Today I went to lunch at Watershed with my Paypal. Although Watershed is sort of an upscale place, or at least decidedly in mid-range, it has very reasonable lunch prices. Sandwiches are $8-9 and lunch entrees are $10-13. So it’s totally a viable place to have a delicious lunch and it’s close to work as well. The only problem is that I can never get my regular lunch companions to go there. They think it’s too pricey (not that they would know) and they think it’s too fancy (again, if you never go there, how can you tell?) and they’d rather go to Chili’s. Now, I’m not a snob, I enjoy Chili’s as much as the next person. But don’t be writin’ off Watershed just because it was started by a lesbian folk singer (one of the Indigo Girls, uhh, the blond one) or some other such prejudice.

Anyway, today is Dining Out for Life, a day in which 20% of restaurant tabs at participating restaurants is donated to Project Open Hand, a charity that deals with AIDS. So I sent the list to my Paypal and told her to choose one. The list was not limited, and should have been a welcome task, however I think I overestimate other people’s capacity for choosing restaurants. It’s one of my most intense delights, but others are happier within their comfort zone. She couldn’t choose, so I did. And I’m glad I did because I had a ham and cheese pressed sandwich with a side of stewed tomatoes which hit the spot. Both were a little salty, but truthfully I like salt so I wasn’t disappointed.

Now it’s a beautiful day out and I’m back in the office. The Canadians want to go to a patio bar somewhere and enjoy it, but unfortunately we cannot go. First because I already had my bad food for the week, and second because we have been going out to eat so much that we’ve used up all of our extra cash this month. So the next week and a half are going to be low on the restaurant reviews, if you know what I mean. And I think you do.