After a long morning, I decided to take the long trek out to Malibu to see my friend Sally who was doing some work at Gladstones. I figured that even though I was exhausted and over-tired, a couple hours beach-side was necessary. Plus hanging with…
What a FAB day I had with Gretchen. It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to hang out, so it was time to resurrect the blog, and we did it at The Highlight Room, the rooftop restaurant at the Dream Hotel in Hollywood. …
Yesterday Gretchen and I were talking about grabbing lunch today, so I found what looked like a nice place on Open Table called The Little Next Door that was convenient for both of us. It’s a relaxing sweet French brasserie and a great spot to meet a friend or…
Gretchen wanted to meet today to try out The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker which is a coffee shop restaurant she has passed in the past and wanted check it out. So I made a rsvp thru Open Table for 12:30p. Let’s start with the…
After our morning in the garden for Project Angel Food, we decided to scope out the Los Feliz area which was just north of where we were. We parked then asked a guy who we assumed was a local if there were any good places near…
Tonight, Gretchen invited me to have dinner with her and her son, Sean, who was in town from Nashville. Her friend had recommended The Bellwether so she wanted to check it out. We had actually tried going there once before, but they were closed which…
This is a favorite spot for Gretchen and is now a favorite of mine. We’ve met there several times for casual lunches, but today we decided to meet there after my always fun visit to the dentist (all looks fine, though I need to have…
Gretchen and I spent the morning volunteering for Project Angel Food in Hollywood and thought it would be nice to find a fab spot for lunch in the Larchmont Village area. As we were pulling into the public parking, I saw Vernetti from the side…
So… I’ve been wanting to go here since before I knew it was one of Mario Batali’s restaurants. I’ve been to several of his restaurants in NYC when I lived there including Otto, Lupa and all of the restaurants within Eataly. In fact, I lived just down…