Tuesday, September 18, 2007
I love Virginia, anything to get me out of DC. So I was delighted when my cousins invited me to Fridays to celebrate a birthday. The experience started off great. I was quite pleased because the waiter was attentive, the manager came by more than once to check on us, and things were going fine…until the food came.
There were two screw ups with the appetizers. One person ordered double stuffed quesadillas and what came was far from double stuffed. The Mr. and I ordered a full order of potato skins and they brought a half order. No one complained we just ate and enjoyed. Then the main entrees arrived.
Pros
-They paid good attention to us. The manager was boxing up one appetizer and on the other side of the table the waiter was picking up plates.
- The staff was friendly.
Cons
- There were five of us. Two of us sent our food back.
- The majority of the group was dissatisfied with the quality of the food. Mine was good- well the second order I placed was. (I was one of the people to send the food back and order something else. )
- The first dish I had (Sizzling Chicken and Shrimp) should have been an embarrassment to the staff as it looked NOTHING like what was shown on the menu.
TGI Fridays Manassas, VA
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
First of all I’d like to ask what’s up with all these “reserved for cops” parking spaces at restaurants? Is it that dangerous to eat out or am I living in the land of gluttonous cops? I’d really like an answer to that.
I walked into Friday’s looking forward to ordering the potato skins. They had a few appetizers that were offered at a discount so I decided to try something different, after all it was only $4. The appetizer was good but the service left something to be desired.
Pros:
The portions were large. This made me happy because I had enough for lunch for the next day.
They had a discount on select appetizers.
Cons:
The waiter didn’t bring us plates for the appetizer until we were practically done
He forgot to bring the fries for the Mr.’s entree. We had to wait awhile before he came back around.
Did I mention the waiter made himself scarce? Not only did it take forever to bring the check, but then he forgot to come back around and pick it up. So we had to go up to the hostess and ask her how were we supposed to pay. “Pay your waiter”, she said. “He hasn’t come back around, can you get him for us?”. In all fairness he did apologize but I was still annoyed.
Can I get a box? “Sorry we are out of regular boxes but we have these [very] small plastic ones”
TGI Fridays
4650 King Street
Alexandria, VA
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
That sure is a pretty wedding dress; but the story behind it isn’t so grand. I was reading the Washington Post I happen to come across an article on Joy Jackson. Its about an ex-stripper turned millionaire mortgage broker who allegedly scammed people out of their home equity thereby paying for her lavish lifestyle including a $800,000 wedding. Tongue twister huh?
The article is good read and makes you think about how important it is to properly manage your money…and to research these so called “home saving” opportunities.
One of Jacksons clients said “…the firm promised to keep her home from going into foreclosure and to get her a mortgage with a lower interest rate. She signed on. Now the deed is no longer in her name, and $100,000 in equity is gone .”
Homeowners who used her mortgage services say they have lost roughly $60 million and have filed a lawsuit.
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Friday, September 7, 2007
I’ve yet to say one good thing about this place. This blog is #1 in Google for “I just moved to DC and I hate it“. The only reason I know that is because someone found this site by searching for that phrase…so I guess I’m not alone.
This negativity has to change because I’d like to preserve whatever little amount of sanity that I have left. So I’m on a mission to discover “what’s so good about DC?”
I’m starting by finding some activities I’d like to try. So far I’ve found:
- A Land and Sea Tour of DC. Tours are usually kind of boring to me but this one might be fun. [ DC Ducks]
- Dumbarton House- I am such a fan of old stuff. What I mean is that anything that looks historic or has that “old town” feel is right up my alley. So I’d love to see this house that shows life from the early 1800’s [Dumbarton House]
- Fine Dining Dinner Boat- The only thing that’s a little odd is that I don’t see any prices on the website. Maybe it’s one of those “if you have to ask…” sort of things. But I don’t like the idea of giving a credit card number online when I don’t even know what I’m paying for. I guess I have to do something I hate which is to pick up the phone and call.. [Dandy Restaurant Cruises]
Technorati Tags: Washington DC, DC Attractions
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
“I did not like that service” the Mr. said as we left the cash register and went to sit at our table.
You see we’d been standing at the counter for about 3 minutes before the girl finally looked up from her papers and rang us up. Too bad she handed us a bunch of attitude along with our receipt.
I’d been wanting to go to Old Country Buffet for awhile so I didn’t let it bother me too much.
Pros
If you are very hungry, a buffet is a good place to go.
Cons
The food selection was very limited.
The staff was not friendly at all.
The Mr. put his fork down to wipe his mouth and this lady came and took his plate very quickly…the problem was he wasn’t done nor did she ask if he was done. He threw his hands up as if to say “what the heck” and then she came back and took his cup. He wasn’t done with that either. This is when we both got mad, and walked out.
Recommendations: I’d go to Old Country Buffet again; just not that one. Forestville, MD
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