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Aug. 22nd, 2006 11:03 pmI was supposed to meet my friend Greg at Pho Cyclo at 10:30am, eat lunch, pick up sandwiches there, and catch my bus at 11:45. Pho Cyclo didn't open on time because of a leak in their ceiling, and we walked to Cafe Da Lat and Than Brothers, which were both closed. We went to what I thought was called Pho Ga 900, but I noticed the sign reads Pho 900. Something to investigate later. We were the first ones there, and everything took a while, and I had to leave him for a bit to go pick up the sandwiches back at Pho Cyclo. I was cutting it close by this time, so I jumped on a 43 bus right by Broadway. As we passed over I-5, I could see what was most likely my 194 starting its route over at 9th and Howell. Since it was two blocks over, there was a chance I'd beat it to its stop at 2nd and Pike.
Until we picked up a wheelchair user.
Even though I missed my bus and got the one 15 minutes later, I could see my bus at its stop as we pulled up to the airport. It pulled away before I could get out. If we'd gotten there a minute earlier, I could have made it to work on time, because my final bus was about 10 minutes late. So I was half an hour late for work. They don't actually mind, but it meant my day was going to be even more rushed at the start than it usually is.
I won't go into details here about what specifically happened today at work, but it was the kind of day that makes me wish I had a mini-fridge of PBRs under my desk.
A couple of minor details about Pho (Ga?) 900 to add to my previous experience there:
1) Their spring rolls are really good. Nice and long, and the peanut sauce has pickled shredded vegetables in it.
2) Their pho is so-so, and they brought me the wrong kind. I ordered the Pho Bo 900, which has every kind of beef they serve, but instead they brought me well-done beef, which as it happens is my least favorite kind. There wasn't enough time to deal with it though.
3) They serve cream puffs with their pho! Normally only Than Brothers and the place that looks almost exactly like them in the U-District do that, and it's such a treat. I wish competition would force everyone to do it.
4) The tea today was awful. It tasted like bowling alley tea. I have lots of experience with bowling alley tea, I was practically born in a bowling alley.
My normal routine would have me sit down for lunch at 11am and get on a bus at 11:56. Today I tried to start lunch at 10:30 and missed an 11:45 bus. Like I said, a drink would be perfect right now.
Until we picked up a wheelchair user.
Even though I missed my bus and got the one 15 minutes later, I could see my bus at its stop as we pulled up to the airport. It pulled away before I could get out. If we'd gotten there a minute earlier, I could have made it to work on time, because my final bus was about 10 minutes late. So I was half an hour late for work. They don't actually mind, but it meant my day was going to be even more rushed at the start than it usually is.
I won't go into details here about what specifically happened today at work, but it was the kind of day that makes me wish I had a mini-fridge of PBRs under my desk.
A couple of minor details about Pho (Ga?) 900 to add to my previous experience there:
1) Their spring rolls are really good. Nice and long, and the peanut sauce has pickled shredded vegetables in it.
2) Their pho is so-so, and they brought me the wrong kind. I ordered the Pho Bo 900, which has every kind of beef they serve, but instead they brought me well-done beef, which as it happens is my least favorite kind. There wasn't enough time to deal with it though.
3) They serve cream puffs with their pho! Normally only Than Brothers and the place that looks almost exactly like them in the U-District do that, and it's such a treat. I wish competition would force everyone to do it.
4) The tea today was awful. It tasted like bowling alley tea. I have lots of experience with bowling alley tea, I was practically born in a bowling alley.
My normal routine would have me sit down for lunch at 11am and get on a bus at 11:56. Today I tried to start lunch at 10:30 and missed an 11:45 bus. Like I said, a drink would be perfect right now.
