{"id":29213,"date":"2015-05-14T10:37:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T17:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=29213"},"modified":"2024-12-03T00:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:11:47","slug":"breakfast-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2015\/05\/14\/breakfast-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Lots of style.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I have long thought that the truly great waitresses in greasy spoons are answering a vocational call.  My local place &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/nealscoffeeshop.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neal&#8217;s Coffee Shop<\/a> close by Millbrae, a town far nicer than the yuppie infested Burlingame Avenue nearer which I live &#8211; boasts the best waitresses in town and they have been there forever.  Rosie (what else?) has great style, is exceptionally professional and always ready with a kind word and a smile.  Her voice is from somewhere beteween the bottom of a gravel pit and the bassoon section of the orchestra, and you probably would be wise not to mess with her.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Butch_waitress.jpg\" width=\"758\" height=\"1014\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Rosie<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons Neal&#8217;s has so many regulars is the sheer professionalism of the staff.  It may not be fancy but it has character, great food and class.  Class?  I can&#8217;t define it but I know it when I see it.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 6 snap &#8211; with results like this who needs a fancy, complex camera?  Surely the stealthiest camera ever.  Rosie had no idea I took this, thinking I was reading the screen.  She is now in possession of a gorgeous 13&#8243; x 19&#8243; print of the above which is already a crop from the full frame.  All those folks saying how MFT is good for 13&#8243; x 19&#8243; only, and you really need FF (this from people who never print) etc., etc., are victims of the most appalling technique, even if half their net worth is in their gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of style. I have long thought that the truly great waitresses in greasy spoons are answering a vocational call. My local place &#8211; Neal&#8217;s Coffee Shop close by Millbrae, a town far nicer than the yuppie infested Burlingame Avenue nearer which I live &#8211; boasts the best waitresses in town and they have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2015\/05\/14\/breakfast-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Breakfast<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29213"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38937,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29213\/revisions\/38937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}