in the last couple of weeks before we (almost) left for china, i really wanted to go to a curtis stone restaurant. the remaining available reservations at maude didn't work with our schedule, but were able to get a good time at gwen.

providence is arguably one of the best restaurants in the city. we went and it was so so good and exceeded all expectations.

the best meal of our austin getaway was at counter 3 . five . vii. we loved everything about the meal, every detail from design to service to food was expertly addressed. 

we celebrated our third wedding anniversary with a cozy and delightful meal at dill in reykjavik.

matur og drykkur means "food and drink" in icelandic, but is also the name of a quaint restuarant in reykjavik.

we only had one chance for dinner in seattle, and it also happened to be james's birthday.

my family has always like going to steakhouses for a nicer dinner or special occasion. there are several we usually frequent, but we were looking to try something new and reserved a table at alexander's steakhouse

as a treat to myself, i booked dinner for us at Q sushi in downtown LA. it's omakase only, and a set price of $165 per person. it's unique as one of the very, very few places outside of japan serving edo-style sushi.

wanting to try something a little different for valentine's day this year, we bought tickets for roomforty's annual valentine's day winemaker dinner.

we arrived at the cosmopolitan and got checked in around 9pm. we were tired, and hungry, and luckily, we found china poblano right inside the hotel! it's famous spanish chef jose andres interpretation of mexican and chinese food.

months ago, we reserved tickets to the new broad museum. coincidentally, it ended up being the opening weekend of neighboring (and much anticipated) restaurant, otium. the space is beautiful, and the food was excellent.