Thursday Things
Last night’s monthly girls’ night with Jen, Marisa, and Ann-Marie marked a return to a normal social life! We went to one of my favorite Italian restaurants, Pomodoro, (no, not the chain of the same name) in Westwood. I had such a blast catching up with everyone, even if I am totally paying for it today with a sore throat. I am so looking forward to our next dinner and our girls’ spa weekend away! Speaking of which, does anyone have any Palm Springs/Palm Desert spa package or accommodation suggestions?
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Yesterday was also my twenty-second day post-op. I think this is the longest I’ve gone without being sick in over a year. Pretty damn amazing. Now if my taste buds would come back and I could get rid of the metallic taste in my mouth I’ll be all set.
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Tonight is dinner with Eve and Marnie, neither of whom I’ve seen in months, even though Eve lives walking distance from me. Crazy, I know.
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Even though I’ve been eating pasta nearly once a day due to still not being allowed to eat regular food, I’m continuing to lose weight. Coworkers are really noticing and it makes me feel awesome. Maybe I should get one of these so I can keep it off.
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Marissa got me hooked on this site (I know, late to the party), where I was surprised to learn that Hard Rock Cafe (at the Bev Cen) and the Hamburger Hamlet (in Hollywood) have closed. Guess what’s going in the Hamlet’s place…an H&M. Seriously, do we need two so close together?
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Tuesday after work I stopped by the Hollywood post office (the one on Cherokee) to pick up the Food & Wine Magazine’s Quick From Scratch Chicken Cookbook I won from Paula of The Cookbook Junkie. Anyway, that post office is a joke and their procedures are straight out of a Saturday Night Live skit. There’s a special door to line up in front of for package and held mail pickup. Every now and then, the door opens and the employee takes a customer’s slip then quickly disappears back behind the door. Ten or so minutes later the employee reappears with the package and repeats the process with the next customer. Everyone in line thought it was a joke and we were all cracking up. Is that how every post office does it or is Hollywood special?
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I bought an Entertainment book. Does that make me old?
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In other news, someone got to my blog by searching for this. I don’t even want to know.
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And finally, I got home late last night so I Tivod most of my Wednesday night shows. However, I did watch Top Chef, and while I’m not surprised by the elimination, could there have been any more product placement? Come on, that was ridiculous!
