i kind of love food, like a lot

and my name is nicki.
sooo.... i thought while i'm here in l.a. and i get to eat at lots of great little restaurants why not do a little restaurant bloggy blog?

so here we go restauranteers! (not a word), but restauranteur is- only it means the proprietor and as far as i know none of you are that.

taste

this is right in my old neighborhood- right off melrose
and this is inside

i had the chicken tortilla soup which was tasty because instead of sour cream they use Crème Fraîche! hello! fabulous! and then i had this salad:


grilled romaine, sliced green apple, applewood smoked bacon (unlike the photo-bacon was crumbling,but still delicious) and gorgonzola dressing. so i have never had grilled romaine. it had these crispy, burnt edges (as seen in photo) and it was so yummy! i was very surprised.

but the real hit of the night was my friend's pizzetta. wow. i'm not sure if this is the exact one she had, but let me just tell you it was one of my favorite things, um...ever.
ladies (and maybe a gentleman...probably not) i give you the prosciutto & fig pizzetta
black mission fig jam, prosciutto (thank you heavenly father), gorgonzola, & scallions

so all in all i had a very pleasant experience. my soup and salad cost around $20 bucks (which was graciously paid for by lovely friend), the service was very friendly (albeit a bit slow on the back end. oh the back end! as if i could ever forget about the back end (specially mine)! i had creme brulée. i know, i know i always get it, but i LOVE it. however, my other dinner companion got the bread pudding, which i would never, ever order in a million years cause it reminds me of dowdy, gross and boring english food- but oops, i was totally wrong cause this bread pudding was like the cool, modern and delicious londony type of bread pudding.
thank you taste, all in all a delightful evening full of good food, bevs and friends!

it's time to buy girl clothes

it's so much fun that my sister is having a girl and so i like to shop and shop for little.... (to be continued.) here is megan demonstrating her excitement for new outfits. you may guess which is her favorite.

first: this is big, fat baby



duh- she's excited

my favorite! ponies!!


doesn't my sister look cute in that dress? p.s. she won't like this, but her bum hangs out a little when she wears this dress, it makes me GOL- (that giggle out loud) people. I continue to encourage her to wear it, especially in public.
p.p.s. we are going to dress aidan up in baby girl clothes because i'm all for gender bending and megan just thinks it's funny. probably carl does not. sigh. so much to teach him.

oh and give me doris day any day of the week!

my taste in movies does not match up with my taste in music and it might scare you. it's true. i love crappy movies. i like kid movies. i like musicals. i like cartoons- like classic ones. i like romantic comedies. i like old timesy movies. i like crappy comedies.
here are some of my faves:
big business, beaches- well anything with bette midler (and lily tomlin)
gentlemen prefer blondes, some like it hot- well anything with marilyn monroe
9 to 5, steel magnolias- well anything with dolly parton (lily tomlin again)
confessions of a teenage drama queen, freaky friday- lindsey lohan style
coraline, up, sword in the stone, winnie the pooh, peter pan- love me some animated movies.
waiting for guffman, best in show, drop dead gorgeous- i swoon for mocumentaries
singin' in the rain, sound of music- dancing and singing!
elf- cause i love will farrell and i don't care what you say



tell me some of your favorites puhleease!

sigh of relief

no i did not quit blogging, but my life was seriously put on hold while i finished up school, moved to l.a., and studied for my clinical exam. i felt guilty if i was doing anything other then studying, however i passed my exam and am an official CSW. now i just need a job, get my 4,000 hours and i'm quickly on my way to becoming and LCSW.

sigh.

double sigh.

this is all i want to do:

alas poor people don't get to do this.

instead i get to do this:

aw well.

this is the stuff weekends are made of

friday night: fancy dinner and the symphony- just lovely and spent in such good company.

saturday day: clubbin'it up ladies night- like really- ladies night


sunday: brunch with good friend and lunch directly after with other friends and one outside concert with brandi carlile.


lots of music, food and friends.

butternut squash medicine

i woke up with the worst headache this morning, probably due to working out last night, not drinking a drop of water and well...a few other things. i took some advil and being the extremely dedicated student that i am, i dragged myself to school. the florescent lights were KILLING me, so i took some more advil, drank a coke (or 4), applied tiger balm (the REAL deal), grabbed janelle and went to trio cafe. and this people, this is what finally made the headache go away:

my barbie

thanks for keepin' it real body shop.
RIP Anita Roddick- radical, revolutionary and founder of body shop.