{"id":580,"date":"2012-01-10T21:30:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T02:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viciousgrin.com\/blog\/?p=580"},"modified":"2012-01-10T21:37:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T02:37:02","slug":"waste-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viciousgrin.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/waste-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Not&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m in Dallas for work. When away from home, I avoid restaurants I can eat at when home like it was my only purpose in life. Technically, I&#8217;m in Addison. There are 3 things in Addison: a big fancy mall, hotels, and 873,000 restaurants. Finding an interesting place to eat is not even a little bit hard.<\/p>\n<p>Two coworkers and I ended up at a place called Blue Mesa Grill. Wonderful place. Nice atmosphere, great food, and a ridiculously large tequila menu.<\/p>\n<p>One of my companions and I ordered margaritas. I opted for a blood orange sage and he went for grapefruit tarragon. Our waitress switched them when she brought them. I knew from the first sip I had the wrong drink. My dining companion looked at the drinks and said, &#8220;Yeah, you&#8217;re right, but you&#8217;re not getting this back. Mine now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I had the waitress check to make sure the drinks had been swapped. She carried it off back to the bar, confirmed, and brought it back. I put in another order for the right drink and before she got too far, hollered, &#8220;Well, there&#8217;s no need to let that one go to waste&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hehehehe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m in Dallas for work. When away from home, I avoid restaurants I can eat at when home like it was my only purpose in life. Technically, I&#8217;m in Addison. There are 3 things in Addison: a big fancy mall, hotels, and 873,000 restaurants. 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