1. Judi took me to Cafe Luna for lunch yesterday. Wonderful food (although the menu had said 'spicy seared tuna sandwich' and there was no spice to be found at all) but the service was LOUSY. I tend to be pretty forgiving but it was laughably bad. I sure hope they get things tightened up because it would be a shame to let that get in the way of very good food. I noticed in the comments on Champaign Taste that quite a few other people complained about service. And let's face it, it's not like we have the highest standards around here….
2. Leo's Lego has STILL not been delivered. Poor Ernie spent hours on the phone with DHL and the post office, etc. Leo's big brown eyes keep getting bigger and sadder. The plan today is to drive Aunt Judi to the airport in Bloomington this morning, then race home to see if it's here and if it's not they plan to stage a sit-in at the post office. Wish them luck.
3. Aunt Judi went to t-ball with Ernie and Owen last night. Owen was so happy. Here she is wearing his Grand Ole Opry baseball cap.
And here's my giant boy. He ended up getting a small t-shirt and since he's monster sized it's awfully small but he insists on wearing it. His first game is Wednesday so I guess I have to go. My sweet pea.
4. It was great to have Judi here even though it went so fast. She looks great and I loved her hair! I like short hair—not that you can tell by my hair these days. I tried to convince her that she doesn't look post-chemo—she just looks like she has short hair! So we went to McDonald's with the guys (good LORD I hate doing that) and the woman at the register immediately asked her if she was just out of chemo. Geesh. Of course turns out the woman was seven months out of chemo so she was probably a little more senstive to it. We laughed…..because you have to….but I still think it looks great.
5. Well, we've been going back and forth and back and forth about going to Maine this year. Can you imagine what our gas bills will be like? Two full days of driving each way. And we're spending more money than we should on Kane Welch Kaplin (not that it won't be worth it) for our party this fall. By all rights we should cancel Maine.
But…..we didn't. Ernie just sent the remainder of the rental fee for the house off yesterday. I need Maine.
6. Are any other local people having a rotten time since Comcast took over from Insight? Between the annoying new compose window for Typepad and lousy internet connections I feel like I'm stuttering on the computer all the time….
7. And look at this Vertebrats fans….
1. Cafe Luna… I wonder if you got the same waitress I got? Mine was the oldest-looking one working that night. If it’s the same person, she must be stopped.
4. Who cares about post-chemo. Unless your camera has magic powers, Judi looks great.
6. As for Comcast… it’s great during the day (while I’m at work not using it much), but can be absolutely hellish at night when I’m trying to do “important” things. It’s mostly just a speed difference, but it’s a huge difference.
I’m glad to hear others are having problems with comcast, not just me! And I think Judi looks great!
I thought I was the only one having difficulties with Comcast. I have to say, I’m thankful I’m not. Still, it’s irritating.
Glad Judi isn’t wearing a wig – and she looks great. When my mom went through chemo she wore, what we affectionately called, “the Geraldine” – her wig looked like Geraldine Ferraro’s hair.
I thought I was the only one having difficulties with Comcast. I have to say, I’m thankful I’m not. Still, it’s irritating.
Glad Judi isn’t wearing a wig – and she looks great. When my mom went through chemo she wore, what we affectionately called, “the Geraldine” – her wig looked like Geraldine Ferraro’s hair.
Went to Luna last Tuesday evening. The service was “spotty”. They don’t seem to know much about the food–which in general was good. The mushroom crostini was a bit soggy, I think because it was sitting on the warmer forEVER. It took about 15 minutes to get it which was weird because the first 3 tapas orders we made came out quickly with expected textures intact.
I don’t use our home computer much since I sit in front of two of them all day at work. My husband hasn’t mentioned any degradation of connection speed since it went to Comcast. I’ll ask him though. I am getting annoyed about the shuffling of channels and packages and lack of “choice”–on top of daily mail solicitations for their phone service. I’m a sports fan and all I want to see are the UofI football and basketball games. Is that too much to ask, for heavens sake?
I went to Luna again last night; service and timing of dishes coming out of the kitchen still a problem. It took maybe 10 minutes for our waiter to bring our glasses of sangria to us; I could see them waiting, ice melting, on the bar the whole time, but didn’t see the waiter anywhere. The bartender and other servers weren’t busy. Someone should have noticed the drinks sitting there and found out where they needed to go, to help our waiter. I almost got up and got them myself, but thought that might’ve embarrassed my friend. Our artichokes came out quickly, but then our entrees came out too fast and had to sit, cooling, on our table while we finished the chokes.
As you noted, this is a shame. Hope the timing and service problems don’t undermine what could be a really first-rate restaurant.