Comments on: The Rose Is The Thorn http://frogparade.com/2009/03/the-rose-is-the-thorn/ We like it here! One German and one American translating Los Angeles for the World. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Petra http://frogparade.com/2009/03/the-rose-is-the-thorn/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Petra Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:09:18 +0000 http://frogparade.com/?p=554#comment-494 Well, somebody must have imagined that it would be tasteful and attractive. I wonder what he or she had been smoking. Your experiences with the drinks sound horrible! It took me a while to learn that people here who offer "wine margaritas" are not just dumb, but simply have no liquor license. Hence the wine and no tequila. But it always helps to ask - sometimes one gets a wink and a smile. In those cases I never inquire more deeply, but order. Without the wink, I don't. :-) Well, somebody must have imagined that it would be tasteful and attractive. I wonder what he or she had been smoking.

Your experiences with the drinks sound horrible! It took me a while to learn that people here who offer “wine margaritas” are not just dumb, but simply have no liquor license. Hence the wine and no tequila. But it always helps to ask – sometimes one gets a wink and a smile. In those cases I never inquire more deeply, but order. Without the wink, I don’t. :-)

]]> By: Karen http://frogparade.com/2009/03/the-rose-is-the-thorn/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Karen Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:14:50 +0000 http://frogparade.com/?p=554#comment-493 Holy guacamole. That thing is just hideous. Do you suppose someone actually believed that it was tasteful and attractive? Speaking of whiskey, I've had two different recent experiences with restaurant bars not having a clue what goes in simple drinks. In one upscale restaurant in Tempe, AZ, I ordered an Irish coffee. The waiter came back and asked me what kind of liquor went in an Irish coffee! In a restaurant in New Iberia LA, I ordered a mimosa. The waitress came back and asked me would white wine be okay in the mimosa. "No." was the answer. I skipped the mimosa. Holy guacamole. That thing is just hideous. Do you suppose someone actually believed that it was tasteful and attractive?

Speaking of whiskey, I’ve had two different recent experiences with restaurant bars not having a clue what goes in simple drinks. In one upscale restaurant in Tempe, AZ, I ordered an Irish coffee. The waiter came back and asked me what kind of liquor went in an Irish coffee! In a restaurant in New Iberia LA, I ordered a mimosa. The waitress came back and asked me would white wine be okay in the mimosa. “No.” was the answer. I skipped the mimosa.

]]> By: Petra http://frogparade.com/2009/03/the-rose-is-the-thorn/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Petra Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:52:50 +0000 http://frogparade.com/?p=554#comment-492 Oh no - it probably would break my camera's sensor. :-) But if you click on "Desert Rose" in the first line - the link should take you straight to the web site. Oh no – it probably would break my camera’s sensor. :-)

But if you click on “Desert Rose” in the first line – the link should take you straight to the web site.

]]> By: Karen http://frogparade.com/2009/03/the-rose-is-the-thorn/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Karen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:48:08 +0000 http://frogparade.com/?p=554#comment-491 You didn't take a photo of the tacky rose? I really want to see this monstrosity. You didn’t take a photo of the tacky rose? I really want to see this monstrosity.

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