Re: Disappointing Breakfast

[Guest guest]

Eunice,

Happy 29th Anniversary to you and your husband.

I know you have enjoyed your day.... inspire of your breakfast.

Shelle

Disappointing Breakfast

Today was our 29th anniversary. Yes, I've been married to the same

wonderful man for 29 years.

We went to our favorite restaurant, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, for

breakfast. We have been going to this restaurant even before we were married.

We had

not been for 2 or 3 years. Today was a disappointment. They offer a

breakfast buffet, but most of the containers were empty. They did not have the

nice selection they have had in the past. The quality and quantity of service

have really gone down, but prices have gone up.

They only had two waitresses working and I could tell they were overworked.

Normally, I'm a positive person and would say that today was just a bad day,

but I don't think that is the case. It was not as many people there as we

have seen in the past.

We still had a wonderful anniversary and we had a great dinner prepared by

the best cook, my hubby. LOL

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you had a bad experience particularly on an important day like

your 29th anniversary! Our first meal in America was somewhere in Wisconsin

where we stopped for breakfast in a road house where the parking lot was

full of giant trucks and even larger men, and women. The buffet bar was full

of every food item you can imagine including fresh fruit and there was no

limit to the number of times you could go and get a 'refill' although they

insisted that you used a clean plate everytime. The coffee never stopped

coming and the service was good natured and quick. Maybe our English

accents had something to do with that. The bill came to a measly $9 USD,

cheap by our standards and I left a good tip before we left replete to go on

our way and unable to eat anything else until the evening. What did all

that do to my BG control, don't ask!!??** But it taught me a lesson about

eating habits in the US and the sort of portions that you're expected to

consume or take away. I like eating, don't we all, but trying to control

diabetes in the face of this temptation can be daunting. I hope that your

next experience of eating out on your next anniversary will be a better one.

Take care. Barry UK

Disappointing Breakfast

> Today was our 29th anniversary. Yes, I've been married to the same

> wonderful man for 29 years.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/1/2006 9:22:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

barry@... writes:

I'm sorry you had a bad experience particularly on an important day like

your 29th anniversary!

Hi Barry,

It wasn't that bad. I realize things change. There had been a change in

management a couple years ago. I wasn't looking for lots of food. In fact, I

used the fruit plate which is smaller, but there wasn't a good choice of

fruit. There was something missing but it did not spoil our day. We started

talking about our trip we made in 1998 to Alaska and the restaurant we went to

for brunch before our flight home. Now, I want to go back to Alaska. LOL (Do

we have any members from Fairbanks, Alaska in the group?)

Hubby and I go to buffet type restaurants at least once a month. I have no

problem going to them, I know how much food I can eat. I have complete

control when it comes to food. As I've said before, I cannot gain back any

weight

that I lost over 5 years ago. Hubby does not care how many clothes I buy,

but he has told me that I cannot buy a larger size than I'm now wearing. I'll

not gain any weight back, winters would be too cold to go without clothes.

LOL

hugs

Eunice - I eat to live, not live to eat

[Guest guest]

Yay Eunice and hubby! Great day. Wonderful to hear about it. Thanks!

JUDITH

> Today was our 29th anniversary. Yes, I've been married to the same

> wonderful man for 29 years.

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Barry,

I am an emigrant from Europe and I have been living in Canada for forty years.

I remember going to a buffet all you can eat place in California around 1990. I

could not believe that a restaurant could make a profit serving such an

abundance of food so I asked my husband who is an executive to explain the

economics of this. He said that the most expensive cost of running a restaurant

is the building and wages. People like a bargain so that is why they go to a

buffet. Just remember you don't have to try everything that's available. There

is always tomorrow! Happy May 1st, le

[Guest guest]

Hey! We in the US don't all eat at buffets all the time!!! I personally

don't like them b/c sometimes the food is cold or yucky looking..plus the

thought of other people probably touching it. Yuck.

Barbie

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Of Barry

Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:52 AM

To: diabetes

Subject: Re: Disappointing Breakfast

I'm sorry you had a bad experience particularly on an important day like

your 29th anniversary! Our first meal in America was somewhere in Wisconsin

where we stopped for breakfast in a road house where the parking lot was

full of giant trucks and even larger men, and women. The buffet bar was full

of every food item you can imagine including fresh fruit and there was no

limit to the number of times you could go and get a 'refill' although they

insisted that you used a clean plate everytime. The coffee never stopped

coming and the service was good natured and quick. Maybe our English

accents had something to do with that. The bill came to a measly $9 USD,

cheap by our standards and I left a good tip before we left replete to go on

our way and unable to eat anything else until the evening. What did all

that do to my BG control, don't ask!!??** But it taught me a lesson about

eating habits in the US and the sort of portions that you're expected to

consume or take away. I like eating, don't we all, but trying to control

diabetes in the face of this temptation can be daunting. I hope that your

next experience of eating out on your next anniversary will be a better one.

Take care. Barry UK

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[Guest guest]

Hi Eunice,

I am glad that you enjoyed your anniversary even though the breakfast buffet

was disappointing. May you have another 29 plus years together. Yesterday was

also our anniversary 12 yrs for us and I had been in bed with an earache. But

managed to get doctor myself to go to dinner as I knew I must eat. It was

pleasant but nothing different did not feel up the much better style of

restaurant this time around.

Hugs

(IN)

[Guest guest]

We sometimes go out for Sunday lunch to Indian restaurant where they have a

buffet and it's very enjoyable although I have to watch what I eat otherwise

my BG result goes off the meter. Before we left America for home the last

time we were there I said to our host that I couldn't possibly leave without

having a genuine American hamburger. So we were taken to a well known

hamburger joint (can't remember the name now) and I ordered what I thought

would be a reasonable meal. When the hamburger arrived I just sat and looked

at it in astonishment for quite a long time. It covered the whole plate and

then some and that was without the fries and salad which arrived separately.

Then I learnt what a 'doggy bag' was for!! But I cheated and didn't test

myself before or after the meal, simply shot what I thought would be enough

insulin to cover it. Seemed to work because I'm still here but not to be

recommended. I have a stepdaughter affectionately called Barbie who's an

Emergency Nurse Practitioner. She can recall some amazing anecdotes of

people rescued from near death having suffered a severe 'hypo' because no

one around them knew they were diabetic and didn't recognise the symptoms.

There's a moral in there somewhere.

Take care. Barry UK

RE: Disappointing Breakfast

> Hey! We in the US don't all eat at buffets all the time!!! I personally

> don't like them b/c sometimes the food is cold or yucky looking..plus the

> thought of other people probably touching it. Yuck.

>

>

>

> Barbie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/1/2006 3:00:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

linda5309@... writes:

Yesterday was also our anniversary 12 yrs for us and I had been in bed with

an earache. But managed to get doctor myself to go to dinner as I knew I

must eat. It was pleasant but nothing different did not feel up the much

better

style of restaurant this time around.

Hi ,

Happy belated anniversary to you and your hubby. May you have many, many

more. Sorry you were sick but now you have next year to look forward to.

Maybe you and your hubby can go out this weekend to a nice restaurant. It is

ok

to celebrate an anniversary a week late.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/1/2006 8:18:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

hodges.jan@... writes:

Glad you had a great day, even though the

breakfast was less than you expected.

Hi Jan,

It wasn't just about the food, I could be happy eating a peanut butter and

jelly sandwich, especially with hubby. Something about the whole restaurant

was different. noticed it immediately as he walked in.

Life is too short to let something like that bother me.

hugs

Eunice - who has lunch dates with hubby every Tuesday and Friday

[Guest guest]

Same here - the only time I really eat at a Buffet is on vacation to

Reno or Las Vegas - it is the cheapest way to eat there sometimes. But

if I can talk my DH out of it, we eat at a " regular " restaurant.

The whole idea of the " sneeze shield " just doesn't appeal to me!

Dana )

Doug, Dana & Cassidy (age 8)

Re: Disappointing Breakfast

I'm sorry you had a bad experience particularly on an important day like

your 29th anniversary! Our first meal in America was somewhere in

Wisconsin

where we stopped for breakfast in a road house where the parking lot was

full of giant trucks and even larger men, and women. The buffet bar was

full

of every food item you can imagine including fresh fruit and there was

no

limit to the number of times you could go and get a 'refill' although

they

insisted that you used a clean plate everytime. The coffee never

stopped

coming and the service was good natured and quick. Maybe our English

accents had something to do with that. The bill came to a measly $9

USD,

cheap by our standards and I left a good tip before we left replete to

go on

our way and unable to eat anything else until the evening. What did all

that do to my BG control, don't ask!!??** But it taught me a lesson

about

eating habits in the US and the sort of portions that you're expected to

consume or take away. I like eating, don't we all, but trying to

control

diabetes in the face of this temptation can be daunting. I hope that

your

next experience of eating out on your next anniversary will be a better

one.

Take care. Barry UK

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[Guest guest]

Happy Anniversary Eunice ! Glad you had a great day, even though the

breakfast was less than you expected.

Jan

Jan Hodges

http://www.greentwo.com

Disappointing Breakfast

> Today was our 29th anniversary. Yes, I've been married to the same

> wonderful man for 29 years.

>

> We went to our favorite restaurant, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, for

> breakfast. We have been going to this restaurant even before we were

> married. We had

> not been for 2 or 3 years. Today was a disappointment. They offer a

> breakfast buffet, but most of the containers were empty. They did not

> have the

> nice selection they have had in the past. The quality and quantity of

> service

> have really gone down, but prices have gone up.

>

> They only had two waitresses working and I could tell they were

> overworked.

>

> Normally, I'm a positive person and would say that today was just a bad

> day,

> but I don't think that is the case. It was not as many people there as

> we

> have seen in the past.

>

> We still had a wonderful anniversary and we had a great dinner prepared by

> the best cook, my hubby. LOL

>

> hugs

> Eunice

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think the key is that just because it's there

doesn't mean you have to eat it. Resturants find that

the most efficient way to feed a big crowd quickly is

buffet style. The clean plate each time is a health

code rule that is suposed to protect us from cross

contamination and germ spreading. We (Americans)

aren't really a stereo type. We aren't all really

" dirty Americans " . We really do have individual brains

and many of us actually do use them.

I think the friendly service you received is the

usual. I find people treat you the way you treat them.

Yall were polite and nice, so you were treated in

kind.

My in-laws travel alot in an RV. They agree busy truck

stops end up being great places to eat.

-Sunny

--- Barry wrote:

> I'm sorry you had a bad experience particularly on

> an important day like

> your 29th anniversary! Our first meal in America

> was somewhere in Wisconsin

> where we stopped for breakfast in a road house where

> the parking lot was

> full of giant trucks and even larger men, and women.

> The buffet bar was full

> of every food item you can imagine including fresh

> fruit and there was no

> limit to the number of times you could go and get a

> 'refill' although they

> insisted that you used a clean plate everytime. The

> coffee never stopped

> coming and the service was good natured and quick.

> Maybe our English

> accents had something to do with that. The bill

> came to a measly $9 USD,

> cheap by our standards and I left a good tip before

> we left replete to go on

> our way and unable to eat anything else until the

> evening. What did all

> that do to my BG control, don't ask!!??** But it

> taught me a lesson about

> eating habits in the US and the sort of portions

> that you're expected to

> consume or take away. I like eating, don't we all,

> but trying to control

> diabetes in the face of this temptation can be

> daunting. I hope that your

> next experience of eating out on your next

> anniversary will be a better one.

>

> Take care. Barry UK

>

> Disappointing Breakfast

>

>

> > Today was our 29th anniversary. Yes, I've been

> married to the same

> > wonderful man for 29 years.

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

OH lucky!

Alaska has always been on my list of places I want to

visit.

-Sunny

> We started

> talking about our trip we made in 1998 to Alaska

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