On the way to our new years eve celebration at Bret’s cousin’s, we stopped for a beer.

I tried to find a place and where we arrived…it wasn’t a restaurant….or anything. So, we kept driving and found a little place called Alejandra’s Mexican Restaurant in Tulare, California.

We sat down, ordered our beers and started chatting. A little while later, we started chatting with our waitress. Come to find out it was the end of her shift on a day off. She came in to just help out. We then talked about life, money and work for about 15 minutes. What was really awesome about this was that the manager/owner came by to give us more salsa and chips and just to check on us a few times. He never “gave her a talking to.” This was really refreshing to see! Granted, she was technically “off.” But I know other managers would have looked down on this. I felt like I was hanging out with a friend and it was a very friendly environment. It was also really cool to see the manager/owner helping out. That speaks VOLUMES to Bret and I. I know we’ll be stopping by the next time we’re in town visiting Bret’s family. 🙂