32 in your sky with all the pretty lights: velvet portraitures make me swoon

oh you think i'm kidding? well if you really knew me you would know that i take this type of art work very seriously. i've always wanted a velvet elvis or jesus or something real classy. oh you know how i love the kitsch. which reminds me my aunt's 1, 2, third husband was a bit of a...well let's keep this nice, knowing family reads this- so let's just say he was different and had an affinity for all things from the deseret industries (it's like goodwill, only mormon style). i have to hand it to him though, he found a jewel, a real jewel. it was a massive velvet landscape! this thing was enormous and it graced the living room wall, directly above the couch (as it should). i would have snatched it, but he ruined it. not by being a jerk or a weirdo, even though he was both of those things, but because he fancied himself a bit of an artist and felt that he could take creative allowances. he actually painted some extras into the awe inspiring landscape of whatever forest, who cares, it had velvet on it. that's right. he painted onto a painting. i hate him forever for that. needless to say that thing went right back to the d.i.

i digress, lest we forget i am being restaurant bloggy blog for a little bit.
after work a couple of us decide it's mexican food time, which usually means el compadre's for me (i'll blog about that one later), but i started getting a real craving for velvet wallpaper so off we went to La Velvet Margarita! when i lived in l.a. i always liked to take the young kids here for a visit, because in a word, it is: unique. the food is, let's be honest subpar, but who cares it's mexican and everyone drinks a lot of tequila beforehand anyway.

and this is what i'm talking about:

and that is why i love this place. completely %110 about the decor. from the flocked wallpaper, day of the dead decor, glass tabletops that make you want to do coke so bad your gums go numb, oh and cool vip room upstairs that i peaked into that looks like something jennifer lopez has in her jenny from the block mansion. no, no this place isn't so much about the food, i'm certainly not going back because of the green enchilada with tomatilla sauce. totally boring. the service was the best i've had since being back in l.a. from the valet, to the bouncer, to the host, to the bartender and finally to the waiter. velvet makes everything smooth.
oh and these guys are great too!