Kvetch
Kvetch kvetch [kveCH, kəˈveCH]: 1. Noun: a person who complains a great deal. 2. Verb: complain persistently. When I first thought of writing a blog, my inspiration was the decline of customer service and all the annoyances connected to technology. The blog would be: The Weekly Kvetch. Although, known as a world class kvetch, even I couldn’t come up with a complaint per week. However, today I have three. They all involve a birthday dinner to which I had been looking forward. Really dear friends were taking me to an upscale steak house in Santa Clara. What could be bad?! Let’s begin with the cocktail. It’s rare that I indulge in a gin martini on the rocks – I knew they had my favorite gin – St. Georges, distilled in Alameda California, so I indulged. The drink came in a normal sized on the rocks glass in which a golf ball size globe of ice was placed, taking up room where gin should be. This is trendy, but does it make the cocktail more enjoyable? Only i...