Ride Your Own Ride

The tourist walked up to the restaurant, stopped, glanced at the exterior, looked over the menu on display and smiled, apparently finding something he liked. 

He started to enter but then stopped.

He pulled his travel guidebook out and leafed through the well worn, dog eared pages until he came to the city’s restaurant listings. 

He traced his finger down the reviews again and again. When he didn’t find the restaurant before him listed in his book he turned and walked away.

Meanwhile, we sat inside and enjoyed one of the best meals we’d had in weeks.

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