LISA CHUN

and breakfast, too

when you're moving you have to have breakfast, too, not just dinner. it's been really hectic, almost panic-y, but i somehow managed to get over to the saturday morning breakfast crew for a final feast. i said, how i am going to find such excellent foodie people such as yourselves, but who are equal bits nerdy, who read don quixote for fun? apparently i'm going to have to lurk around some indie bookshops in l.a....this could work people, this could work.

ben made home made english muffins. he is a true food nerd.

this watermelon salad has goat cheese and poppy seeds.

 

sally's dad used to take the best pictures with this camera. i think it uses 640 film.

 

moving sucks. but breakfast rocks. oh if only it could be breakfast all the time.

even when you're moving you still have to have dinner

ben and joe put together a lovely dinner for me the other night. well before i am to leave but schedules are crazy and that's the way it goes. i brought two bottles of champagne that somehow in my mind were uber premium bottles of champagne but when the day came and i brushed the dust off me and grabbed the bottles - oops, they were mid range, not uber. so, embarrassed because ben and joe are ultimo when it comes to taste and joe especially knows his wine and such. but it was okay because i'd said to them: casual. everything so last minute, everything so rushed. they made this european dish (was it classic provencal?) that was aioli with steamed fish and vegetables. yummy! and beautifl, too. ashley ate a plate of only white food (pictured above) and then made a joke about it and i would make a joke about that but i won't. sally grew up only 4 streets away from me in torrance, that was pretty freaky. we were on 164th and van ness and she was on 169th and van ness - but left there two years before i was born! she made an incredible cake with little chunks of chocolate and orange zest and i think i heard kahlua mixed into the ganache. loretta made a deborah madison peach cobbler with colorado peaches. oh my gosh. ben said but of course for me we would have a simple dinner - and then three desserts and two bottles of champagne. but not. the third dessert was a chokecherry gelatin that the chef pulled back at the last minute and we didn't drink any of the champagne.

august flea market

This is the last month for the season you'll be able to find me at the flea market. Come and say hi if you're in the area. I want to write about how amazing my interactions have been, and with so many people...but I'll have to do that in another post when I have a bit more time. I'll be based out of L.A. and working on some new products. It's exciting times, for sure. Lots to say, but more later.