Appetizer
What is your usual bedtime? Do you like that, or would you rather it be different?
Usually about 10pm. I wish I didn't have to sleep because there's so much I want to do, read, paint, plant, see, experience!
Soup
When it comes to advice, do you give more or receive more?
I have a pretty big mouth that's full of opinions. In fact, if I took half of the advice I gave, I'd be in great shape all the way around. I do receive a lot of advice though. Especially in the form of "Okay-ya" from my 15-year-old daughter. I keep forgetting that these are the years where she knows everything and I'm merely the taxi driver.
Salad
Describe a memorable meal you've had.
This is so difficult because if there's one thing I remember it's memorable meals. I can go back as far as a Chinese meal my parents brought home to me when I was about 12 from a Chinese freighter that was transiting the Panama Canal.
Probably the most memorable (I'll remove delicious from this) meal I ever had was with my husband in Boca Raton. We went to Morton's Steakhouse which is incredible! It's also incredibly expensive because everything is ala carte. I had ordered the Gran Marnier Souffle for dessert the moment we arrived at the restaurant because I knew that it had to be ordered first due to the prep time.
After we ate our fabulous steaks and drank our very expensive wine, we were ready for dessert. It never came. We told our waiter that it was okay, no worries, and just to remove the charge for that from the bill. We had had such a nice evening it was no longer important. The next thing we knew, the maitre'de came over and said, "I'm very sorry to hear about your experience and I don't want it to affect how you feel about Morton's Steakhouse. If I can serve 100 people to their satisfaction, I should be able serve everyone. Because of this, your dinner tonight is on the house." I'll never forget those words.
With that, he walked away, leaving us sitting there with our jaws on the table. My husband looked at me and said, "Did he say what I think he said?"
I said, "I think so."
We stood up very nonchalantly, left a huge tip for our waiter, picked up our doggie bag which was shaped like a swan of course, and strolled to the door. Looking over our shoulders to make sure no one was following us with bill in hand, we ran to the car and got out of there!
That would have to be my most memorable dinner!
Main Course
Name a work of fiction that affected the way you think about something.
There are many, but one that affected me the most would be Stephen Kings' It. I am still afraid of the sewer!
Dessert
What is your favorite type of fruit juice?
Fresh "squoze" tangelo juice from my mother's tangelo tree. The nectar of the gods.
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