[cuban leaf]

I’m 60. Restaurant food is kinda like roller coasters. It’s a really big deal when you are younger. When you are older, it’s not really worth the trouble.

We do restaurants mainly out of convenience, with the rare exception of the good pizza places, which we hit once every four or five months.

[liberalh8ter]

We don't really eat out, either. On the rare occasion we do, there's so much salt in the food it takes me 3 days to recover! When not traveling by camper, I rent through VRBO so I can cook. I find my vacations are much more satisfying that way.

[Starboard]

I must be getting a lot older. The waiters are really starting to annoy me. Their conversational ability seems to be limited to one phrase: “no problem”. But there’s usually a problem of some type (e.g., no napkins, insufficient utensils, one dollup of ketchup left in the bottle, dirty plates, etc.). The one thing you can count on, however, is that service will dramatically improve when its time to pay for the meal. They’ll bring that to you right away — “no problem”.

[sheana]

Hubby and I eat every meal at home except on Wednesday night and that is just an excuse to get out of the house together.
We don’t do anything fancy. We have a Mexican place here that does 2 for 1 on Wednesdays. I’ve found a really nice and cheap Chinese place. We usually don’t spend over $15 on dinner for us.