Mental Image?

Since my identity’s been a closely guarded secret for years, I wasn’t surprised to learn that some Waiter Rant readers, independent of reality, developed their own mental image of what I looked like. Now that my face has been plastered all over the media, however,...

Washington Post Love!

Waiter Rant got a nice review in the Washington Post! How about that? My book was also favorably mentioned in the Malaysia Star, The Boston Globe, and Bloomberg.com! And if you were looking for the interview I did on the Walt Bodine Show in Kansas City – here it...

Broken Plane

It’s six in the evening and I’m stuck inside a hot and stuffy DC-9 flying above Illinois. After a quick layover in Indianapolis we’re heading for Kansas City. I’m scheduled to participate in “ORDER UP! Tales from the Dining Room,” a program sponsored by that city’s...

New York Times Bestseller

My editor and agent called me last night with some great news. On Sunday, August 17th, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter, will make the NY Times Bestseller List in Non Fiction. I never, ever, thought that would happen! What a...

Leaving on a Jet Plane

I’m flying out to Kansas City this afternoon. The nice people over at the Kansas City Public Library (the Missouri one) invited me to participate in their program “Order Up! Takes from the Dining Room.” The event will be held Tuesday, August 5, at...

Wall Street Journal

Wow! A good review in the Wall Street Journal. The cartoon is hilarious. Some other media thingys – a nice conversation with Virgina Prescott on “Word of Mouth” for New Hampshire Public Radio. Also thanks to Good Day New York for the TV spot today....

Update!

Doing The Today Show was a blast, Thanks to Matt Lauer and all the staff for making it a great experience! I’m also going to be on Neil Cavuto’s “Your World” show on Fox at roughly 4:20 PM today! Tune in! I’ve been getting inundated with...

Today Show!

I’m going to be on The Today Show tomorrow morning! How about that? I’ll be on sometime during the eight o’clock hour! Tune in!

Unmasked

After four and a half years the mask is finally off. What a relief! My thanks to Carla at the Post for a fun interview and Zandy for taking the great pictures. The Metamucil was inspired, man! My book goes on sale today at fine bookstores everywhere! Go buy!...

Guest Blogger!

I will be the guest blogger for Powell’s Books this week. You can catch my daily missives by going here. Don’t forget, I’ll be at Borders Books at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan at 7:00PM for a book signing and Q&A. I hope some of my readers...