saturday night in hell-ay

saturday night's alright in hollywood - dinner @ citizen smith with lisa, heather, guy & polly... rawhide walls, mussels (what do you do with them?), steaks berenaise, the beautiful people (and i mean, my friends), a rockin' warm caramel apple pie, and some pretty darn strong peachy concoctions served in mason jars

the gang's all here...

heather & me

guy & polly

with the owner of the joint (and friend), chef taylor b.

one lucky evening...

east village @ lucky cheng's... a girls nite filled with asian cuisine, bachelorettes, birthday girls, lala pops, a pink p$%^y (drink), greasy bohunky male strippers, and raunchy drag queens

pennie, me, wendy, and the bday lady - siobhan

jess and me

our waiter (or is it waitress?)...rainblo

um, chick?

with pennie

happiness...

"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed." - --Storm Jameson, British writer

from method actor to celeb chef

Way to go, Taylor!!! A "friend done good" made the NY Times... And we knew him way back when as a TKE and method actor!

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Perhaps to make up for this oversight, Citizen Smith puts out inventive, gourmet comfort food until 4 a.m. Which dish might best help prevent an impending hangover? "The pasta in the jalapeño mac and cheese will probably soak up the most alcohol," noted the executive chef, Taylor Boudreaux, on a recent Saturday night. The monstrous Citizen Smith burger, stuffed with blue cheese and topped with smoked bacon, is more fit for Paul Bunyan than Lindsay Lohan.

Citizen Smith
1600 North Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles; (323) 461-5001.

GETTING IN A dinner reservation secures a spot before midnight. Request a private booth.

DRESS CODE For women, exposed collarbones and diamond stud earrings; for men, Paul Smith dress shirts and jeans.

SIGHTINGS Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Piven.

D.J. PICKS "I Can't Go for That" by Hall & Oates; "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees.

SIGNATURE DRINK Maker's Mark over ice, $7.

McDreamy, Vaughn, Miles Silverberg, and...???

my latest crush

According to my best gal pals, I'm attracted to a "strange" (although I refer to it as a very "distinctive") flavor of men... Yes, some choices are quite obvious and universally appealing... I love Dr. McDreamy, Brad Pitt, Vaughn from "Alias", the Asian guy from "Surface", and that kid from "Smallville", but then again I had a crush on Miles Silverberg from "Murphy Brown" and Josh from "West Wing". To continue with the nerdy-intellectual-cute trend, my latest crush is on Obama. Still not sure how I feel about his politics, but he definitely made an impression during his keynote at the DNC a couple of years ago... Much time this week was spent debating his merit with friends and work colleagues, stemming from the latest TIME article, "The Exquisite Dilemma of Being Obama".

HAPPY VALENTINE'S... Word confection for y'all!

from one of my favorite sites... www.dailycandy.com


What in Carnation?

You two might be a long way from carving your names in the old oak tree, but there’s nothing like Valentine’s Day to remind you whom you heart (or don’t).

amoraphobia n. an irrational fear of Valentine’s Day.

blue bawls n. an emotional, romantic version of flirting that leaves you feeling sad and crying.

bud light n. the blatantly cheap flower selection from a guy who needs to be dumped ASAP. (How was your V-Day? Bud light.)

carniwhore n. a girl who puts out for carnations.

do-or-diamond adj. as in, if I don’t see a ring today, he’s dead to me.

long-stem posers n. people who send themselves flowers from a “secret admirer.”

lote v. to walk the thin line between love and hate. (I lote Johnny. One day he’s a dollface; the next he’s a total wanker.)

ménage à flaws n. when you crash your friend’s Valentine’s Day date only to talk about all your relationships gone wrong.

PDR n. public display of rejection: when your valentine takes you somewhere lovely only to break your heart in front of strangers.

Valentiny Tim n. a man whose masculinity is put in question by his overenthusiasm for V-Day. (I mean, I don’t expect him to be a Valentiny Tim, but he could at least try to hide his total amoraphobia.)

Bygones...

Snowed in on Sunday

Some pics that my roommate, Miggy, took yesterday in our neighborhood... Record-breaking snow in the city... woo hoo... I was too much of a wuss to go outdoors!!!

Some brownstones on my street... 

Convent Avenue and the City College campus