DINEASTY
Although I love to cook, my friends and I decided to find some way to celebrate our "departure" from our former employer. We weren't hesistant to indluge ourselves in any way since all 3 of us had indeed found other jobs. I guess you can say it was a good riddance/congratulations sort of celebration. It first started with the usual lunch at Cafe Med. It was a Thursday, and like clockwork, we saw the same players there including Dave Navarro, Melanie Griffith, and James Woods. Later on I spotted that hot model Jason Shaw. It couldn't have played out better than a movie. It was a crowded patio on a sunny day and one by one table started leaving. Even one of my girlfriends had to excuse herself for an appointment. So there we were. My friend and I and few tables away, him and his friend. I saw him get up for what I thought was a bathroom break, or maybe the hostess stand which we were sitting by and no, he came to our table and I immediately blushed like a little girl. Thank God my sunglasses were on...he asked us to join them andwe said no. Are you kidding???!?! Of course we did. Anyway, I was already one glass of wine too far but it was a great time and he's actually pretty cool.
Moving on....we ended up going out later to Lobby. Pretty cool place but ultra crowded and ultra pretentious. We decided to stick to our dining experiences which we had so much luck with. The next night, we hit the Peninsula. Pretty crowded for a Thursday night and we saw Brittany Murphy who looked really pretty. I think she was with her finacee who didn't look so well, you know. We dined at the restaurant which for a "world class chef" wasn't all that impressive. Next night, off to LUCQUES. Close to Marc Jocobs and I had passed by it a million times and never knew its existence. It's cool, on the smaller side, very upscale though. One of those places with like 6 apps and about 10 things listed for entrees all half of which you won't understand unless you are a culinary genius. But, it wasn't bad and I'd recommend it for a nice date. Saturday night, off to Morton's. We had all been craving steaks and the seafood there and the filet mignon I highly recomment. But lie and say you've been there before, otherwise you get this 15 minute long presentation of the USDA cut meats and the idaho potatoes...yeah no. That was it, met for casual Sunday lunch at Urth and pndered over old jobs but as they say, on with the new...
