April has been busy. While it started with a quiet decadent mid week dinner at Chanterelle, it picked up speed very quickly. Joe had his birthday at Long Tan in Brooklyn, then exactly one week later, on my birthday, Joe took me to Fresh downtown. Somewhere in the middle of that week I entertained out of town clients for lunch at The Odeon and then dinner at The Harrison in Tribeca. Throw in a long weekend trip to California, an excellent meal at Bistro 21 and a day wine tasting in Santa Barbara I can say that I am totally full and exhausted!

If I get some time this week I may add some details on the dinners at these restaurants. There may even be time for me to play with my new birthday toy, a pure white 325 watt KitchenAid with meat grinder and sausage attachments -- fun, fun, fun.