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I wanted to go to this place in Chinatown, but I know my mom hates ethnic food, so I made a reservation at this tourist-y place that serves burgers and stuff she would feel comfortable eating.

"This seems a little boring," she said when we got there. "Why don't we get something a little more lively. Do you like Indian food?"



Mom had read about this new Indian place in a food magazine and so we tried it. I couldn't believe my mom was actually eating spicy food, since that's not her usual thing. She's from Chicago, after all, home of the hot dog and Ronald McDonald.

When we finished eating, my mom said she had a surprise: she had made phone reservations at a performance art club. I sat there looking at her waiting for the punch line, but it never came.

What is happening here?