Two Weeks

"Two Weeks"

It's more than just the line uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Total Recall (It was actually Priscilla Allen who said the line...but who's really counting?)

Camp ended on Friday and the next two weeks is like the calm before the storm. After Labor Day, it's back to the REAL job. Of course, I will be prepping for the job plenty....getting lessons ready....purchasing supplies....etc. but I'm trying to have some time to relax.

As part of this Relaxation Program, I went to the city with my girlfriend to celebrate our one-year dating anniversary (first anniversary....I believe that's rope, right?). Upon a friend's recommendations, we went to Jekyll & Hyde in Greenwich Village for lunch. I had never heard that anyone had a bad time at this establishment so I was overly optimistic.

It was one of the worst lunch experiences ever.

The place isn't large....it's actually smaller than the main pub on 6th Ave. It was early, so it was understandable that there were only about 6 other people in the place.

We took a seat and ordered our food. Shortly thereafter, a wolf's head starts firing out barbs from the wall. The wolf asked a pair of twins their names about 20 times and they wanted no part of the shtick. It was almost painful watching the wolf in this exchange.....it was almost like watching dudes try to pick up girls at Olde Queens in New Brunswick. Except this was.....well, it was a friggin' wolf.

The worst part came when I ordered a water and had a fly doing the backstroke in it. I let the waitress know and she apologized. That was it. An apology? Isn't that one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Restauranting?

1) Telling off a Customer
2) Bug in the food
3) Spit in the food....and getting caught
4) Forgetting about your table
5) Repeatily beating the customer over the head with a menu
6) Bug in beverage
7) Repeatily beating the customer over the head with a menu that's not even the restaurant in which you're currently dining

Matter of fact....it's on there twice!

To add to the problems, I got overcharged for soup. Blatantly overcharged. The manager didn't seem interested in helping me out so I am adding Jeykll & Hyde to the list of banned establishments.

We walked around the Village and I surprised the lovely E with tickets to Stomp. Going into the theater that seats about 350 people, I was a little skeptical about a 1 hr. 45 min. show with no story and no words. It was awesome!

The show features eight characters who use brooms, garbage cans, pots, sinks, matchboxes, and various other "instruments" to make music. You can even see their personalities by the way they move, interact with the audience or bang things. And no, this isn't a porno.

It's truly an amazing show. (Despite it not being a porno)

My coke rewards at 598! And I STILL can't get anything good!