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OK, if you're gotten past that creepy headline—and I felt like I had to shower in Pine Sol after writing it—read further. I'm not making this up.
In pitching itself as a good spot for a Valentine's dinner out, Mildred's Temple Kitchen in Toronto, Ontario, is encouraging its customers to use its unisex bathrooms for sex that night. In its marketing effort, it proposes its bathrooms are one of the 101 places to have sex before you die.
Hmm. Seems my mind works in the other direction, as in the notion of having sex in a public restroom makes me want to die 101 deaths. Not only does the notion of coupling in a cramped and less than sanitary space sound appalling and uncomfortable, I cleaned enough restaurant bathrooms in my day to know you DO NOT want to be doing IT inside one.
Get over the freakiness, Mildred, and stick to the food. (Read the full story here.)
Limestone Restaurant kicks off 'Dinner Conversations' series with Rep. John Yarmuth: Limestone (10001 Forest Green Blvd.) will kick off its “Dinner Conversations” series of dinners on Feb. 18 with special guest U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth. No speeches or stumping, just an informal Q&A session between guests and Yarmuth centered on the topic of “What's Really Going On in Washington.”
Well, if Yarmuth can answer that clearly, then he's a genius. But ever the gentleman, I'm sure he'll do his best to give straight answers.
Chef-owner Jim Gerhardt has created a menu whose dishes bear some clever tongue-in-cheek names, such as lame duck confit salad, left wing chicken consommé, and pork barrel smoked bacon wrapped beef tenderloin.
The evening begins with an hors d'oeuvre reception at 6:30 p.m., with dinner following at 7. Cost is $55 per person, including non alcoholic beverages. (Adult beverages may be ordered on request, of course.) Call 426-7477 for reservations.
City is warming up to trans-fats ban in restaurants: Louisville's director of the Metro Department of Health and Wellness, Dr. Adewale Troutman, wants to ban trans-fats in restaurant food. Good for him. No, really, this is a good cause. But it's truly a molehill next to the mountain of trans-fat stored in most home kitchens.
Trans-fats do exist in restaurant foods—many fryer oils contain them, as do many prepared foods—but in much smaller amounts than packaged, shelf-stable foods bought from vending machines and grocery stores. Fact is massive amounts of trans-fats don't come from restaurant food.
Don't believe me? Then grab some packages off the shelf in your kitchen—start with chips, cookies, donuts and crackers—and look for hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Those are trans-fats, the stuff that jacks up your cholesterol and clogs your arteries.
As you might expect, at restaurants where food is prepared from scratch, you'll find fewer and even no trans-fats. But where you fetch your feed through a drive-thru chute, the levels go higher. (Read the full story here.)
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Really? You want someone to have sex here?
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Steve Coomes
fri feb 05 2010
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my comment on my own piece is to express surprise that there aren't any comments on this! I was shocked when I first read the item, and I've got to admit my surprise no one else has weighed in.
Maybe I'm an old fuddy-duddy about such crazy behavior. :-) But I found the notion of a restaurateur promoting this appalling and risky.
Think of it: Someone gets raped or molested in this situation and then sues the operator. Someone contracts a sexually transmitted disease and blames the restaurateur. Junk like that happens all the time.
Anyway, stir it up, people! Tell me what you think. |
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Beverly Bartlett
fri feb 05 2010
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Well, I was just speechless! |
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rob
fri feb 05 2010
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I'm thinking a trip to Canada is in order! This is certainly bizarre, and like Beverly I just had no idea what to make of it. |
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Ladybug83
fri feb 05 2010
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Well I'm not schocked but I don't think I'll be doin the "nasty" in there,its too nasty lol. |
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Ladybug83
fri feb 05 2010
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whoops meant shocked not schocked |
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Beverly Bartlett
fri feb 05 2010
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To combine a couple of threads, if this is really the best thing the restaurant has going for it, perhaps it should follow the lead of some lower rent establishments and put a code on the bathroom door, so only paying customers can use it! |
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J.S. Holland
sat feb 06 2010
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Well, I *was* going to comment here and chime in regarding my own research in restroom sociology, but decided it would be a clear-cut case of Too Much Information. |
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