Weekend, Willy Wonka, and Whiskey's

Greetings to all and my apologies for taking so long to post. I hope that everyone had a great work week and that they are looking forward to their weekends!
Here are a few thoughts for now and I hope to once again return to regular posts albeit in smaller portions.

In terms of a quick head’s up both Bruce Springsteen’s concert at Gillette Stadium in August and Dave Matthews Band’s shows at the Tweeter Center go on sale tomorrow morning on ticketmaster.com. Both I promise you will be worth the price of admission.

I got to meet Gene Wilder last night at the Borders Bookstore in the Back Bay. Like all of us, I grew up watching Willy Wanka time and time again so it was definitely a true honor to meet one of the top comedic actors of the twentieth century. It was very interesting to observe Wilder off the camera—to be sure I was not expecting the out going liveliness of Wilder’s on screen characters but he was much more shy and reserved than I would have expected. It is always interesting for me to observe celebrities in the real world and while Wilder did nothing to disappoint me with rudeness it was interesting to observe him—I once again realized celebrities are in the end people first.

After the signing we headed down Boylston St to Whiskey’s for our dinner. I had been to Whiskey’s for drinks before but this was the first time I had eaten there. We decided to split two sandwiches and we went with the Dixie chicken sandwich (a chicken topped with cheddar, bacon, and barbeque sauce on ciabatta bread) and the Cajon Caesar rollup. Both were very good and combined with some of the fresher fries I’ve had in a while the meal was more than solid. The service was a different story—it took us about 15 minutes before we were waited on but once she arrived our waitress was friendly and attentive. The price was fair and the two sandwiches and two sodas came to $21 before tip. I’d give Whiskey’s a respectable 3/5.

Okay that is all for now—I hope you all have a good weekend!