Buds Best Years, Page 45

All the while while riding in the taxi to the restaurant Bud kept wondering what was the hurry and all the excitement about going to a place to eat. What could be the surprise he kept thinking to himself. He would not have long to wait before he found out because the cab was pulling up to the eatery and now Sid, Harriet, Harriet 3 and then bud were out of the cab and marching towards the door.

The building was nondescript. It was a building that did not look like it housed a great place to eat. The owner of the restaurant thought it was better to concentrate on the menu and not on how the building look. The look of the building was irrelevant as far as he was concerned.

The minute he stepped into the restaurant Bud felt a breeze of cool air hit him. There were 2 palm trees on each side of the entrance. There were round tables in the center of the room and a bar on each side of the of the tables with a glass wall on the other side of the entrance.

The Tables had Tie Die colored table cloths. The dishes were neatly arranged with silver where and fancy blue napkins. The chairs for the tables were soft and fluffy to provide the maximum comfort.

The bars on each side of the tables were identical. They consisted of a wooden bar with stools in front with shelves in behind the bar that stored all the liquor.

They decided to sit at a table on the other side of the room by the windows so they could look at the pool that was surrounded by palm trees. The waiter came over to give them their menus. "Where is the surprise dad" Bud asked Sid. "There he is son sitting over at the bar.

Sitting at the bar was a famous basketball player bud knew the instant he saw him. It was Sam lewis a legendary point guard for the computer city numberCrunchers. The numberCruchers were part of the Computer city professional basketball association. Sam Lewis had the best scoring season in professional basketball in 1968. He led the league in scoring with 50.3 points per game. Along with 2 steals, 2 rebounds, and 15 assists per game. Sam had long since retired from professional basketball but, he was in great physical shape. "See son this restaurant is owned by Sam Lewis the famous basketball player." "Yes I can see that dad, it an honor just to be able to see him closeup."

The waitress cam over to take their orders. The all decoded to order cheese burgers with fries with a side order of mustard and a cooked potato. And for desert the all wanted cheese cake with whipped cream and ice cream. "Ok, I will get you order to you as fast I can.". Now Bud went back to star watching.