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Waiter to the Rich & Shameless was a fun read. If you like getting the scoop on celebrities, you will especially enjoy this book.

We follow Pauli as he decides to give up his rock & roll dreams for a “real” job. He starts as a bartender at the Cricket Room, a famous lounge to Hollywood stars of old & new. He slowly becomes as jaded as the stars he serves. He moves up to a waiter/server position where his burnout reaches new heights. Can he recover his joy for life while remaining a Waiter to the Rich & Shameless?

The in depth descriptions of decor & food made me feel like I was right there. This book is an entertaining, behind the scenes look at a lifestyle most of us can only imagine.
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GinaRaeMitchell | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 28, 2019 |
How do you rate the life of a man?
I sincerely have no idea.
This might very well be the first and last autobiography I ever read.

Should I rate the cussing and the disrespectful descriptions of the famous guests dining at the Cricket Room just because I don't approve? Then I would be a total hypocrite. When I read fiction I prefer the book to be written in the voice of the character, not in the voice of the author. Why should I judge a non-fiction book differently, if that was the real voice of the author?

Should I rate the wow factor of the stories presented in the book about the rich and shameless? I found out Russell Crowe walks around with a possy and entertains like a king holding court. Johnny Depp knows his wine, Kate Hudson has a nice ass, Colin Farrell tips like an "European" and Gore Vidal was charming till his last days. The children of the Beverly Hills billionaires acted like arrogant entitled pricks and the abandoned ex-wives of the rich men of Beverly Hills were absolutely pitiful to read about. I did not care for any of these stories, but why should I take it out on the book because it didn't meet the level of scandal I was looking for? Maybe I'm just weird and too demanding and have read too much strange stuff and have now become jaded.

What I did enjoy reading about were the author's escapades with Jens. Jens, the waiter, was a gangbanging, coke sniffing, party craving maniac who could look as neat as a button after a several days of hard partying. He was just like that colleague I once had when I was a competing swimmer, who could drink the entire night before an important competition, then spill his guts by the pool and casually win the gold medal. I usually had to take days off to recover after one lost night partying, so f**k that guy!

I also enjoyed reading about the passion the author had for his work. There is this book called "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Miller that says “A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does” and “It doesn’t matter what you do, only how well you do it.” Paul Hartford seemed to have loved his job at the Cricket Room and took pleasure from doing his job very well and I have nothing but respect for that.

I found out that reading about the drinks and the fancy dishes prepared for the "rich and famous" felt more exciting to me than the stories inside the Cricket Room. If you are a foodie I recommend this book to you.

3.75 stars-ish...

A copy was provided for review via Booktasters NonFiction.
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XiaXiaLake | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 16, 2019 |
Entertaining read, it goes quickly and he drops all the names of the beautiful people. Well written.
 
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debbie-1955 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 7, 2016 |

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24
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3.9
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3
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