by waiter | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Why don’t we try that French place, Reynard’s?” I asked. “It’s your birthday, my wife said. “We can go wherever you want.” “Reynard’s it is, then.” (Not the restaurant’s real name, but it’s easy to figure out.) To celebrate my fifty-third...
by waiter | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
After my daughter started playing soccer on Saturday mornings, we quickly settled into a little routine. As soon as the game is over and the soccer moms and dads finish stowing their foldable living rooms into their SUVs, I take Natalie to Panera’s for breakfast. She...
by waiter | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
After my wife got her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Saturday, she told me, “I’m starting to feel like shit. You’ll have to take Natalie horseback riding tomorrow.” “No problem,” I said. “Have you ever ridden a horse?” I had to think about that for a...
by waiter | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was eating at a local diner when a man, a busybody if there ever was one, decided to plop down next to me and start asking questions about the food pantry I run. After explaining how every bit of food and money we give away is donated by generous townsfolk, he...
by waiter | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Steve,” my boss said over the telephone, “Can you come down to my office for a minute?” “Sure thing,” I said, wondering what was up. My boss is a “hands off” type of supervisor. As long as I get my job done, he stays out of my hair – a blessing after years of...
by waiter | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Daddy,” my daughter said. “Is magic real?” “You mean like when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat?” “Yes.” “That’s not magic,” I said, “That’s an illusion.” “What’s an illusion?” “Remember how I made that coin...
by waiter | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
A little while ago, a friend of mine said, “You know what death is like?” “Not having died,” I said. “No.” “Nothing.” “Come again?’ “It’ll just be one big nothing,” he said. “Do you remember what you were like before you were born?” ...
by waiter | Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was huffing and puffing on the Stairmaster at the gym a few weeks ago when I noticed a woman staring at me. In her early forties, she was fit, pretty, and wearing a tight workout garment that accentuated her shapely physique. Since I don’t suffer from the...
by waiter | Nov 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
“There’s someone her to see you,” one of my volunteers, said. “Who?” I said, not looking up from my paperwork. “A couple with two kids. They said they need to talk to you.” Even though Christmas is just under two months away, the food pantry I run is already...
by waiter | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
I driving to meet a friend at the cigar shop when my stomach started grumbling. Which was odd since I had only eaten dinner an hour before – a healthy meal of baked chicken, brown rice and a gigantic salad. But since I had done an hour of fairly intense cardio after...
