USA Today

..What DiVita's homemade production lacks in Hollywood slickness — it makes up for in sincerity. It's a labor of love, an honest look into the world of six-tops and bad tips, a glimpse through the round window of a restaurant's kitchen door. "We took people right off the street," she says. All of her actors were amateurs, many just friends who worked in the restaurant business. "I'm a waitress who made a movie, not a filmmaker who was waitressing. What I want to come out of this is to help people, to make other waitresses feel good about their jobs."         Craig Wilson   
June 2007
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This is from my favorite comment on the article. (A physician who worked in restaurants while in school):
It isn't everyone who is passionate or cares enough about the human experience to get people talking and hopefully improve some aspect of the world we live in...and you have done just that. You're not just a waitress or a film maker. You're a humanitarian, and for your hard work and sense of social responsibility in serving this slice of life to the masses, you are to be applauded and congratulated with our many thanks.
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David Malsch
Blackpoint Film Festival

...There have been plenty of films made about this profession but rarely do they embrace the people or the job quite like this film does.
Ms. DiVita, who has spent her life waiting tables, has taken her talent for writing about it to the next level by somehow, remarkably, turning it into a film.  Make no mistake that this is an independent, low-budget film with unseasoned actors at the helm but it has more heart and gusto than any big-budget mainstream film about the hospitality business.  I enjoyed this film for that reason--I knew these situations and I know these people because I have spent the better part of my entire life with them and love them to death.  This industry is a tough one but it is also a rewarding one and Did I Say Thousand Island? reflects that wonderfully. Jaime Foard is also a terrific find and gives the film a strong and promising lead actress to root for. 
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"Homemade" and "Low-budget"

Just the facts...

One camera. One crew member (defined by who was there every day). No professionals.
No budget. No-one paid. Shot in 25 days.

Absolutely true...their descriptions. No excuses.
So why has it been seen all over the world?

These are just 2 of the many articles that the movie was featured in years ago.
And I had an email from a pal whom I worked with in Colorado...
...there I was getting my restaurant mail and who did I see on the front of the NRA newsletter. 
Carl S.   August 2007   Bellingham WA.

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