Dolce and Havana
So Friday night I had plans to have dinner with 2 co-workers at Dolce. I had never been there before and with all the hype a while ago I did everything in my power to avoid it. It emded up being a trslly nice place and great service but I have to say the food was ok. What do you expect from an Italian joint owned by a 20 something year old celebrity from Iowa? I'm not saying it can't be done, it just obviously isn't done well on this cozy hangout on Melrose. I started getting that itch to be amongst a sweaty clad of people perhaps in a club or a busy lounge but my desires turned quickly. I started to really enjoy where I was and who I was with. But I haven't taken the plunge permanently. I still haven't given up completely on going "out". After all, you're only 24 once. I'll save the retirement until a LOT later. Later on we stopped by the Havana Clud for one more round. This was the place I saw a girl fall in last time. Well, no one fell in but we were greeted in the women's bathroom by a drunken male patron that started peeing in the sink...gross. We spared him the agony of embarassment and left him to his privacy.
So I finally was able to get into one of Amanda Scheer Demme's oh so elite parties thanks to my new friend I met last weekend. This one in particular was a lingerie themed event at a place called Teddy's. It all came together like a well written episode. Scheer (sheer), teddy, lingerie?? On any other planet it would be deathly cheesy but in L.A. it was quite brilliant. Not only is Amanda well-liked and well-known but she actually lives up to her standards and throws a really great party with a great DJ and awesome variety of people. The place is designed like a huge living room and I have to admit, I had one of the best times in a long time going out. Yeah it was still Hollywood but I felt like I was somewhere else and that is always a good thing.
