Thank you for all the positive feedback on the “Five West” teaser / trailer, I can’t wait for it to be completed or to see the final product either. I think that the filming looked professionally done and I have been impressed by the professionalism of the writer, director, crew and fellow cast members. The editing and post production work look great so far too. Again, stay tuned! If you haven't seen it yet, check out the link below.
OK, now it’s time for the ‘Family’ stuff. As I mentioned in previous posts, we are up at Midway, Utah. Sue and I came up late Monday afternoon checked in, got settled then went into the town of Heber, Utah for dinner. Well sometimes those down home cooking places aren’t as good as you might think. Nice country atmosphere, lots of wood, homemade stuff for sale, friendly wait staff, and the menu… Mmm… “Roast pork, mashed potatoes, choice of white or brown gravy, homemade dinner rolls, fresh salad and homemade soup… then for desert, the special was homemade pumpkin pie for just .99 cents a slice. Mmm, WOW, did we find the right place or what? Kind of sounds reeeal good, hua? Well that’s what Sue ordered. I chose the chicken fried steak, white gravy, mashed potatoes… Not really part of the diet that Sue and I have been on this past year, but what the hell, we were on vacation. Right?
Let’s just say that the Spanish music blaring from the kitchen (not that there is anything wrong with Spanish music) and the waitress, when she served our soup, we said, “oh cool, our soup is here,” responded with “if you can call it soup” should have been a sign for us to cancel our order and leave. But, well, in these small towns it’s all about the entire experience. We ventured on because the soup wasn’t bad, it was actually pretty good. As a matter of fact as I look back on it, it was probably the best part of the meal, except for the pumpkin pie that is.
Don’t ever hit one of these places toward the end of the evening; you might just get the bottom of the pot. Every time that our waitress, bless her heart, tried to fix a problem she seemed to be sabotaged by the kitchen crew. The mashed potatoes were anything but mashed, so she ordered me another “large side with lots of gravy.” Sue said that her food didn’t taste right so we just traded dinners. That one didn’t taste right to her either. The waitress felt bad about our experience and apologized repeatedly. She was so nice she even offered desert on the house. Sue was done and didn’t want to try anything else, nothing tasted right to her, but when the waitress offered some fresh banana cream pie, her defenses came down, the waitress smiled and said I knew if I tried I’d find something you would like, and so off she went.
The pies came, Sue’s was all decorated with fresh bananas and some whipped cream. Our waitress did it up nice for Sue. So, while I was enjoying my pumpkin pie I looked up at Sue who wasn’t feeling too well to start with and she looked as if she was about to cry. I asked if the pie didn’t taste right either and she said that she didn’t know what was wrong with her and she just wanted to leave. So, I offered to taste the pie. I did and then I started to laugh. The waitress had brought her coconut cream pie, no wonder why it didn’t taste right. When the waitress came over with the bill, she apologized again. That’s when I told her about the pie. She felt awful and offered Sue anything to make it right. She said that the pies sit together and look almost the same, and now wondered how many other people she served the wrong pie to. Sue didn’t give this place any stars but I did tip the waitress well for her efforts, she seemed to care but simply couldn’t pull it off that night.
May not be too interesting, but I thought it was kind of funny. Poor Sue, poor waitress…
Other than that we have had a great and relaxing time. Sue has hung out at the indoor pool and spa/Jacuzzi. We had a bit of a picnic, visited antique shops, went shopping and even played ping pong, and cards. Friday we are going across the street to the “Homestead” to visit the crater and the hot springs with Robbie, Anna, & Sean. We wanted to wait for them so we could all see it for the first time, together. Billy, Dez and Dom are set to come up Saturday.
We had a great T-Day dinner with all the fixens’. R, A, & S came up in the afternoon and we had a home cooked turkey dinner, whipped taters, steamed veggies, rolls, salad, pies, wine… Very good stuff! After dinner, Sue, Sean, Robbie and I went down to the club house played ping pong and went swimming. Came back ate pie and the kids were in bed around nine, except for Sean who stayed up reading, he went to sleep around ten. Bunch of damn light weights!
See Ya,
Bill
OK, now it’s time for the ‘Family’ stuff. As I mentioned in previous posts, we are up at Midway, Utah. Sue and I came up late Monday afternoon checked in, got settled then went into the town of Heber, Utah for dinner. Well sometimes those down home cooking places aren’t as good as you might think. Nice country atmosphere, lots of wood, homemade stuff for sale, friendly wait staff, and the menu… Mmm… “Roast pork, mashed potatoes, choice of white or brown gravy, homemade dinner rolls, fresh salad and homemade soup… then for desert, the special was homemade pumpkin pie for just .99 cents a slice. Mmm, WOW, did we find the right place or what? Kind of sounds reeeal good, hua? Well that’s what Sue ordered. I chose the chicken fried steak, white gravy, mashed potatoes… Not really part of the diet that Sue and I have been on this past year, but what the hell, we were on vacation. Right?
Let’s just say that the Spanish music blaring from the kitchen (not that there is anything wrong with Spanish music) and the waitress, when she served our soup, we said, “oh cool, our soup is here,” responded with “if you can call it soup” should have been a sign for us to cancel our order and leave. But, well, in these small towns it’s all about the entire experience. We ventured on because the soup wasn’t bad, it was actually pretty good. As a matter of fact as I look back on it, it was probably the best part of the meal, except for the pumpkin pie that is.
Don’t ever hit one of these places toward the end of the evening; you might just get the bottom of the pot. Every time that our waitress, bless her heart, tried to fix a problem she seemed to be sabotaged by the kitchen crew. The mashed potatoes were anything but mashed, so she ordered me another “large side with lots of gravy.” Sue said that her food didn’t taste right so we just traded dinners. That one didn’t taste right to her either. The waitress felt bad about our experience and apologized repeatedly. She was so nice she even offered desert on the house. Sue was done and didn’t want to try anything else, nothing tasted right to her, but when the waitress offered some fresh banana cream pie, her defenses came down, the waitress smiled and said I knew if I tried I’d find something you would like, and so off she went.
The pies came, Sue’s was all decorated with fresh bananas and some whipped cream. Our waitress did it up nice for Sue. So, while I was enjoying my pumpkin pie I looked up at Sue who wasn’t feeling too well to start with and she looked as if she was about to cry. I asked if the pie didn’t taste right either and she said that she didn’t know what was wrong with her and she just wanted to leave. So, I offered to taste the pie. I did and then I started to laugh. The waitress had brought her coconut cream pie, no wonder why it didn’t taste right. When the waitress came over with the bill, she apologized again. That’s when I told her about the pie. She felt awful and offered Sue anything to make it right. She said that the pies sit together and look almost the same, and now wondered how many other people she served the wrong pie to. Sue didn’t give this place any stars but I did tip the waitress well for her efforts, she seemed to care but simply couldn’t pull it off that night.
May not be too interesting, but I thought it was kind of funny. Poor Sue, poor waitress…
Other than that we have had a great and relaxing time. Sue has hung out at the indoor pool and spa/Jacuzzi. We had a bit of a picnic, visited antique shops, went shopping and even played ping pong, and cards. Friday we are going across the street to the “Homestead” to visit the crater and the hot springs with Robbie, Anna, & Sean. We wanted to wait for them so we could all see it for the first time, together. Billy, Dez and Dom are set to come up Saturday.
We had a great T-Day dinner with all the fixens’. R, A, & S came up in the afternoon and we had a home cooked turkey dinner, whipped taters, steamed veggies, rolls, salad, pies, wine… Very good stuff! After dinner, Sue, Sean, Robbie and I went down to the club house played ping pong and went swimming. Came back ate pie and the kids were in bed around nine, except for Sean who stayed up reading, he went to sleep around ten. Bunch of damn light weights!
See Ya,
Bill
1 comment:
Hi Bill - Really enjoyed the slide show and news. Yes, you were complaining a lot but what else is new. Take care
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