Barb, on the other hand, is not fond of the spicier taste of the Hatch Chiles that make find their way into the daily menu as well as the signature dishes. She opts for the mildest dishes available. We were talking to the manager the other day, who admitted that she too was not a fan of spiciness, yet, as manager, everyday she goes into the kitchen and tastes all the dishes and sauces as part of the quality control. I want her job.
We also had a lengthy conversation with our favorite Chuy's waitress on Monday. Perhaps I should say our current favorite waitress; many have come and gone in our twenty-some-odd years of dining at Chuy's. We normally only get a few minutes to visit each week because she's always busy, but Monday her tables were all out on the patio, and since it was about 105 degrees and she understandably had no customers out there, she sat down and chatted with us.
She's an interesting person; I'm guessing she's in her mid-thirties and has been in the food service business since she was in her teens. She has done it all and seen it all, apparently, ranging from fights between customers to being held up at gunpoint! She and her husband - a mechanic for American Airlines - vacation by cruising the US on motorcycles.
The neighborhood birds had no difficulty finding the new location of the bird feeders. Especially not the sparrows and grackles. Interestingly, some of the most regular feeders now are Blue Jays; they didn't come to the old feeder as frequently as they do now. Saw a woodpecker out there Friday.
Our milder-than-usual summer days have given way to the real temperatures of summer. We have had multiple triple digit days, but thankfully, nothing like the record 90+ days of 2011. This too shall pass.
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