Casual Lunch & Dog Park

Today we had lunch with TOBestman (owner of the limo we have borrowed), TOWife and Bubba G.

It was halal at a nice place called The Melbourne Pantry in Pascoe Vale. While the food was awesome (check out the photos of our burgers in the album), the shortage of qualified hospitality staff is very apparent. Almost every venue you go to is advertising for staff from chefs, cooks, waiting staff, etc.. Normally you receive your drinks, then your food, we finished half our meal before the drinks arrived (we had to ask for them) and then we still had to ask for glasses with ice. The sad thing is that these venues could be very good, but they are let down by a combination of inexperience and lack of life skills of younger people.

A nice change was that he meal that I suggested for TOGreatgrandma, who is normally a very picky eater, she absolutely demolished, leaving almost nothing on the plate. First time ever she has finished a restaurant meal without any words spoken.

After a brief sojourn back at TOBestman's place, we headed over to see TOGrandson,at the dog park with TOAmStaff and TODaughter. TOAmStaff decided to steal someone's sock, we thought it was a stray sock until she came back with a matching one. LOL. We quickly found its owner.

Then back to TODaughter's where she relished being able to get ready for a night out without negotiating baby duties.

Album
2021-12-22 - Casual Lunch & Dog Park
2021-12-21 - Pasta & Wine
2021-12-20 - Beach Day
2021-12-19 - The first babysitting
2021-12-18 - BNE to MEL