Minister of Drink

I agree... Nectar is no place for children. The restaurant I am referring to is the Boulevard Woodgrill. Incidentally, the kid thing took place there at the bar which was -- WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE SMOKING AND ALL WERE DRINKING!!!! Talk about a great place to bring a 4 or 5 year old. But no matter what the place (even somewhere like Whitlows), children should be behaved. I don't blame them when things go wrong, but their parents who don't do anything and subjugate the rest of us to their offspring gone rotten. People need to be a little more considerate. For the record, I DO NOT advocate punching a child or anything like that. I'll admit, I overstated it (probably for effect) with 5 accross the eye... However, if one of the little pogues gets out of line at a restaurant, a quick smack in public (not one that hurts) is certainly in order.

Not too too long ago I came home from a bullshit-laden day at work. The thought of preparing a good dinner (I got the skills) seemed too much to handle at the time. "Why not go out to eat", I thought to myslef. After all, I was stressed, tired and deserved to be served. So I call up a friend and off we go to a favorite local joint (which shall remain nameless as this is not a pointed restaurant review, but rather, a rant on restaurant etiquette). Was the experience stress relieving and enjoyable? No!!! But it could have been... Through no fault of he kitchen or service, the outing sucked... and here's why: Two sets of self-absorbed, limosine-liberal, North Arlington parents decided to bring their misbehaved offspring along to dinner. in short, most of my meal was like dentistry without novocain. Link to firestorm In short, if you do decide to bring your offspring, make sure it behaves... or, five accross the eye (thumb-in) should be applied with a quickness that would even stun Lee van Cleefe! ------ Editors note: I had to put the link in rather than the text, due to respect for copyright issues. Also, can this somehow be tied into DC DelMarVa?

Bittersweet weekend -- no Ray's the Steaks experience as usual. However, it was substituted with a cookout involving truffled burgers topped with fresh Morrels (perfectly sauteed) and a ripe Camenbert. Nice grape was also had by all in attendance!!!

All this fuss about dogs eating where people eat. I mean c'mon folks!!! I see more filthy-looking, unkempt, bacteria carrying, disgusting lard-ass people (not dogs) all the time, including while I'm out having a meal. To think that I could have the misfortune of having to share a restaurant dining room with one of these odd-toed ungulates while my dog has to stay home makes me sick! Practically all of Europe allows dogs in restaurants, fine hotels, and other public places -- no one gets sick! NO ONE!!

It's a shame that, overall, we Americans are so narrow-minded, conservative, hysterical & stuck up over things like wanting to bring a pooch to a restaurant & other stupid stuff like Janet Jackson's boob! ------- Minister: Sorry! I accidentally clicked "Edit" instead of "Reply," and ended up typing over your posting instead of writing my own (I lost a couple sentences of your posting). I need to be more careful. Don

My Dear Ms. Morela: 1) Ray's the Steaks and King Abdullah????? Hmm... I think His Majesty would demolish a filet or NY strip there with a quickness. No go on the mashed taters... that dumbass South Beach/Atkins crappola. HM & Michael would have a lot of military experience to talk about. 2) Two Slovenian wines that I would love to have next Sunday at Ray's the Steaks (will share with Michael of course) ..... First One: Bagueri Merlot. Second One: Vinski o Sentanel (another Merlot). First time I tasted these by the glass, I admonished the server thinking they had served St. Emilion.... That's how fly these wines are. 3) The best cab company... even though I live a 10 minute walk from the promised land of Ray, I always choose my favourite, Red Top, to take me there. 4) Much much less than a stupid fresh ray's hangar steak covered in crumbled bleu cheese.

John W. -- I am the one with the card to RTS. Now you know.

Word up on Ray's The Steaks. For 98.7% of all the other joints that call themselves Steak Houses I have this to say: Sit down. Shut up! Get out of the game. Where are those pictures by the way????