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After reading this I went back to the original "review" from September. Taken together, the two pieces suggest that (a) the author was originally upset about the fact that VIPs get special treatment at Le Cirque (b) the author is now happy to receive special treatment at Le Cirque as a VIP. A direct quote, "... we enjoyed the 'star treatment,' if you could call it that, and savored the evening for what it was."

The thing is, as your readership grows, you can't really call yourself a "nobody" or an amateur anymore. With increased readership and influence come increased responsibility. And, obviously, scrutiny.

Just what the world needs, 100,000 amateur food critics...OMG! Scarey. If you want to be a critic why not declare open season on all computer companies who haven't perfected a computer to be compatible with MS. What about retail stores who repackage returned (often faulty) merchandise and sell it as new. Consumer goods that don't work or fall apart within a short time. What about lousy service in stores and government offices. Why pick on restaurants. If you really want to know something about restaurants get a job in one for a few months, then lets hear your "critique." When you're "critiquing," restaurants, ask yourself what kind of job your doing when you're at work...Man...make me soooo crazy...Why does EVERYONE wanna be food critique. Go have another hamburger. Then get a life.

"A carrot a day, may keep cancer away"

I'm not sure what's more troubling... the dubious medical advice or the oddly placed comma.

Christina,
Those so-called "x-rated" fortunes are available almost everywhere in SF's Chinatown. The fortunes are pretty tame, usually PG, or PG 13. I've never seen one that would even get an R rating. Certainly, you could serve them at a dinner party.

They say things like, "Pretty girl make a man like a breeze on windy day-- stiff." Yes, they are incredibly lame. All of them. Every time. You'd be better off to make your own, if you want a really spicy fortune, and they'd taste a lot better, too.

You know how some fortune cookies have lucky numbers or lottery numbers on the back? I recently got one, and on the back it said, "Your lucky SAT answers: a c c d a b".

From an old Garry Shandling standup routine:

"I once got a fortune cookie that said 'I pee'd in your rice'.
And it was handwritten!"