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I had drinks with Kelly tonight at Pasadena’s premiere hippy lounge, Magnolia (on Lake Ave).  The atmosphere is nice, and the music isn’t too loud, but we had a rather odd experience.  Kelly ordered some kind of Sake Martini, and I asked the waiter for a suggestion; something vodka-based, not sweet, but not too strong.  Rather than provide a suggestion, he turned on his heel and left.  When he came back, he delivered Kelly her martini (tasty), and a pint of…some kind of mix of every fruit infused vodka.  It tasted just like Flintstone’s vitamin, just with alcohol.  The aftertaste was worse.  After one sip, I sent it back, and asked for my usual fallback, a Greyhound with Grey Goose (vodka & grapefruit juice).  It arrived, and was just fine.

While Kelly and I were discussing the differences in flavors between vodkas (she can’t really tell, I sort of can), the manager or someone of authority asked if we could move tables so they could combine the one we were sitting at, and for our inconvenience, he’d give us a free round.  We accepted.

The free round came…and the drinks, while the same, were anything but.  He claimed mine was made with Grey Goose–it wasn’t–or I really CAN’T tell the difference, and Kelly’s was just WAY different.

I guess you get what you pay for.

So the title is “service at restaurants”, and the reason is–the first waiter SUCKED.  He left the table without confirming what he was going to get me, and didn’t check on us–I had to hunt him down to get him to switch the drinks.  Then the table switch, and then more weird service.

Oh well!  At least the company was good!

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