it's the day of the show y'all...

this:

opens this weekend. it's romeo & juliet. it's with pinnacle acting company. it runs this weekend and next (thur-sat) www.pinnacleactingcompany.com our cast is quite good-looking, if that gives any impetus to attend.

warning: lots of emotion and woe in the second half of the play.

autumn

these are a few of my favorite things:

i love autumn.

apartment pt.2: the bedroom

i'm sure you've all been chomping at the bit, anticipating my next decorated room. well the wait is over. my bedroom is complete. for now. i tend to like change. here she is...

(click to enlarge photos)

my bed. above it, some cute shelves, to be expanded on in the next picture.

shelves with cute stuff on them.

the nightstand. i love lamp.

hanging jewelry, pictures, princeton the ceramic dog, and fake flowers atop my chest of drawers.

my overaccessorized door, my calendar to keep my life in order, and mon petit wire bookshelf-ish thing.

as much as i could fit in one picture.

voila, ma chambre. the living room is so near completion i can almost taste it. and it's promising to be my favorite room of the house, so stay tuned...

here's a tip:

when you go to a restaurant, it's fine to linger at your table as long as you like, under the condition that you up the tip. after a certain amount of time, you're just taking business away from your server.

when you, your spouse, and three young, loud and messy children decide to go to a restaurant for lunch and your bill comes to $68, don't leave your attentive, charming and friendly waitress a measly five dollars.

when you and your mother order a frozen raspberry lemonade, send them back for being "too sweet", ask your waitress to describe, in detail, each soup, make ridiculous special requests for each entree, then, when they are delivered (perfectly as requested) to your table tell the waitress to take them back and box them up because you're suddenly feeling ill, do not leave a two dollar tip on your $33 bill.

those are just a few of many examples of the BAD TIPPERS i've encountered in my past few weeks of waitressing. i've fallen into the routine rather nicely, however, my heart just isn't in it. therefore, i'm cutting back to just serving on weekends and am now going to substitute teach in the salt lake city school district. subbing is something i've done before, and liked, and now that i have my bachelor's degree i can make more money doing so.

so that brings my current job total to 3: the OG, salt lake acting company, and subbing. it sounds like a lot, but i like having the variety.

in closing i'd just like to say, please tip your servers well. you don't realize how much they do until you do it yourself. tips are the only way servers make any money since the hourly wage is $2.13. 15-20% people. it's the right thing to do.

the more you know....

when you're here, you're family

i've decided that since i recently graduated with my degree in theatre, waiting tables was the next logical step.

i got a job at the olive garden in sugarhouse. i'm two days into my training and i'm a wreck. i'm completely comfortable sampling and getting to know the menu, even making the salads and dishing up the soups and breadsticks, but today i had to start actually taking food to tables and i don't know what i'm getting myself into. those trays are enormous and apparently i have no talent in the art of balancing. i was sloshing minestone all over the place.

hopefully i'll be able to master it in the next couple of days, because next week it's do or die. on the bright side, my "hospitaliano" couldn't be better. (that's a word the OG made up that means treating our guests like family and getting it right the first time for 100% guest delight - i had to memorize that for a test.)

so, keep me in your prayers. i've got the notion that i'll need all the help i can get.

apartment pt.1: the kitchen

okay, we're doing room by room decorating. our kitchen is complete (with the possible exceptions of one more something on one of the walls and a light for above the table.) so, here's some pictures. i'll describe in detail just what you're looking at...

the sink area. note the cute clock and key hanger on the left. also, behind the sink is a darling cappucino set, colander, coaster and paper towel holder.

stove area. yes, those are owl salt and pepper shakers perched on the top of the stove. and a magnetic chalkboard above them where we post take-out menus, pictures, love notes, etc.

the fridge. some highlights: the andy warhol jackie o magnet, our magazine cut-out inspirations for the living room, coultin & desi and cutest reddest's wedding announcements, and the midnight movies showing at tower theatre.

the table. something unfortunate happened in the uploading process and there are imaginary lines running through the photo. they are not part of our kitchen. but this is our table complete with a place setting and bowl of apples, accented by almost ridiculously large flatwear and (normal sized) plates hanging on the wall.

stay tuned for bedroom, living room, bathroom, and perhaps porch pictures.

let's all go to dee's

dee's family restaurant was just that on friday morning.

i had the distinct pleasure of joining my grandpa, my aunts and my mom for breakfast at dee's in ogden. unbeknownst to me, they are somewhat regulars; friends with nan the waitress, their very own corner booth, and their regular specials from the senior menu (while only my grandpa and aunt ann qualify, the good people at dee's are kind enough to look the other way for susan, my mom and even me to order the #4 pancake special for just $5.65)

the food (while delicious) was a mere candle holder to the company and conversation. to those of you who haven't had the pleasure of listening (as not much else can be done) to the ellis sisters when they get together, i'm here to tell you, you can't write that stuff.

"Let's go to Dee's, let's all go to Dee's! That's what Daddy says, and the family all agrees. Dee's!"