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Mar. 30th, 2012 @ 01:19 pm Free food
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This has been my week for comp meals at restaurants!

On Wednesday, I went to UpStairs on the Square for Restaurant Week since I've never been there. I ordered the pork chop and it came prepared *much* differently than I had expected and was really quite bad. (It was described as a "t-bone style pork chop" and came butterflied, breaded, and fried.) I politely expressed my dissatisfaction to our server who alerted the manager. Despite the fact that I had eaten almost half of it (I was starving and kept WANTING to like it) and thought the appetizer and dessert were delicious, he wrote off the whole meal on the bill. Very nice! I will go back just because of this customer service alone.

Today, I ordered an Ahi Tuna Salad from Not Your Average Joe's. There's a branch less than a block from my office in Medford and they will deliver to us since we're so close. I've had a super busy morning and have a few things to finish up before I head to a meeting downtown, so I asked for it to be delivered. 45 minutes later (they usually deliver within 20-25 minutes) it wasn't here and I was getting very close to my departure time, so I called. They apologized profusely, walked it over right away, comped the meal AND give me a gift card for my next meal. Wow!

Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket today.

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Jul. 11th, 2011 @ 03:04 pm Diagnosis
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I work in the medical profession and am around DSM and ICD9 diagnostic codes & phrases a lot. I just ran across one that always makes me laugh:

"Accident caused by knives, swords, and daggers"

It's like they came up with this one a few centuries ago and forgot to update it.

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Sep. 25th, 2009 @ 08:49 am Wine Tasting - Saturday
The Vin Bin is a wine store in Marlborough (which is near Mosaic) that [info]dervishspin turned me onto a few months ago.  They've also got great cheeses.  I've been impressed with their careful selections and prices.

They're having a big wine tasting event and 20% off sale* this Saturday afternoon.  It appears that there's no entrance fee either!   I'm hoping to go for at least a little while and thought some of you on my friendslist, who also enjoy wine and especially good wine, might be interested.  So here's your headsup!



*They normally give a 20% discount to a purchase of 24+ bottles.  They're giving the 20% discount to a purchase of 12+ bottles this weekend.



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Sep. 11th, 2009 @ 08:44 pm Dinner last night
Current Mood: pleasedpleased
I made a simple but delicious dinner last night:

Fresh mozzerella (from Vt) & local tomatoes with sweet red basil from the backporch, drizzled with olive oil and aged balsamic.

Garlic and spicy sauteed green beans (I cheated here and purchased this from the prepared foods section of WF).

Wild mushroom cous cous.

Pan seared sea scallops (prepared by me) with a garlic/butter/white wine reduction (prepared by Ryan).

Paired with a Frech red wine (Ryan will have to detail this, I can never remember) and topped off with some after-dinner congac.

It was my first time making seared scallops and it was EASY, fast, and OH SO YUMMY.  Highly recommended.
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Aug. 14th, 2009 @ 10:40 pm Bolton Fair
Had a SUPER fantastic time at the Bolton Fair with the boys tonight.  I love that we can enjoy doing things TOGETHER now. 

Riding the Pirate Ship and screaming our heads off together?  Priceless!

eta: Hmm, that somehow didn't come out right. Of course I've always enjoyed doing things together with the boys - but this was somehow a different kind of "together". 
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Aug. 5th, 2009 @ 09:12 pm Tooth Fairy

Poll #1440280 Tooth Fairy
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

How much does the Tooth Fairy pay at your house?

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$0.25
2 (11.8%)
$0.50
0 (0.0%)
$1
6 (35.3%)
$2-5
7 (41.2%)
More than $5
0 (0.0%)
A modest toy
0 (0.0%)
Pokemon/Bakugon
1 (5.9%)
We don't do the Tooth Fairy thing
1 (5.9%)

Does she pay a premium for teeth that were difficult and/or painful to come out?

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Nope, a tooth is a tooth
10 (71.4%)
Definitely!
4 (28.6%)

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Jul. 27th, 2009 @ 06:33 pm Cabinets!
Current Mood: accomplishedaccomplished
I purchased my upper Ikea cabinets today!  And a built-in microwave/fan/hood!   I'm SO excited!

(These are the cabinets I got - Adel Medium Brown, but not the glass doors and not configured like this.)

Adel

(Well, I actually only purchased about 3/4 of my cabinets - the last 3 pieces will have to wait another month or two.)

Now to begin the assembly and installation. 


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Jul. 24th, 2009 @ 10:36 am Stone Soup: Doin good in da hood
Current Location: 42.249422, -71.815664
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Jul. 16th, 2009 @ 12:48 pm Misery
Current Location: Office
Current Mood: Concerned
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Client's family member to me, "Have you ever seen the movie Misery? That's what it's like in that home."

Some days my job gets not-so-routine.

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Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 08:24 am Strange phone call of the day
Current Mood: sleepysleepy
Phone rings, waking me up. I answer instinctively but foggily.

"Hello?" 
I am met with a loud voice of a man with a heavy middle-eastern accent. "HELLO I EM OUTSIDE ATA THE CORNER VAITING. I EM ATA THE CORNER OF DAY STREET. YOU COME MEETA ME."

My brain is not computing. "What?"
"I EM ATA THE CORNER OF DAY ANDA UH CHESTER STREET. YOU COME UH MEETA ME."

This makes no sense. I don't live near the corner of any street, much less one called Day Street, and I don't recall having to meet anyone today.  I briefly wonder if I've overslept and forgotten about a client meeting, but then I realize that the call came into my personal cellphone, not my work phone.  I'm even more confused.

"Why would I come outside and meet you?! I don't know who you are or why you are here to meet me!"

"YOU LIVE AT UH ONE TWEENTY FOURA CHESTER STREET? I AM AT CORNER OF DAY AND CHESTER STREET."

"What city are you in?"

"YOU MEETA ME AT CORNER."

"What CITY, what TOWN are you currently in?"

"I AM INA SOAM-AIR-VILLE."

The light dawns.  He's at the corner of Day and CHESTNUT Streets and I just woke up enough to realize that he's a cabbie and based on the time of day, he's waiting for RYAN (to take him to the airport)! 

"Oh!  You are calling for my boyfriend.  Just a moment. I'll call him for you and he'll be right out."

I call Ryan, tell him his cab is at the corner of Day and Chestnut.  He's equally befuddled why they called me but has no time to figure it out right then so runs off to catch his cab.  It turns out the cab company had my phone number on file with his address and somehow managed to give the cabbie MY number instead of Ryan's even though I know Ryan gave them his cell when he called last night to schedule the pick-up.

Wow was that a weird wake-up call! 
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