by waiter | Jun 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
No Man’s Land, a memoir by Ruth Fowler (aka. Mimi in New York) hits bookstores today. Pick up a copy! That’s the second person on my blogroll to come out with a book. Who’s next? Good luck Ruth!
by waiter | Jun 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s 9:30 PM on Wednesday night and Café Machiavelli’s been empty for almost an hour. Thinking we might close early, the owner sits down behind the hostess stand and starts tabulating the night’s receipts. Eager to go home, the food runner starts cleaning the...
by waiter | Jun 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here’s the UK edition of my book, courtesy of John Murrays! You have to love the cover! UK readers can pre-order my book on Amazon.co.UK by clicking here! Many thanks to Eleanor, Helen, Lucy, and everyone at John Murrays!
by waiter | Jun 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s 9:00 AM and I’m sitting in the dentist’s chair. The news is not good. “It needs to be extracted,” the dentist says, pronouncing my molar’s death sentence. “Wow,” I reply. “That bad?” “Yes.” “You can’t fix it?” “You could get a root canal and a crown,” the dentist...
by waiter | May 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s five o’clock on Friday night and I’m saddled with a trainee. I hate training new waiters, but having one shadowing me on a busy night is truly a pain in the ass. “So where did you work before you came here?” I ask the trainee as I brew myself an espresso. “The...
by waiter | May 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
I didn’t even know we had a holiday! Damn! No one tells me anything! If you go out to eat today you have to tip 30% (And pre-order my book.) So let it be written, so let it be done.
