RESUME
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles County
Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
The Culver Hotel is a Los Angeles treasure; the architecture is beautiful, the antique decor is breathtaking, and the drinks are STIFF. Specifically, the Culver Lemonade. Every time I come here, I make the same mistake: I order the Culver Lemonade, and then can't remember the rest of my night.
Hotel Bel-Air
701 Stone Canyon Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Review coming soon!
Magic Castle
7001 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
The Magic Castle is not a dive bar, but we certainly did our share of drinking here. I’m a sucker for old-fashioned, plush décor (see Dear John’s and The Brixton), so the bars within this exclusive establishment felt just right. The whole experience was great; I felt like a rich kid behaving badly. There was a lot of indiscreet dick touching going on.
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Mastro's Steakhouse
246 N Canon Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Apparently, I am an exemplary employee because I was given the ‘Q2 –Team MVP’ award (thank you, thank you, hold your applause) at work. In addition to a diamond-shaped plaque with my name engraved on it, I was given a $200 gift card to Mastro’s Steakhouse. I love an expensive, bloody steak, so I was pleased with this reward. Naturally, my fancy coworkers throw out all sorts of recommendations for my visit – “THE BUTTER CAKE! TRY THE BUTTER CAKE!!!”
After holding on to this gift card for about six months, Chad and I finally commit to a date and make a reservation. I’m a modest kind of girl and Beverly Hills is a part of town I venture to on very few occasions, so even $200 of free steak required some extra convincing.
We gussie-up and call a cab to drop us off at the Regent Beverly Wilshire for a cocktail before dinner. Yes, the hotel from ‘Pretty Woman’ and yes, everyone who goes there talks about how it’s the hotel from ‘Pretty Woman’. Personally, I don’t get all wet visiting shooting locations; I’m more excited about Vivian having a Ratt poster on her bedroom wall. \m/
After the cocktail, we make our way over to Mastro’s. The first thing I notice when we step inside is how tiny the bar is. Maybe there are bars on the other floors of the restaurant because I can’t imagine four bar stools accommodating everyone, especially because there is nowhere else to sit when you’re waiting to be escorted to your table. I order the “Lemon Ginger Smash”…it tastes like Irish Spring and is so enormous that it ends up being the only cocktail I order.
It’s really hot and dark inside, but the mix of soothing, contemporary rock music calms my nerves. We order a cornicopia of food, with the intention of using the entire gift card: caprese salad, chopped salad, bone marrow, mac 'n' cheese, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, two giant steaks, and, of course, the butter cake (yeah, we had a lot of leftovers). The food is good, but I’m still having a hard time digesting the fact that we spent $60+ on steaks. I was also surprised by the number of children playing on iPads in the restaurant. Ohhh, rich people.
The highly-acclaimed butter cake reminded me of a crustier, oilier version of a boxed yellow cake. It's not that bomb, don't order it.
The whole way home, we scratch our heads wondering why people dish out that much money for food. Mastros...expensive, and then you poop it out.
After holding on to this gift card for about six months, Chad and I finally commit to a date and make a reservation. I’m a modest kind of girl and Beverly Hills is a part of town I venture to on very few occasions, so even $200 of free steak required some extra convincing.
We gussie-up and call a cab to drop us off at the Regent Beverly Wilshire for a cocktail before dinner. Yes, the hotel from ‘Pretty Woman’ and yes, everyone who goes there talks about how it’s the hotel from ‘Pretty Woman’. Personally, I don’t get all wet visiting shooting locations; I’m more excited about Vivian having a Ratt poster on her bedroom wall. \m/
After the cocktail, we make our way over to Mastro’s. The first thing I notice when we step inside is how tiny the bar is. Maybe there are bars on the other floors of the restaurant because I can’t imagine four bar stools accommodating everyone, especially because there is nowhere else to sit when you’re waiting to be escorted to your table. I order the “Lemon Ginger Smash”…it tastes like Irish Spring and is so enormous that it ends up being the only cocktail I order.
It’s really hot and dark inside, but the mix of soothing, contemporary rock music calms my nerves. We order a cornicopia of food, with the intention of using the entire gift card: caprese salad, chopped salad, bone marrow, mac 'n' cheese, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, two giant steaks, and, of course, the butter cake (yeah, we had a lot of leftovers). The food is good, but I’m still having a hard time digesting the fact that we spent $60+ on steaks. I was also surprised by the number of children playing on iPads in the restaurant. Ohhh, rich people.
The highly-acclaimed butter cake reminded me of a crustier, oilier version of a boxed yellow cake. It's not that bomb, don't order it.
The whole way home, we scratch our heads wondering why people dish out that much money for food. Mastros...expensive, and then you poop it out.
Regent Beverly Wilshire
9500 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Review coming soon!
Vibrato
2930 N Beverly Glen Cir
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Review coming soon!