Re: Restaurant Confusion?

From: annie@ivgate.omahug.org
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 22:38:30 CDT


Tina writes:

>It's quiet. Too quiet.... Line from some movie or video game

(Quiet as the voices in a dream ... :)

Looking at the dates on the messages, they seem to come in spurts. (Good
thing Densie is not on this list, cuz she would turn that around into
something dirty. :)

>Tuesday there were 9 messages about restaurants, and then dead silence
>on this list since then. Is everybody just working very hard or is this
>silence a sign of confusion? :-)

Working hard, talking less. :)

>I don't mind admitting that I haven't a clue about where to eat now on
>Saturday.

Ms Scarlet with the rope in the kitchen. :)

>The one place I had definite experience with appears closed,
>the place that sounds most interesting (to me) clearly has a horrible
>reputation and reviews, and no place else seems to get much of a ringing
>endorsement with the possible exception of the place Annie mentioned
>(Ann Sathers?) Is it too late to hijack a hot-dog vendor stand from
>Wrigley?

I see a number of viable options for us for Saturday din-din, including:

Ann Sathers. Known to be t-friendly. Lakeview area. This is the only
place in the Lakeview area where I've heard good things first hand.
Also has good reviews.

Buddies. Assumed to be t-friendly. Lakeview area. Good reviews. I assume
this is a bar and grill type place.

Carson's. Andersonville. We ate there last year.

Kit Kat. Lakeview area, mixed reviews.

>The good news is that we don't have to decide today.

True. :)

>If we have to
>trust to luck and location, then I personally would like to eat at a
>restaurant in the gay community. That way, if the food's bad, at least
>we don't also have to put up with a potentially hostile environment
>also. (Yes, I know that t-girls sometimes get a lot of snubs from
>individuals in the community, but it's highly unlikely that we'd have
>trouble in a restaurant.)

Good point, and I think for this reason we can exclude anything that
is either not in the GLBT area or not known to be t-friendly.

>I think that Jana or somebody pointed out
>that we're going to be a little tired by Saturday night and not in the
>best frame of mind to push the envelope in the "real world" (gently
>ignoring all the real world stuff we go through just to get to this
>nirvana of a restaurant).

A couple of my own thoughts here. I want to go for maximum participation
here, therefore I think we should throw out any consideration of any
place not known or assumed to be t-friendly for Saturday.

I admit this is somewhat selfish, but I don't want a place that has
(loud) entertainment during dinner. I want a place where we can talk
without competing with a singer (or worse, a lip-sync).

We also probably want something in the general area of the bars.

Of all those suggested, I see Buddies and Ann Sathers as our best
two choices.

If we can't reach a consensus, we can always choose the DLVORG way,
with a call for votes. :)

Comments? Suggestions?



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sun Sep 22 2002 - 00:15:26 CDT