"You need a better system"

says the husband as he takes a bite of the chocolate chip cookies I made and forgot to put in the sugar. That's 3 times now that I've made something and have forgotten a key ingredient. Ryan said I should make a mark by each ingredient as I put in the bowl. I say I can handle following a stupid recipe, but I have done it 3 times now. Hmmm.

Guess who I had dinner with tonight!

Okay, so we didn't arrive at the restaurant together and we didn't sit at exactly the same table, and he was finishing his dessert as I sat down, but hey, we chose the same restaurant and I sat at the very next table. I could've eavesdropped on his conversation if I hadn't been giggling so much.

There was a funny looking guy who walked up to him and said, "Hey, we're Romney's too! Just wanted to introduce ourselves." As the funny looking guy left Mitt said, "See ya, cuz!" I imagine that's his canned answer that makes people feel special.

I know the Iowans aren't impressed, they tried to avoid the canidates. Come to think of it, nobody is probably impressed.

For my lunch today I made this,

I had these for snacks at 10am and 2pm

I'm doing pretty well, right?
WRONG!
Someone brought these to work,

And I ate both of them. They were DEElicious.

The Ivy

If you spend any time reading Hollywood news you're sure to have read about a little restaraunt called The Ivy in Los Angeles. Recent visitors include Brad Pitt, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson and so on and so forth.

About two and half years ago (when I was a California resident) my friend Sara O. and I really wanted to do some serious celebrity gawking and thought, "Hmm, we should go have lunch at The Ivy, we're sure to see Brad Pitt, he'll fall in love with us at first sight and ditch Angelina and all her little rugrats too and live happily ever after." (I know the Smith's see all kinds of celebrities at Disneyland and Farmers Market, but I was never so lucky.)
We decided to make reservations, they had to be 3 weeks in advance, and went for our fancy lunch in L.A. We had an appetizer, we both ordered salads and both had Diet Cokes. Our waiter gave us free dessert and our bill was...$90. Yes, I did say $90, BEFORE TIP. I must say the salad was delicious but not worth $90 or the sighting of a radio DJ made famous by American Idol, Ryan Seacrest.

So here's the point, I just had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen at the Gateway and had the EXACT. SAME. SALAD. for $7.95, I paid $4 extra for grilled shrimp for a grand total of $11.95. I also saw Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara, and Reese Witherspoon.

I'm such a sucker.

Penelope

If you like to walk around Anthropologie just because everything is so pretty and nice to look at you are going to love this as much as I did. Go see it now then come back and tell me what you thought. You won't be disappointed.