Jerry : I don't understand. Do you have my reservation?
Car Rental Assisstant: We have your reservation, we just ran out of cars.
Jerry : But the reservation keeps the car here, that's why you have the reservation.
Car Rental Assisstant: I think I know why we have reservations.
Jerry : I don't think you do. You see, you know how to *take* the reservation, you just don't know how to *hold* the reservation. And that's really the most important part of the reservation: the holding. Anybody can just take them.
Well, Michael it seemed was living this episode when he arrived at the Thrifty counter on Wednesday afternoon. Only, after strutting his rockstar attitude around and throwing the confirmation down on the counter, he soon realized the reservation was for February 18--Not January. With his tail between his legs, he was kindly able to reserve a car for the next day.
Thursday morning I took him back to the airport and--taking a lesson from Carl's book of charm--Michael asked for, and received, a free upgrade. The rental car matched perfectly Michael's red-check flannel shirt and yankee personality--a Ford Jeep.
We then made sure to take him to Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Emeryville--twice--for a rockstar breakfast. The cafe is owned by a couple of (few?) guys, one of which is Mike Dirnt from Green Day. (You may recall Rob's posting from 12/29/04 where he ran into Mike Dirnt in Best Buy and got him to sign the Green Day CD he was buying me.)
Separated at birth:
Finally, we gave Michael rockstar treatment at the Paragon Restaurant in the Claremont Hotel overlooking Berkeley and the bay. We ate a posh lunch on the patio overlooking the bay during what was an unseasonably hot day for January. I treated the boys in honor of their birthdays. This was a perfect way to end a rockin' good weekend with Michael.
Michael and I make a first rate X-tal Video to the song "Union Sunrise"
1 comment:
I LOVE the Green Day take-off! Good Stuff!
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