Eating out this weekend was somewhat difficult because I had to go places alone. Usually going out to eat is a social event to varying degrees as you are with other people and enjoy the company of others. That is difficult to do flying solo and I don't enjoy it very much. My solution Saturday was Benihana.
Because of the way the hibachi tables are set up, I knew I'd be placed with other groups of people. Somewhat risky, but worth a try. I ended up being placed with a group on a business trip of an explosives company and a Japanese family. The lady to my left was the controller of the explosives company; needless to say we had some things to talk about. The Japanese family enjoyed practicing their conversational English. I compared it to how I must sound when traveling to Mexico and trying to converse with the locals in the native tongue (not great, but I get the point across). Surprisingly, they thought my joke about eating soup with chopsticks was hilarious, or they were just being nice.
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I'll go ahead and comment for Mom here - cause you know how sad it make us when people dine alone. She'd post for herself if you didn't need three valid email addresses, proof of insurance and a Mensa card to get signed up out here. I tried my best - to set up her and Maria and Katie. Katie (in her stylish new glasses) actually had to help me read the weird verification font as I signed in for myself. Maria also helped by rocking her new hairdo and sending good juju my way as we tried to get the account set-up to work. But we're glad you didn't dine alone. What a good idea. And I think I remember walking by that Benihana. Is it the one in the Hilton Hawaiian Village near the Louis Vuitton store? Who walked in there with me - Laura? I think we say a $300 key chain! Your dinner guests wouldn't have been a coyote and a road runner from ACME, would it?
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