Happy hour kicked off my 28th birthday celebration, with the most delicious pomengranate fili drink and good company. A friend from grad school, who turned 27 on July 25, conspired with me to get friends to Zaytinya for drinks. We ordered a few snacks from the Greek mezze restaurant, a place where the food actually does taste like it does in Greece, and then thought it would be more "civilized" to sit down for dinner.
H&D, G, and C and myself went to Rosa Mexicana, where H&D will hold their rehearsal dinner on Oct. 6. This place, while really nice, is one of those "scene" restaurants where the high-concept design makes the food (which is also high-concept designed) taste more upscale than it actually is. Their schtick - which, while slightly charming, doesn't impress me as much as others - is to make guacamole tableside. After you order, a guy rolls a little cart up to your table and mixes avacado, onion, jalapeno, and salt & pepper. Cute, but a little too cheesy to impress, given the simplicity of the recipe. All said, a fabulous dinner and awesome kick-off to four fantastic days.
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