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May 1, 2005
Aladdin's Palace
We made two trips to Michael's in Silverdale yesterday. It all started innocently enough when we bought some prints by Ralph Burch (the Red Hot and Mermaid, I've got my eyes open for the other two) and needed frames for them. The prints are double matted - grey under black, so we bought some silver frames, hung them on the wall, and thought we were done.
Not so. About 2 hours after hanging them, I heard a crash - came upstairs to find that one of them had fallen off the wall and broken a glass candle holder on the way down. Inspection revealed that the frame hanging clips had broken, and inspection of the other 3 similar frames revealed that all of them were in various states of failure.
Dawnise returned the failed frames to Michael's the other day, while taking several pieces to be custom framed, but forgot to buy new ones - so we went back yesterday to rectify that.
We bought some new silver frames - of a different sort, stopped to do some other shopping, and returned home with our haul.
The prints wouldn't fit.
The frame dimensions were fine, but the frames couldn't accommodate the double-matting. So we went back to Michael's, bought new frames, tried to fit the prints before leaving the store only to discover the new frames had the same depth problem. One last look didn't find anything suitable - and neither did a trip to JoAnns around the corner.
Frustrated and hungry we decided to stop for dinner at Aladdin's Palace - a spot we'd been meaning to try for several weeks.
The initial signs weren't good - there was one other couple in the place when we were seated. We ordered some falafel as an appetizer, and we both decided on the mixed grill. The food was very good - much better than a little middle-eastern place in a small town had a right to be. We brought a good portion of our food home, and shared an Arabic coffee and Baklawa (it was spelt like that on the van, er, menu...) for desert. By the time we were done, there were two other couples in the place, and it was past closing. The only thing I can think is that we arrived late for dinner and missed the rush.
Posted by dberger at May 1, 2005 6:55 PM
Comments
I find it really amusing that we both got the same 2 prints of those four. Great minds think alike. :)
Posted by: Titus at May 1, 2005 10:37 PM