Dave Smith > wrote:
>What is it about Hard Rock Cafe.

It was cool when it was the only one and it was in the Beverly
Mall and it had that Cadillac sticking out of the roof, and the
view up the street to the Capitol Records building.

Crap. When was I there for that? It wasn't the time I
drove to LA to visit my dad in the hospital. It was one
time I must've flown in because I had his car most of
the week. I have no recollection of when or why, though.

>Once year when we went on a trip to Paris
>and left my nephew to dog sit for us he wanted us to bring back a Hard Rock
>Cafe T shirt from Paris. We found the place and it seemed as much a gift
>shop as a restaurant. We had a nice lunch in an outdoor cafe next door then
>got the Tshirt. A few hours later a German tourist saw the bag and asked
>where the store was. I don't get it. If I am going to wear a Tshirt to
>advertise for a restaurant they are going to give it to me as a gift when I
>eat there. I am not paying to advertise for them.

Especially when you can get the HR Paris shirts in any
of the restaurants, online, or in a bunch of non-HR T-shirt
stores...

--Blair