Last Friday I found myself hurtling towards LA in one of Virgin America’s futuristic jets. With its modern white and purple interior, a Virgin America flight looks more like a mile high niteclub. It was fun. I pulled up to the Chateau Marmont and was almost hit by a departing Nicole Richie driving a comically [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 22, 2008
Dinner at Anna’s House
Months ago, I received an email from a publicist friend of mine who spoke reverently of a cooking class/dinner so fun, so intimate, so delicious I “MUST try it!!!” Of course, it’s so exclusive no amount of money will buy you a spot at this cooking class, but not because the chef is a snob. [...]
November 9, 2008
Coffee and a Donut…Italian Style
On a recent Sunday I made a date to meet a new friend for coffee. The day was bright and crisp, and it seemed like an appropriate time for a donut for no other reason than I had just gone to the gym and earned the right to eat something decadent. Of course, not [...]
November 2, 2008
Scarpetta!
I’ve been lusting for a meal at Scarpetta since Frank Bruni’s lovely three-star review in the Times last summer. That, and I loved Scott Conant’s food at L’Impero and heard about the good things happening at his other restaurant Alto. Friends who went to Scarpetta talked about his spaghetti like it was crack (not that [...]
November 2, 2008
In Honor of Old-Fashioned American Cookery
Last year I was invited to join a very small, selective club. Its members, all three of them, are smart, sophisticated, worldly people who bonded over a common, if sheepish, love for the spinach and artichoke dip at Houston’s. From there, all of them realized they sorta kinda loved CPK and maybe even Red Lobster [...]
