Yesterday at QuiXote's

Now that I have been in the Restaurant business for just over one month I think I finally found some enjoyment out of the dumbest thing I have ever done in my adult life which was opening a restaurant to begin with.

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I am enjoying having the people I know and like come into the restaurant to eat and chat. Believe it or not it has taken me a whole month to find this redeeming tidbit in the mess of opening and operating a restaurant.

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Below is Richard and his dad. Richard is a property manager here on the North Coast and manages a few condo complexes. I am sure some of you deal with him on a day to day basis.

These folks below have a place here and are back and forth to the states. It is real nice to see them when they are in town. I enjoy chatting with them and they have taken part in the fund raising we do here in the Dominican Republic to benefit the poor children. Matter of fact they bid and purchased at our last auction a Plane Ride in Maine amoung other things and the person that donated it was also in the restaurant at the same time and pictured below their picture. Say hi to Mainegirl and her daughter. You will never meet two nicer and more beautiful women anywhere in the world! This is the second time I have seen her this year which thrills me to no end. I have had a crush on her since the first day I met her and she becomes more beautiful every time I have the pleasure to look at her. My Gawd, look at her daughter. She is going to be a heart breaker and everyone that had the pleasure of looking at her last night said the same thing. She has dimples that are as big as the Grand Canyon when she smiles which is a "LOT", thank the heavens!

While having dinner a friend of ours Shad was brought up. Shad, his wife Felicia and two children live in Cabrera. So, we of course call him to say hello. Amity and her daughter are off to Samana today and are going to hopefully stop at Cabrera to get the quarter tour of Shad Ponderosa which is a lovely place to visit. I stop there very often and actually every time I am in that area.

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If Shad makes the mistake of NOT being there when I drop in unannounced I steal his vegetables to punish him for the slight:) Great guy, great farm and all around great stop on the Escott North Coast Tour! .

It was a pleasure to finally find some redeeming value to opening a restaurant. Yesterday was a very pleasant day and I had a smile on my face after seeing many people I enjoy in the restaurant. Another great family was also in and are regulars. Lee and Joanne along with their beautiful daughter. I keep forgetting to grab a picture of them but I will next week when they come in again.

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Yesterday on http://www.lifeinthedr.com/forum there was a thread that had a reference to another thread on DR1. When I followed that link to see the reference I saw a mention of AZB talking about some guy that flashes a big wad of bills to pay a 20 peso bill. He didn't mention my name but he has before and I can only assume that he is talking about me again. Seems to be the passtime of some people to take shots at people that won't respond.

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Only time I would see AZB was in Santiago. This moron couldn't ever understand that the only reason I would leave the seaside to go to a smelly hot dirty city in the middle of the country was to shop. That is the only redeemable feature of Santiago other than a stop at the Hillbilly Estate which is a favorite of all visitors to the City. He actually knows that I hate Santiago and everything about it and understands the only reason I am there is for construction materials. Of course I carry a WAD of money with me. You have to actually "PAY" for the stuff you buy. I was never the type of person to pound out what I wanted with credit cards I had no intention of paying off and being a dirtbag like some other people here. Perhaps one day people won't take free shots that are NOT free in the end but I doubt that they will ever have the sense to realize it isn't right.

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I guess he is just jealous that he has to work there at Dominican Wages even for a professional. He tried to do business in Puerto Plata but failed and had to move to a city so he could find more people that would come to him. I don't know why he was a failure as there are other Chiropractors here on the North Coast who are successful but alas he went broke and had to move to the interior to make a few dollars. Poor guy is jealous of others who didn't come to the Caribbean to live in a dirty hot city and since he is stuck in Santiago talks about it like it is the second coming of Jesus to make himself feel better about his poor living situation. Poor guy also has to make himself feel better by conquering poor bario gals who are impressed with his 15 year old Corolla:) Next time I am going to bring a wad of pesos that will be big enough to choke a horse just to piss him off further!

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Hasta Pronto!