Understudy & Food Adventures

Well, CINDY AND THE DISCO BALL is going great. Can you believe we've been open for over a month already? Whew- time flies by when your in the 70's. Chris Prinzo is off for a few weeks so we welcome Desmond into our groove. We have an understudy put in rehearsal Saturday before the first show! I'm sure there will be some surprises and lots of fun up on that stage this weekend.

[Being Silly with Corrie English-The Amazing Understudy!]

Today a great friend and I went to this really "earthy" eatery near Beverly Hills. I was thinking chicken for lunch. Dude, this place had no meat- ANYWHERE. It wasn't on the menu, it wasn't in the back and it sure as heck didn't end up on my plate! I got some stir fry brown rice extravaganza that left this bazaar ginger rocket sensation in my mouth. So then I was thinking an ice cold coke! Dude- the closest thing I found was yerba matte tea- bottled- served over ice. Ummmm....no. I got this bitter dry mouth clucking thing from that organic kosher certified green for a healthy antioxidant tea drink. My friend, Brandon, asked for sugar for his coffee. It was so funny...the host said, "We don't have sugar. We have organic maple rock flakes or stevia." I half spewed my water out, held the rest in and quickly swallowed. I was choking on my laughter it was so funny! Who doesn't have sugar and I don't even want to know what the other things are! I mean I understand the no high fructose corn syrup but NO SUGAR!!!!!! So first came out the hummus and pita plate. That poor poor hummus.... I don't think there was anything in it EXCEPT for the garbanzo beans. Eh, so bland and of course they served it with "wheat" pita that was toasted so the little pita wedges were harder than rocks! So I asked for some salt. Do they have salt? Low and behold they did! So the waitress brings me this little salt shaker all by its lonesome. I thought everyone knows that it is proper etiquette to ALWAYS pass the salt with the pepper (or vice versa) when someone at the table asks for one or the other. They are a pair! (Maybe it's a southern thing...) When our stir fried cabbage, carrot, zucchini meal came to the table I asked for the pepper. They didn't have just regular pepper they had the kind where the waiter turns the dial and you end up saying "thank you that's enough" three times before they actually stop. The entire experience was a taste adventure. So to off set this organic lunch splurge I accidentally fell into, I stopped at Cookie by Design ("The Original Cookie Bouquet") and got some iced cookies (pink and green.) Now that is food! And then I was happy.

PS How long has Toblerone been making a dark chocolate variation and how come no one told me!? Swiss dark chocolate with honey and almond nougat...hmmmm that's what I'm talking about!

PSS I finished my taxes! Oh, the joy and relief.