Impressive Campaign

So last night I had a fantastic dinner with some friends at a locally well-known establishment.  The restaurant advertised that they were ‘rolling back prices’ to 1989 in commemoration of their 20th anniversary.  Well I fell for it.

As I ate my way through half of my linguine with shrimp & lobster, which I just finished for lunch today, I realized that in 1989 I had no concept of the price of food.  I was a sophmore in High School and still on the mom & dad food plan.  Whenever we went to a nice restaurant, the price of the meal would’ve never crossed my mind.  What did I know?  I was a teenager who wasn’t even old enough to hold a job, let alone know what a meal costs.

I guess where I’m going with this is that $70 later (and well-fed), I don’t feel like I got a deal.  No complaints about the food, but I normally spend about that on a good meal these days anyway, so what was the draw?  I think  I sucked into the hype that I was going to be a part of something and lucky enough to get reservations at the one-time only anniversary event, while really it was just another night at expensive restaurant.  I wouldn’t generally quote Flava Flav, but seriously, “don’t believe the hype.”