by whitney on July 10, 2010
What do mothers love? Tea. Scones. Clotted cream. Rose gardens. Museums with…art and pretty things. Where do you take your mother when she visits town? A place that has tea, scones, clotted cream, a ton of roses and a lot of art. Get thee to the Huntington!
The gardens are absolutely lovely. There’s a rainforest, a tropical garden, a sub-tropical garden, desert garden, japanese garden, chinese garden…you get the point. There is no short of variety here. And within the rose garden there is also a tea room. From the idyllic splendor of rose scented paths and floating butterflies, we entered….
A Doubletree in Ohio? A Best Western continental breakfast in Indiana? What is going on here?
After knocking back our respective rooibos (me) and english breakfast (mom) teas, we quickly packed up our scones to go and headed back into the sweet bounty of the Mother Nature.
Sorry Huntington, but seriously. You need to step up your game. In the future, I should have taken the advice of my friend Rachel and grabbed a pot of tea and a bento box in the amazing Japanese garden. Next time.
by whitney on June 27, 2010
Ah, the joys of summer. Firing up the grill and throwing back some rosé. Could life get any better? Oh right…add to that line-up outdoor dining; something that is possible most of the year in LA, but somehow seems way more special and exciting in the summer months. So, on to the important stuff! The sipper: Domaine du Bagnol’s Cassis rosé.
This Provence rosé is truly delicious and the color is divine. To me, it’s basically like a really gorgeous prep school girl in pearls and shiny watermelon lip gloss that you love to hate because she’s so perfect but can’t help but love because she’s actually really smart and sophisticated (and nice.)
On the menu: sliders made from McCall’s hamburger blend on La Brea Bakery jalapeno onion rolls, brussel sprout salad and rosemary fries. Yum! There’s just something about rosé and grilled meat on a warm day. You feel me?
I cleaned my plate….and my bottle glass.
by whitney on June 20, 2010
Where there’s a grill, there’s Andrea Calek. Well, not really. But a few weeks ago ’twas true.
sorry for the blur...that's how excited I was for meat
My dear friends Molly and Tyler had some people over for grillin’ and drinkin’. I decided to add some vin naturel goodness into the mix of steaks and Memorial Day shenanigans. Babiole is an interesting wine from an interesting man in the Ardeche (Rhone); a sans soufre blend of syrah, carignan and grenache.
For a bunch of people that never drink wines like this, they loved it. Another one for Team Natural Wines!
Last but not least- many thanks to our dashing butler for the evening- Monsieur Willy.
by whitney on June 1, 2010
Where: Cinespia Cemetery Screenings, Hollywood
What: Purple Rain
Who: A bunch of cool ass people. Including Dâm Funk on the turntables and keytar pre and post show.
Click here to put a little funk in your step courtesy of Mr. D Funk himself.
