Rain... finally

[susandennis]

I wasn't raining hard this morning but it was definitely raining and it smelled so good and clean. I got to the pool early, as usual, and cracked up at the people running to get in our of the rain... I guess they didn't want to get wet before they got wet.

Class was good plus the population was down - again people won't come out in the rain but will come to the pool to get wet when it isn't raining??? What.ev.er

After class I decided to go to a place for brunch that I had not been in quite some time. It was kind of crowded but I got a table quickly only to discover that the family of the screaming child at the next table were still studying their menu. NFW. I told the waitress that I was not able to tolerate the child so was leaving. She made no effort to even suggest another table. So I guess that place is scratched off my list.

I fired up my Google places app an it suggested a place that looked good over in Ballard - about 2 miles away so off I went. When I got there I realized that I actually had been there before and liked it ok but no parking and I didn't like it well enough to go on a parking hunt. But, I wasn't that far from Bastille so I headed over there an found parking right away. Only Bastille, it turns out, only does brunch on Sunday. Ok... it's down the street from Volerra which is another favorite spot. I walked in there and BINGO! They were open and I was their first customer of the day.

I had a delicious brunch in a most lovely setting. I ended up being glad all the other options failed.

Now I am home. The kitchen is cleaned the dishwasher is washing. Betty is stuck to me like glue. I think I'll watch some TiVo backlog and knit a bear.

Comments

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

Good for you for not putting up with that damned noise!

It can ruin the best of meals...

[viridescence13]

Don't blame you a bit. I really wish parents like that didn't have to ruin it for the rest of us. Occasionally we will get a dirty look from another diner in a restaurant just or being there...without my child making a single noise. Because they just expect she will and that we'll be shitty parents and sit there while she screams. When in reality she is generally awesome in restaurants, and when she's not, we just leave ASAP.

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

Honestly, once you said you were leaving, I would not have argued with you. If you'd said "I really can't sit here," then I would have offered to find you another table. Of course, if the place was crowded, there might not have been a lot of options anyway.

[susandennis]

Excellent points. This place has never had warm, friendly service. I guess that's why I felt like an effort should have been made and wasn't.

There looked like other seating options BUT they might have been reserved or something.