #3. Our chef, Katsu, was great. He told us he was from Okinawa. It was the best sushi I've had so far. What a delightful day of excellent culinary experiences! Then we headed over to the Bookstore Café in Santa Monica. I took a book from there because when I opened the book there was a sticker that said, "If you are reading this book, please finish it at home and mail it to: .…" But when I got home, Joo realized that the address on the sticker had a northern CA zip code. I became an unknowing thief. I guess I'll just give it to Jason when I'm done and he could return it to the café.
Sunday, I went to another film festival, Newport Film Festival, after church. Nick had two comp tickets to "The Power of the Truth According to the Dalai Lama". He is so hooked up. He's always getting all these comp tickets to different events. It's great for me too! He bought me lunch to entice me to go watch the movie with him. I was a bit hesitant because I had a STOMP meeting and wasn't sure there was enough time. But I packed it all in. I need Mondays off to rest from my weekends.
The French film was delightful and charming. Joo and I even recognized the song in the last scene of the movie, "Sympathetique" by Pink Martini from the "Rendez-vous a Paris" cd that Jason burned me. Afterwards Peter, Melvin, Joo and I went to eat a late dinner at Canter's. For Joo and me, it was our first time there. I went upstairs to the ladies room to find a line of two other women and one empty stall. So naturally I was wondering why they were not using the empty one. My curiosity was soon answered, "That one's broken." Sure enough, I could see that it was flooded as I peak into the stall from the end of the line. Nasty! The lady who was using the working stall came out and one of the ladies in line went in.
The lady in front of me looks down her black cowl neck long sleeve shirt and says, "Don't you hate it when crumbs get into your shirt? It's all stuck right here, " tugging at her bra. Since I haven't had that happen to me before, I just laughed and made no reply. I'm thinking, 'TMI = too much information.' The lady in the working stall comes out and the lady in front of me goes in. She keeps talking to me, "They should have more than one working stall in the ladies room." "Yeah, we should tell someone downstairs that one of the stalls is not working," I reply. "Oh, I was planning to," she says. She flushes the toilet and opens the stall door…holding a plunger she found in the working stall. I'm mildly surprised. "Are you gonna try to fix it?" I ask. "Yeah, I'm gonna give it a shot." Now I'm in the working stall and our conversation continues. "Do you think it'll work?" I ask. "We'll see." I hear swishing noises and after a few seconds flushing. She did it! "Congratulations! You fixed it!" "Yeah, do you think they'll give me a free meal for this?" she asks. "Yeah, they should," I tell her, "I'll be your witness." We say our good byes as I'm finishing up in my stall. I come out, wash my hands, and smile to myself at this unexpected amusing little adventure in the ladies room. I come back downstairs to the dining room area,sit down and recognize the lady sitting across from me in the next booth as the first lady in line in the ladies room. I see her smiling after a brief eye contact and know that she recognizes me too. But since we were getting ready to eat, I keep this bathroom adventure to myself.
Saturday, I went down to Cerritos to eat at the India Restaurant with my Quest buddies. It was the best Indian food I've had so far. Then Joo and I went next door to Ziba's to get our eyebrows threaded as Jenny and Mike looked on in curiosity. Then for dinner, Hannah and I went over to Jason's in Culver City and went to Hama Sushi in Venice for our family night #3. Our chef, Katsu, was great. He told us he was from Okinawa. It was the best sushi I've had so far. What a delightful day of excellent culinary experiences! Then we headed over to the Bookstore Café in Santa Monica. I took a book from there because when I opened the book there was a sticker that said, "If you are reading this book, please finish it at home and mail it to: .…" But when I got home, Joo realized that the address on the sticker had a northern CA zip code. I became an unknowing thief. I guess I'll just give it to Jason when I'm done and he could return it to the café.
Sunday, I went to another film festival, Newport Film Festival, after church. Nick had two comp tickets to "The Power of the Truth According to the Dalai Lama". He is so hooked up. He's always getting all these comp tickets to different events. It's great for me too! He bought me lunch to entice me to go watch the movie with him. I was a bit hesitant because I had a STOMP meeting and wasn't sure there was enough time. But I packed it all in. I need Mondays off to rest from my weekends.
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