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Diners
Tuesday, April 15, 2003Yesterday, we were driving along, and we found a diner, called the Yakety Yak, on route 66. It's near Apollo in Pennsylvania, which is on the Pittsburgh side of the state. I think that sometimes ambiance does influence appetite. There was something about this place...worn looking on the outside, but clean on the inside, with it's brushed aluminum, the pink piping of pink neon behind the counter and the coffee maker area. The booth seats each shared an ornate wood post with a pair of coat hooks on it. The seats were in good condition, the floor with it's patterned linoleum looked hardly worn. It was almost like eating in a train car, the ceiling had that curve to it with the lights that ran along the ceiling hidden in the folds of it, reflecting off the white paint and down on us. The corner windows were curved glass, the venetian blinds were half way down to block out the afternoon glare. The waitress wasn't, as you would expect, a gum chewing aging cheerleader who said Hon alot, but a cappuccino colored woman whose smiled actually reached her eyes. Briskly efficient, she moved quickly around the small space of the diner, handing out specials and pouring coffee. I could not place her accent, it was a little more clipped than the India accents I heard at university, and I was too shy to ask her where she was once from. I do not suppose it matters...in the end, we're all from where our house is, and the past becomes muddied. Blogger Secret of the day for AOLer's...use your write mail command to spell check your blog entries. It's faster than using the Blog spell check (if you're on pro) and you can mail the entry to yourself if something happens and things don't seem to post right. Of course, I'm not overly thrilled with the AOL spellcheck...but it does in a pinch. Permalink Cindy scribed this at 9:00 PM 0 comments |