tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8042413685120909739..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.792-05:00Comments on Althouse: "After Review of Grand Forks Olive Garden, Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73019462236533349902012-03-15T09:59:09.825-05:002012-03-15T09:59:09.825-05:00Ans yea, like Grand Forks is a mecca of Authentic ...Ans yea, like Grand Forks is a mecca of Authentic Italian food and here comes OG to ruin it.SGT Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00184808889760136366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59118821520851286462012-03-15T09:57:29.107-05:002012-03-15T09:57:29.107-05:00She is the talk of the social media because it is ...She is the talk of the social media because it is hip to bash Olive Garden. <br /><br />Most 85 year olds can't handle heavily spiced food, so I don't really trust the source for accuracy.SGT Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00184808889760136366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84104070392174154292012-03-14T15:25:12.015-05:002012-03-14T15:25:12.015-05:00Thatsa some bland meatball!Thatsa some bland meatball!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69621117305873833902012-03-14T09:13:07.820-05:002012-03-14T09:13:07.820-05:00Reminds me of that FANTASTIC fisking that Lileks d...Reminds me of that FANTASTIC fisking that Lileks did on the Guardian'strip to the Olive Garden about 10 years ago. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030416020456/http://www.lileks.com/writings/screed/olivegarden.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a>Rialbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448720771565399312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28618207138195800802012-03-14T07:50:08.293-05:002012-03-14T07:50:08.293-05:00I have a friend who writhed weekly about writing O...I have a friend who writhed weekly about writing ONE column a week for the Lakeland (Fl) Ledger.<br />If Ms. Hagerty can manage to write 5 columns a week without kids, wife, or plumbing problems in her house, more power to her.Fprawlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17560583598795303353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26043638774843528852012-03-14T05:54:21.512-05:002012-03-14T05:54:21.512-05:00OG is just one more sign of the world moving to ND...OG is just one more sign of the world moving to ND.<br /><br />Not unlike the French hookers moving to Sacramento after gold was discovered.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80684221120601887562012-03-14T04:11:57.551-05:002012-03-14T04:11:57.551-05:00The worst review I saw said the cook flipped food ...The worst review I saw said the cook flipped food using the same spatula he used to kill a bug. Maybe it was a health inspection report. That was a nearby place I used to go for breakfast.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63868432916515626552012-03-14T02:53:27.762-05:002012-03-14T02:53:27.762-05:00I was watching the news on the treadmill today whe...I was watching the news on the treadmill today when this story came on (on the tv news! what the fuck) and I felt exactly that feeling from Sartre, La Nausee. All these pointless, meaningless memes constantly creeping in to our lives, accruing existential mass and threatening to fill us up with ill-tempered trivia. The Olive Garden review lady frin the Dakotas broke my camel's back. It will be with me forever, for that reason alone. <br /><br />I might need a mental health break. But I think a better answer, for me, is just some self-medication.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18487448202055002342012-03-14T01:51:28.541-05:002012-03-14T01:51:28.541-05:00Thing is, it's so easy to make good pasta at h...Thing is, it's so easy to make good pasta at home.<br /><br />So the eat-out pasta can be pretty good and still not be at all interesting.Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61259179956807510492012-03-14T00:49:06.797-05:002012-03-14T00:49:06.797-05:00You know that Grand Forks North Dakota is not the ...You know that Grand Forks North Dakota is not the culinary capital of the world. So a chain restaurant comes to town and a local samples it. How many other Italian restaurants does she have to compare it with? And while she's in North Dakota, she's also "Minnesota Nice". If she can't find something good about the food, she writes about the decor--which she did in this case.<br /><br />I fly model airplanes in contests for fun. One place where we fly is Taft, California, about 60 miles west of Bakersfield. I went there several times a year for contests. Population is about 4,000 and it's decidedly "down scale". A fellow contest flyer told me that there was a "new Italian restaurant in town". I was kind of excited going up to Taft on my next trip. Whoo whee--an Italian restaurant--what a relief!<br /><br />Imagine my chagrin when I discovered that the "new Italian restaurant" was a Pizza Hut. In small towns you take what you can get. While you can easily see 5 stars--or maybe 5,000 at night, none of them will be Michelin stars hung on a restaurant. All you Twitter twits, give it a rest and leave Ms. Hagerty alone.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377962123190780101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21811508228928109212012-03-13T22:38:54.487-05:002012-03-13T22:38:54.487-05:00Hello Grand Forks, we are Unreliable Dachshund and...Hello Grand Forks, we are Unreliable Dachshund and we are here to rock you!Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8587936884218497352012-03-13T22:29:17.188-05:002012-03-13T22:29:17.188-05:00I'm just a touch over half her age, and I'...I'm just a touch over half her age, and I'm not sure I can keep up.<br /><br />I will note that I quoted the "I don't have time for this crap because I'm playing bridge and working" in the last thread on that. Golden.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438187774392753048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74393546596577407532012-03-13T22:27:37.035-05:002012-03-13T22:27:37.035-05:00I'm glad she wrote what she did. Every time w...I'm glad she wrote what she did. Every time we've been to Olive Garden it's been good. Even if food snobs say otherwise.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266094188872421777noreply@blogger.com