Totally Unauthorized

It is true that if you play a lot of tournament it can feel like you live your life in a luxury hotel–which is mighty nice.  Sometimes, though, things don’t go exactly the way you think they will.

Mike and I played with Don and Linda Mamula today, and Linda Bandler arrived as well, so the five of us planned on going out for a nice dinner.

This plan came up short when I tried to get a reservation–the Lady Gaga concert was bringing thousands of people into town, and it seems like they all wanted to eat first.  There were no reservations to be had at any decent eatery we could walk to.

Grasping at straws, Micky suggested I try DeVinos Deli.  Yes, they could accomodate us.

Perhaps that’s because DeVinos is a bar, liquor store and pizza parlor.  When we got there, we were the only diners.  A few barflys swilling brew, but nobody else eating.

The food is basic, to say the least.

Linda is having the lasagna, elegantly served in an aluminum foil baking dish.

A very nice sausage calzone, and a not so good bowl of chicken and rice.

At least there was an interesting dessert–red velvet cake, which is hard to find in California.

Red velvet cake, made sometime this month. Or last.

I’ve been a sucker for red velvet cake ever since I saw Steel Magnolias. I still don’t really know what it is, but I like it.  This was OK, but would have been better if it was fresh.

You can’t really complain about a dinner that costs $13.  The service, limited to delivering the food we had gone to the counter to order, was prompt and efficient.  And we got to walk through the Lady Gaga crowds each way, so there was even a floor show.  Just more living in the lap of luxury here in Kentucky.