Q: negative

A: Terrible service, just terrible. Every time. Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results? Shame on me. Most recently, I called Pizza Hut because I'm avoiding Papa Johns for political reasons. They told me that they needed to "confirm that I had given them the correct telephone number." First of all, in this day and age, what business doesn't have caller ID!?! In any event, I confirmed that, in fact, she had my correct phone number. Astonishingly, she said she needed to call me back to "further confirm." As if that's not idiotic enough to require two phone calls to order a pizza, she told me, "if I don't call you back in 5 minutes, you need to call us back or else we'll cancel your order." Yeah, um, okay. I'm going to sit by my phone with bated breath for five minutes, and if you don't call back, I'm going to call you back. So I can have the privilege of eating your semi-disgusting, totally unhealthy pizza. No thank you. You can go ahead and just cancel it right now. I'm pretty sick of Domino's, but I've had far better service from them. Oh, and by the way...if you order online to avoid the ridonkulousness, the estimated time is merely "an estimate" that you need to call and confirm with the store. And so if their online "estimate" is, say, 45 minutes off, well that's your problem, buddy.

Q: negative

A: Ca faisait un bout que j'attendais de voir ce qui remplacerait le Jello Bar. Malheureusement, j'ai ete decue. L'endroit en tant que tel est vraiment beau. Les luminaires, les bars, la deco... mais c'est beaucoup plus jeune que ce a quoi je m'attendais et vraiment bonde de monde les soirs de fin de semaine (juste pour dire, l'attente de la file s'elevait a 45 minutes). Le bar etait tellement rempli, que ca prennait un bon quart d'heure se faufiler a travers la foule pour pouvoir faire le tour de la place et l'attente au bar etait phenomenale. Je ne sais pas pour toi, mais quand je sors, j'aime croire que je suis capable de commander un verre avant d'avoir le temps de me desaouler... Mais bon. Pour ceux et celles qui sont dans leur vingtaine et qui aiment les clubs, vous serez bien servi. Ca danse en masse (et vraiment tres colle), ca "cruise" a la tonne et on ne s'entend pas vraiment parler. Ca pourrait etre tout simplement la follie du nouveau, faut croire. Alors, je vais probablement leur donner une deuxieme chance. Je vous reviens la-dessus.

Q: negative

A: Totally disappointed at this place. I should've listened to my friend who went there and was really disappointed at their omakase, but noooo, I had to go and throw down two bills to prove to myself how much they sucked. The decor was nothing to write home about. I think there was an overuse of bamboo in the place, the chairs were Ikea and the tables were just weirdly laid out. First of all, I couldn't understand the cutesy English the waitress was speaking. Each time she said something, we would pause for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 seconds, since we couldn't tell if she was asking us a question or making a statement. Then it'd be followed by, "I'm sorry, what?" We ordered chilean sea bass in the black bean sauce, the crab ceviche, and some grilled beef thing. The ceviche was overwhelmingly tangy. I think it reshaped some of my fillings in my teeth. There was a lot of it though, even though the waitress told us that they were small portions. We next had the chilean sea bass which was not good at all. Again, portion was decent, but it was bland and not even hot. Finally, the meat came and although tender, it just wasn't as flavorful as I expected. For being "Nobu," I did have high expectations. But DK and I evaluated it and said that even if this was a no-name restaurant that we just walked into, we still wouldn't have thought it was good. And by the next morning, we were telling people that it just "sucked." And I'm sticking with that. So for those of you who speak Mandarin, you know that "bu" means "don't." So this restaurant's name is a forewarning of a the answer you'll give when asked, "So was it good?" or "Is it worth going?" No. Bu.

Q: positive

A:
These gals stop by my work - and they make my day! I had a cherry Italian soda the other day - and it was awesome. The girls are very nice. Really great flavors to choose from - I am not very adventurous about certain things - so I stick with flavors that I am comfortable with, But heck - if they keep this up - I will try more exotic flavors..