In 1997 was thrown out of the Restaurant in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem when it was apparent that after an hour or so of ordering only bread it was clear I had no money and didn’t intend to order anything more than water.
You are so good, in your writing, at putting me right there next to you. I can smell what the crown jewel room tastes like cuz if you (and cuz I remember it from my visit there in 1994, also studying abroad, I had to teach a midsummers night dream to high schoolers)
I nearly got kicked out of the Grand Central Rail at roughly similar time periods. Only I'd like to think cultural differences were more at play than just my own stupidity, but yes there was plenty of that, too.
In 1997 was thrown out of the Restaurant in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem when it was apparent that after an hour or so of ordering only bread it was clear I had no money and didn’t intend to order anything more than water.
Hey, ya' gotta do what you gotta' do to get your daily bread! :-)
This sounds like something that could have happened to me in my youth. “Beefeaters could smell the Mad Cow on me” is masterful.
Thank you, Chris 😄 This is the kind of thing that still happens to me now, unintentionally ignoring signs 🙃 (Gad Dang Beefeaters!)
You are so good, in your writing, at putting me right there next to you. I can smell what the crown jewel room tastes like cuz if you (and cuz I remember it from my visit there in 1994, also studying abroad, I had to teach a midsummers night dream to high schoolers)
So you had to go there too! Oh, no. Did they have the people mover at the time? I think I was a few years later.
All I can remember is the embarrassment! And I don’t get embarrassed very easily.
I feel I should tut as a British person 🤣
Oh, I got plenty of that! :)
That was hysterical. Not the part where you got sick of course, but the rest of it 😂
Tragedy plus time equals comedy 😀🥹
Fabulous story. Your sense of humour is almost British, so maybe that acute dose of BSE did you some good... 😛
Ha! Thanks Johnathan. Maybe it did...
That was rather fun. 😄
I nearly got kicked out of the Grand Central Rail at roughly similar time periods. Only I'd like to think cultural differences were more at play than just my own stupidity, but yes there was plenty of that, too.
Awesome you have those photos!
Thanks James! I was going through an old album and found those pics and had to write about it. I HAD to get the pictures out there :)
I still wonder why I did that. I can be so oblivious. Probably why I can't find a typo to save my life!
I’ve now read this three times.