Bigsby’s Cafe

A decent enough place for generic, work-​day lunch. Quasi-​custom salads are okay, sandwiches are… about what you’d expect. Daily specials are sometimes decent. Pasta is palatable. Prices are pretty decent (expect to get in and out for about $ 7). And it’s one of the few places that serves beer and wine during lunch. In case your day is REALLY going badly.
Once upon a time, something very unfortunate happened to me here. It’s not the restaurant’s fault (they have nothing to do with it), and it’s really not important what it was. Like most bad things that happen to me, I continue to believe it wasn’t my fault and I didn’t deserve it, but I suspect that (also like most bad things that happen to me) it probably was my fault and it’s possible that I did deserve it.
Anyway, that’s not what this digression is about. Here’s what this digression IS about: even though what happened to me was crappy, and I’m still unhappy about it years later, if I had the option, I wouldn’t go back in time and undo it. Even though undoing it wouldn’t be that tough. Why? Because life is comprehensive. Who we are, at any one time, is a function of everything that has happened to us to date. If I were to go back and «fix» this thing that happened to me, who knows what effect that might have on who I am today? And I’m basically quite happy being me. (I’m obscenely overpaid to do a job I’m great at and love. What do you want from me?)
And so, when I look back at The Bigsby Incident, all I can say is, it doesn’t bother me because it helped make me who I am today. I could dwell on the crappy things that have, on occasion, happened to me, but into every life a little rain must fall, right? No one ever promised it would be non-​stop rainbows and walks on the beach. In fact, all in all, my life has been substantially easier, better, and happier than I ever had any right to ask for.
What’s the point of my digression? Perhaps simply this: if you want to join me for a mid-​day tap beer and gummy pasta at Bigsby’s, I’m game (provided I’m actually in town). I’m happy to sit down among the ghosts of the past and enjoy Forbidden Noon Hops with you. Bad things happen to all of us, and you can’t control that (much). What you can control is how you chose to react. I choose to simply get the fark over it, and go (as one of my favorite consultants always says) onwards and upwards. If you want to do the same, let’s have a beer at Bigsby’s and do it together.