If I fill out 5 job applications (and I've already filled out one at Parker's), I can watch "Get Smart" which I borrowed from Emily. If I fill out two more, I can watch the little followup they did on Bruce and Lloyd (<3 Masi Oka), and speaking of Masi Oka, if I fill out two more I can watch Heroes on TV tonight instead of online tomorrow.
I picked up a TON of apps yesterday at the Forum, and only a couple here in town today, but it was a nice walk around so there ya go. The Forum is promising, Williams Sonoma and Banana Republic were hiring late because of the economy (one of the managers said she was waiting until a week after the election to start handing out applications-- she wanted to see what the stock market did) and a couple other seemed to be as well. It'd be a pain in the butt to drive all the way out there, but the scheduling sounds pretty decent, so it would be worth my while and I could get a few days off now and again to go down to see Jeremy. It would be better if I got a job in Decatur, then we wouldn't have to front the money to get new tires on the car and get it registered (not as big of a deal since I'm not driving it and, thanks to the tires, it's in obvious disrepair) because I could just walk to work. I applied at Parker's, which is where the old Mick's used to be (for the like zero people from Decatur who read this blog) and looks really super nice on the inside. I talked to the head chef who thought she recognized me from Birdi's, so hopefully she'll tell the hiring manager that I'm cute and nice and experienced and he should hire me first.
Brickstore is a possibility because of the Brickstore Biergarten (opening January at the latest, btw) and there's a new pizza place opening, Zucco, but the owner wasn't there when I stopped by and I don't think the painters spoke English so I'll probably just drop a letter of interest and a resume in the mail.
Though, let's be honest, I would die of happiness to work at WS or BR! I would spend too much money at WS, but that's ok. I'd have really nice kitchen stuff, and maybe even get some presents for people!
Anyway, I'm sure you're all thrilled with my job search updates, since that's what this has turned in to, but since there's not much else going on, I'll just bug out and start working on those apps and chopping up the butternut squash and the potatoes for the shepherd's pie (just the potatoes for the pie, not the squash).
Showing posts with label decatur restaurants. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Watershed on Ponce
The Watershed on Ponce
4/5
The Watershed is a clean, neat looking restaurant in what I believe used to be a hardware store space. Headed by the Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers, they aim to serve simple food with rich flavors. I had never been before, but an old friend I hadn't seen in a while suggested we meet up for lunch. When I asked my mother what I should get, her response was simple, "Anything." I'd heard this about Watershed's food, with the exception of a one time spider-in-the-watercress sandwich. Laura (my friend) suggested the chicken salad sandwich, and upon seeing it was not only one of the less expensive things on the menu but a white truffle chicken salad sandwich, I went for it.
The chicken salad was fantastic-- well balanced flavors, a nice surprise with golden raisins instead of the currently popular mandarin oranges, and the bread was fresh and tasty. The portion was enormous, and well worth the $9. Had I not been so enamored I couldn't stop munching, I would have been able to make two meals out of it! I would give Watershed a 5/5 simply for that sandwich, but our service was less than exemplary. I used to hesitate to criticize service, but having been a waitress for six plus years I now feel as though I can do so comfortably. Our waitress really didn't seem to care about us, and while I can understand wanting to pay attention to the larger checks, you can get just as little tip off ignoring a small table as well as not garnering more business for the restaurant. We were there for nearly three hours, we hadn't seen each other in six years, and we saw her more often when she was trying to get us off the table that nobody was waiting for than when we were actually eating or requiring refills on our drinks. I ended up leaving her a little extra on the basis that we had taken up valuable table space, but it was grudgingly so since my half was only $12 and we had to ask for refills every time.
The only other complaint I have with Watershed is that they don't serve sweet tea-- they buy in to the Texas mentality that sweet tea is the same as unsweetened tea with sugar or sweet and low.
All in all, I would highly suggest the restaurant. The atmosphere is relaxed, but crisp, and surely the entire staff can't be as uncaring as our waitress was.
Edit: They apparently also have a habit of charging the wrong amount to credit cards, so I would suggest cash. I have to go talk to them tomorrow, and when I mentioned it to mom she said the same thing happened to her, but they are good about taking care of it.
4/5
The Watershed is a clean, neat looking restaurant in what I believe used to be a hardware store space. Headed by the Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers, they aim to serve simple food with rich flavors. I had never been before, but an old friend I hadn't seen in a while suggested we meet up for lunch. When I asked my mother what I should get, her response was simple, "Anything." I'd heard this about Watershed's food, with the exception of a one time spider-in-the-watercress sandwich. Laura (my friend) suggested the chicken salad sandwich, and upon seeing it was not only one of the less expensive things on the menu but a white truffle chicken salad sandwich, I went for it.
The chicken salad was fantastic-- well balanced flavors, a nice surprise with golden raisins instead of the currently popular mandarin oranges, and the bread was fresh and tasty. The portion was enormous, and well worth the $9. Had I not been so enamored I couldn't stop munching, I would have been able to make two meals out of it! I would give Watershed a 5/5 simply for that sandwich, but our service was less than exemplary. I used to hesitate to criticize service, but having been a waitress for six plus years I now feel as though I can do so comfortably. Our waitress really didn't seem to care about us, and while I can understand wanting to pay attention to the larger checks, you can get just as little tip off ignoring a small table as well as not garnering more business for the restaurant. We were there for nearly three hours, we hadn't seen each other in six years, and we saw her more often when she was trying to get us off the table that nobody was waiting for than when we were actually eating or requiring refills on our drinks. I ended up leaving her a little extra on the basis that we had taken up valuable table space, but it was grudgingly so since my half was only $12 and we had to ask for refills every time.
The only other complaint I have with Watershed is that they don't serve sweet tea-- they buy in to the Texas mentality that sweet tea is the same as unsweetened tea with sugar or sweet and low.
All in all, I would highly suggest the restaurant. The atmosphere is relaxed, but crisp, and surely the entire staff can't be as uncaring as our waitress was.
Edit: They apparently also have a habit of charging the wrong amount to credit cards, so I would suggest cash. I have to go talk to them tomorrow, and when I mentioned it to mom she said the same thing happened to her, but they are good about taking care of it.
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