Inaugural Address

I feel like being pompous today, hence the title. This is going to be a fairly standard blog where I rant and vent and sometimes just tell stories. Today I was getting some groceries and heard an interesting bit of gossip. You see, there's a grocery store called Sendik's that I live right behind. It's on Downer Street in Eastside Milwaukee. The buildings are kind of close together and parking is at a premium. Sendik's owns a little strip of parking on the south sid eof their building. Well, on the other side is a little restaurant called Bartolotta's. They have a deal going where Bartolotta buys all his produce from Sendik, and in return he can use the parking lot at night for his customers. Sendik's is closed then anyway. So, I heard that Bartolotta didn't like the quality of the produce he was getting and told Sendik. So Sendik started chaining up the parking lot at night. Except that there's still alley access that Sendik can't block. So Bartolotta's valets just use the lot anyway. Both Sendik and Bartolotta are blustery men with egos (surprise, surprise) and I would love to see the finale to this story. Meanwhile, across the street is another restaurant called Gil's. His employees are having a great time talking about this. Gil himself doesn't seem to believe this story though, and he knows both guys (I don't). Meanwhile, the parking lot gate is still chained up, so something has to be going on. I love East Milwaukee. It can be incredibly entertaining.