Category Archives: Restaurants

How to Run a Successful Lemonade Stand

Posted on July 26, 2012 by judisunshine

So y’all know about my ice-cream truck endeavor when I was six. Well that was just the tip of the iceberg. Though the truck never hit the streets, I had tasted the power. The power of entrepeneurship. Growing up in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged apartment building, Chef Ramsay, ennui, entrepreunership, Front Street Hempstead New York, How to run a successful lemonade stand, Howard Johnson's, ice cream trucks, kitchen gadgets, Kool-Aid, lemon squeezer, power, the '70s, ticky-tacky | Leave a comment

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Ask The Waitress: “Officer, He Swore He Was 21!”

Posted on April 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Q: Is “Dude. Seriously? These are our parents, ” a valid ID in the state of Colorado? A: No I don’t mean to be a jerk, but is it truly a hardship to carry a valid form of photo identification … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged alcohol, bartender, beer, cigarettes, Colorado state, Denver, Dr. Pepper, drinking, Dude, Fat Tire, liquor, mofo, paperwork, photo ID, server, smoking, sting operations, tipping, undercover, valid ID, waitress | 10 Comments

They Will Only Make You Feel Ugly

Posted on February 29, 2012 by judisunshine

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. ~ Baz Luhrmann I bought my first beauty magazine — an issue of Teen — in 1989, the summer before ninth grade. It was time, I understood, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged attempts to be demure, bad photos, Baz Luhrmann, Beauty magazines, blue eyeshadow, boots, browns, Cosmo, diet pills, embarrassing pics, floral vests, jewel tones, lack of interest in purses, long skirts, pearl-buttoned blouses, pissed off canaries, plums, puffed sleeves, straight bangs, Taffy Sinclair, Teen Beat, Teen Magazine, The Wizard of Oz, touch of sun, waitressing, weight loss, yearbook pictures | 3 Comments

Stop Me When I’m Passing By

Posted on February 1, 2012 by judisunshine

When we moved into our first house, I was 5 and three quarters, and excited for myriad reasons. Obviously, there was more space in a house than a one-bedroom apartment. But there was also treasure at every turn. The place … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged dashed dreams, fairy costumes, glitter, Hot Wheels, ice cream truck, imagination, Ollie, summer days, Toss Across | 2 Comments

Dates & Dickiegrams

Posted on January 19, 2012 by judisunshine

My first boyfriend was named Dick. We began our relationship in the fourth grade, when our mutual friend Jeffrey Paradise brought me a “Dickiegram” on the playground at lunch. I’d never received such a message, but was excited. Dick was … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Restaurants, Romance, School, Women | Tagged Bagelmania, bicycle safety, dates, dickiegrams, early Madonna, friends named Jeffrey, friends named Jen, lace bows, neon, pin stripes, polo shirts, shyness | 3 Comments

Red Faced At Red Lobster

Posted on January 12, 2012 by judisunshine

What I need you to do is take everything you think you know about working in a restaurant, tear it up, stomp on it, set it on fire, and throw it out the window into a pool of gasoline. Wait, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Restaurants, Work | Tagged Cheddar Bay Biscuits, inappropriateness, lobster stuffed mushrooms, mozzarella sticks, Red Lobster, silverware | 10 Comments

Glug, Glug, Gag!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by judisunshine

So I’ve been feeling extremely off, and I don’t know if it’s the weather, the stress of moving AGAIN, or what. So I decided to hit the health food store. While in GNC, I thought of getting some detox tea, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Friends, Lists, Restaurants, Work | Tagged Boulder Creek, breast milk, bright idea, dares, detox tea, drinking, fear and trepidation, green stuff, gross things, health food store, pickle juice | 1 Comment

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 19: Drive-Thru

Posted on October 27, 2011 by judisunshine

“Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of ‘Hella-Burger,’ starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.” How could such a description leave any doubt in my mind that “Drive-Thru” was my Cheesy … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Food, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, Restaurants, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged Drive-Thru, horror movies, Jan Levinson(-Gould), Leighton Meester, scary clowns | 5 Comments

North of the Border (A Harrowing Quest for Taco Bell)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by judisunshine

Can someone please tell me what self-respecting Taco Bell doesn’t have a drive-thru? Never mind, I’ll tell YOU. The one on Old Country Road in Hicksville (I think), that’s what…one…doesn’t. You know what I mean. Either way, that is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving & Other Transportation, Food, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Music, Restaurants | Tagged Cross Island Parkway, Directions, driving, Long Island, Skid Row, Taco Bell | 3 Comments

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