artfordorks.com drawings by laura devendorf
August 5th, 2008 : 11 x 14 : pen and ink on paper.
There’s nothing like the Sunday family lunch at an empty sit down Mexican food joint. There’s something profoundly boring about going out to eat sometimes. I was sitting at a table by the window when I saw the mini-van pull up. The side door rolls open and out comes mrs. scrunci here followed by her beau, who was dressed in an auto-mechanics one-sie (I’m quite sure this isn’t the professional term for the garment). The group of em then stroll into the restaurant to sip water in silence. I left before they ordered so I didn’t get to witness the excitement that the rest of the meal most surely held. It just reminded me of those days you’d go out to eat with your parents between the ages of 11 and 16. Nothing exciting about it, just filing out of a mini-van and getting food somewhere other than home.