Posted: January 28th, 2009 | Author: Mark | Filed under: News | Tags: Hilah Johnson, Mark Stewart, Red Lobster | 1 Comment »

by Hilah and Mark

The Broken Spoke was closed

Hilah refereed a soccer game earlier in the evening

Mark sez:

Red Lobster has a cross with flags all over it

Red Lobster's cross has flags all over it

When I asked the waiter to take our photo, I told him it was our anniversary. Totally unneccessary. He had already taken the camera from me and was backing into position to snap the shot. Here he was, some earnest dude working hard at one of the shittiest restaurants in Austin, and I’m lying to him about our anniversary, which, incidentally, is May 28^th. I felt terrible.

Inner turmoil from lying to the waiter

I considered coming clean and apologizing when he brought our food, but why insult him further with that unneccessary, awkward scene? It surely made no difference to him whether I was a liar or not. I’ll bet he was making mental notes of our attire, so he could he regale his buddies with tales of the worst-dressed anniversary date he had seen all week. He was probably figuring how to swipe the camera so he would have some proof. Still, he brought out our key lime pie with a candle in it.

Cool-ass key lime pie

We put sunglasses on the pie and took another photo.

Hilah sez:

Hilah feeding me my cool pill

I don’t know what Mark is talking about. Our anniversary is January 25. I thought I was dressed very nice last night (even if he had a fucked-up outfit on) and my blackened red snapper was terrific. The baked potato was the best I’ve had in a long time, and the broccoli was perfectly steamed and hot. The candle that our waiter put in our key lime pie, while thoughtful and pretty, unfortunately increased the temperature of the pie to above optimal key lime pie temperature. The shades didn’t cool it off any, either.

Next Time: Golden Corral (by Red Lobster on Lamar)