A glorious summer weekend
Mmm ... coffee and chocolate-hazelnut biscotti. So nice on a Sunday evening. I have more some work to do tonight so I'm caffeinating myself.
Friday night we went over to Diane and Felippe's (sp?) house for an amazing Brazilian meal. They just got back from a 3-week long holiday to visit his family. (And they brought me the cutest pair of pink havaianas!) Felippe made caipirinhas (the traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça) and for dinner we ate Bobó de Camarão -- shrimp with ground yucca, served over rice. So delicious. Like nothing I've ever tasted before. For dessert, I think it's called Pudim de Leite -- a Brazilian carmel flan.
Saturday night there were two parties -- a technology/entertainment industry mixer at a friend's loft downtown (open bar/luxy spread of food), and my friend Megan Crane's birthday party. Finally I got a copy of Megan's book, English As A Second Language. I'm really looking forward to reading it. She is so witty with such a dry, droll sense of humor, I am sure I will love it. PS: Staci, she beats you on the book collection. She actually owns more books than you. I felt like I was in a library instead of a West Hollywood apartment.
Today was a shopping extravaganza. We got up and went to the Hollywood farmer's market with Marcello and Sarah and Ted. I got lots of fresh, organic fruit (peaches, apricots, blackberries, yellow plums that are like giant grapes), as well as fennel, carrots, garlic, and some fantastic aged Gouda (aged one year). Oh, and some English lavender to put in my garden.
Then we went to the Fitzu sale. Fitzu (http://www.fitzsu.com/) is a fantastic designery store in LA and they have a regular sale. As much as I really wanted that beautiful, museum-worthy Arne Jacobson cocktail shaker marked half-off, $100 is still a lot of money for a cocktail shaker, especially since I already have one. Sigh. One day.
After Fitzu, we went to Buddha Vibe, a treasure trove of Indonesian and Chinese furniture just north of Melrose on La Brea. They have unbelievably low prices. You know those big Chinese armoires you can put a big TV in? They had 'em for $200-400. Yeah! I'll definitely be going back there whenver I move out of this place (my Craftsman is stuffed to the gills). Then we went to Jet Rag, one the coolest/fanciest thrift stores in Hollywood.
Mmm ... shoes, shopping, food, parties ... what more can you ask for in a weekend?
Gotta work now.
Friday night we went over to Diane and Felippe's (sp?) house for an amazing Brazilian meal. They just got back from a 3-week long holiday to visit his family. (And they brought me the cutest pair of pink havaianas!) Felippe made caipirinhas (the traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça) and for dinner we ate Bobó de Camarão -- shrimp with ground yucca, served over rice. So delicious. Like nothing I've ever tasted before. For dessert, I think it's called Pudim de Leite -- a Brazilian carmel flan.
Saturday night there were two parties -- a technology/entertainment industry mixer at a friend's loft downtown (open bar/luxy spread of food), and my friend Megan Crane's birthday party. Finally I got a copy of Megan's book, English As A Second Language. I'm really looking forward to reading it. She is so witty with such a dry, droll sense of humor, I am sure I will love it. PS: Staci, she beats you on the book collection. She actually owns more books than you. I felt like I was in a library instead of a West Hollywood apartment.
Today was a shopping extravaganza. We got up and went to the Hollywood farmer's market with Marcello and Sarah and Ted. I got lots of fresh, organic fruit (peaches, apricots, blackberries, yellow plums that are like giant grapes), as well as fennel, carrots, garlic, and some fantastic aged Gouda (aged one year). Oh, and some English lavender to put in my garden.
Then we went to the Fitzu sale. Fitzu (http://www.fitzsu.com/) is a fantastic designery store in LA and they have a regular sale. As much as I really wanted that beautiful, museum-worthy Arne Jacobson cocktail shaker marked half-off, $100 is still a lot of money for a cocktail shaker, especially since I already have one. Sigh. One day.
After Fitzu, we went to Buddha Vibe, a treasure trove of Indonesian and Chinese furniture just north of Melrose on La Brea. They have unbelievably low prices. You know those big Chinese armoires you can put a big TV in? They had 'em for $200-400. Yeah! I'll definitely be going back there whenver I move out of this place (my Craftsman is stuffed to the gills). Then we went to Jet Rag, one the coolest/fanciest thrift stores in Hollywood.
Mmm ... shoes, shopping, food, parties ... what more can you ask for in a weekend?
Gotta work now.