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September 13 • 2007
y wife found a dead bug in
her drink the other night.
That sounds like the set-
up to an old, bad joke. Unfortunately,
dining out with Sherry frequently
involves being part of a punch line.
In Las Vegas, someone who ends
a winning streak for patrons at a hot
table is called a "cooler." Sherry would
qualify as a restaurant cooler. I have
never known anyone
with worse luck.
She has found glass
in her cole slaw. If she
orders soup, it always
arrives tepid. She will
get the table right
under the malfunc-
tioning air conditioner
that is grinding away
like a chainsaw.
If there is a waiter
with attitude working
in the place, that's the one she'll get. If
there is a hole in the ceiling, her table
will be located right below the dripping
rainwater. An insect in her wine glass
is simply part of a greater scheme.
I told her that it was no big deal. In
Mexico, they put a worm in tequila
bottles. She told me to perform an
unsanitary act in my hat and pull it
down over my ears.
It's not just ordinary small annoy-
ances: eggs cooked wrong, slow ser-
vice. With Sherry, it's an endless streak
of tiny disasters.
It's something I'm resigned to. I'm
married to a walking culinary mis-
fortune. She's the cooler. If I owned
a restaurant and saw her coming, I'd
pull the shades, turn out the lights and
pretend to be closed.
It doesn't happen all the time. She
has a pretty good track record at
Pepino's, in Walled Lake, and at the
Early Bird, in Keego Harbor.
But even on the road, bad things
seem to follow her around. We had to
walk out of a place in Kennebunkport,
Maine, when the hostess brusquely
refused her politely stated request
for a window seat on the water, even
though the place was half empty and
no reservations were being held.
We once arrived at a rib joint that
had been recommended to us near
Harbor Springs, and after waiting 20
minutes for a table were told it had
run out of ribs. I am not making any
of this up and I don't think these ridic-
ulous things happen to most people.
Of course, I must bear my share
of the blame. Several years ago, I
wanted to take her to dinner at one of
my favorite places: the Columbia, in
Tampa's Thor City. I told her to skip
lunch because we were going to chow
down big time.
We took a table; she got a whiff of
the cooking oils, told me she had to
urgently visit the ladies room and that
I had better help her get there. About
midway to our destination, she slowly
sagged to the floor.
Did I mention that she was
seven months pregnant at the
time? I probably should. See,
I told you I bear part of the
blame.
Another time, while in Arles,
she felt indisposed midway
through the meal and asked
me to walk her back to the
hotel, about three blocks away.
The waiter came charging after
us, convinced we were trying
to duck out without paying for the
meal and, inexplicably, without even
eating it. Crazy Americans!
I went back and ate both dinners.
I'm willing to make these sacrifices for
the well being of my mate.
I wanted nothing to do, however,
with the oenophilic bug. Red wine
gives me a headache. 11
George Cantor's e-mail address is
gcantor614@aol.com.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
The United Nations Human Rights
Council, since its creation last year,
has criticized only one country
— Israel — for its military actions
in the Palestinian territories and in
Lebanon.
The Answer
The Council has been roundly
criticized by the U.S. and other
Western countries for its bias and
its launching of spiteful attacks
against Israel, with the U.S. Senate
now considering a cut-off of aid to
the body.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council of Metropolitan
Detroit
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