Oh, Phoenix...

Last night in Phoenix...sad, but also exciting. Mom and dad flew down to make the cross country venture to Pensacola FL before the final destination of Minnesota. (Ok, little disclaimer here...we are driving to FL to visit my brother Eric, his wife Cyndy and their 2 daughters, one of which we haven’t met yet; then I am flying home in order to make it to my next clinical on time) When mom and dad got here, we thought it would be great to go out for pizza, and knowing a great pizza place we had it all set. Well, we got to Oregano’s and the wait to be seated was 2 hours So, we thought “why don’t we get a pizza to go, take it back to Mike’s and eat it.” Brilliant idea since it was only going to take about 40 minutes for the pizza to be baked. In the meantime we thought we might as well get a drink since we had to wait for the pizza. Drama #2...the bar ran out of glasses after making 1 of 3 drinks for us. So, when we eventually got our drinks, it was only about 10 minutes until the pizza was going to be done. While I was getting the drinks from the bar, mom happened to find a few chairs outside where everyone was waiting for their table. We were sitting there waiting for the pizza and dad had a brilliant idea.... “Could we just eat the pizza out here”. Since we had chairs, we grabbed another chair for a “table” and thought we would have ourselves a little picnic. It was the second brilliant idea at Oregano’s When I went in to get the pizza, I asked the server if it would be ok, and she gave me plates, napkins, and silverware. We were able to enjoy the nice night outside, the Italian music playing in the background, our drinks, and some very delicious pizza The waitresses and the manager have never seen that before, and they thought it was a great idea. Nothing like having their first experience in Phoenix eating pizza in a parking lot!!