We never realized it, but we have a lot in common with Frank Bruni. We both love eating, adore Top Chef and have a tough time dealing with a slow news cycle.
Today in his Diner???s Journal blog, Bruni laments the ???Napkin of Shame,??? the extra napkin servers at fancy restaurants put over tablecloths soiled by messy eaters. Hey, that???s another thing we share with Frank: we???re both better with a pen than a fork.
But lest you think that Bruni wrote this post just to meet some quota, he was in fact trying to get the attention of his new love interest:
I had just one companion: a date. So I???d like to believe I was eating in a more tidy, civilized fashion than I normally do. ??? At one point, toward the end of the meal, I left the table for a few minutes to visit the men???s room ??? A Napkin of Shame had appeared. I started to panic, then noticed something else. The stretch of tablecloth in front of my companion looked the same as mine did. My companion, too, had a Napkin of Shame. Maybe there???s a future here.
So endearing: Frank Bruni and the mystery companion should consider setting up a blog about their romance. In the mean time, with a cat and a good pair of pajamas, Bruni could drop the whole restaurant critic thing and blog full time.
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