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It's time I fess'd up - I'm not always honest in what I say. I guess we all have lied one time or another (or even quite a lot). My fessin' in this case, however, has to do with restaurants and I suspect I'm not alone. My lie? It's the lie I typically tell after dining at a restaurant that, in my opinion, failed in one or more areas to deliver the kind of meal I expected. Their failure...

I took a short side-trip into the past this weekend, back to the area of central Wisconsin where I spent a couple of years as a teenager. The journey started with a dark blue satin dress and rhinestones and the annual Viennese Ball at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, and ended up the next day revisiting what used to be the farm where we lived after moving from Chicago. An anchor point was...

Elderly Road TripWhile on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadsiderestaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left therestaurant, and resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderlywoman unknowingly left her glasses on the table. she didn't missthem until they had been driving about forty minutes.By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite adistance before...

I've recently retired from my job as a restaurant manager and have decided to do some travelling....