La Diable: The Early Years

While I don't remember much about La Diable during the week-long Operation Mayhem, a few things do still rattle around my Extreme-soaked brain.

I remember Scotty looking at a the stock ticker on TV during lunch and thinking to myself that it seemed so wrong to have that playing in the background. Is that TV still there anyway?

Also, I remember smoking cigarettes at the bar; yes, that's right, those were the days.

Finally, I recall with fondness the first time we called a menu audible. I believe it was Jim who asked that the sauce from one sandwich be placed onto another...and like that, magic.

Overall, I have no recollection of actually walking in those hallowed doors for the first time. But, I remember thinking, "Hey, this place is pretty cool!"...and we went there every, single day since.

That tells me, we found home.