tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7001450241267862135..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Put the moss in context: A visit to Clever RabbitNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78169470069351000212019-06-16T20:18:10.845-05:002019-06-16T20:18:10.845-05:00A wall of moss all by itself looks kinda meh...it ...A wall of moss all by itself looks kinda meh...it could easily be an image of a forest, taken by a drone. Something is needed to enliven the image...perhaps an employee who looks like Kate Moss.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91316607824662291722019-06-16T12:31:47.823-05:002019-06-16T12:31:47.823-05:00Once I was traveling with a photographer on assign...Once I was traveling with a photographer on assignment in rural Missouri. It was lunchtime and we ducked into a decent-looking restaurant. All the walls inside had mounted animal heads: elk, bear, moose, wild boar, etc.<br /><br />We opened our menus, and it was <i>a vegetarian restaurant.</i><br /><br />We ordered and ate (very good food, well within Neil's requirements). When I went to pay, I remarked to the hostess, "Your decorator seems a little unclear on the concept."<br /><br />She gave a slight sigh, and I realized I must have been about the 500th person to say that.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64348175865066856062019-06-16T08:43:13.627-05:002019-06-16T08:43:13.627-05:00They don't. It's infused with some kind of...They don't. It's infused with some kind of preservative. So it isn't alive, the waitress' remarks notwithstanding. It just looks alive. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24419485261142825302019-06-16T07:01:39.337-05:002019-06-16T07:01:39.337-05:00"alive, but not living." Because it'..."alive, but not living." Because it's plant life? Because it doesn't have a heartbeat? And how do they water it? Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15119832467442771755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44962002815367784632019-06-16T06:58:46.614-05:002019-06-16T06:58:46.614-05:00I couldn't have said it as well as Grizz65.
A...I couldn't have said it as well as Grizz65. <br />Aesthetics are important, but the food has to be the focus, or what's the point? I could go sit in the lobby of most downtown buildings for aesthetics and snarky employees. Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20251459622120812452019-06-16T05:25:46.240-05:002019-06-16T05:25:46.240-05:00You dont think that a wall full of loss isn't ...You dont think that a wall full of loss isn't super creepy and shudder producing, whatever the context?C'est Moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526426197353140468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48662109943271926652019-06-16T00:59:32.709-05:002019-06-16T00:59:32.709-05:00Folks now have so many "eateries" (journ...Folks now have so many "eateries" (journalese for 'dining establishments') to choose from, even in cities far smaller than Chicago, that they've now become quite fussy and picky about where they go for second viisits...or even first ones. It doesn't take much negative publicity anymore to torpedo a restaurant's reputation and sink it. One incident that goes viral can cause a place to crash and burn...especially the squeaky-clean new ones. <br /><br />Too many young and inexperienced (and even the not-so-young and quite experienced) entremanures think that all they have to do is spiff up the woodwork and the granite, hire a few chefs and some youthful and good-looking staff, hang out a shingle, and wait for the ink to dry on their very own license to print money.<br /><br /> A recent Cleveland joke has a wife saying: "Honey, a new restaurant just opened down the street." To which her husband smirks: "Cool. We should go sometime before they close." <br /><br />The Clever Rabbit has actually been open for two whole years, even while serving up all those complimentary helpings of Ageism and Snarky Attitude? I'll be surprised if they're still around two years from now. Sounds like you gave them what they so richly deserved, Mr. S.---a good hard kick in the ass. Kudos from this creepy old guy, who is quite content with his meals at home. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.com