Lisa, Ken and Jiggy too!

Oh.My.God.

I had one of the best nights of my life last night.

Zach's boss gave him $100 so we could go out to eat and we considered about 1000 different places. We jumped in the car from the valley just knowing we were going towards Beverly Hills or Hollywood, with Mitch's Zagat book in hand. Half way there I had a genius idea (and I almost spelled genius wrong just now..). Lisa, one of the amazing ladies of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, owns a couple of restaurants out here. I've been thinking to myself about how I want to go to one of them, because they look GORGEOUS in the show, and I figured that since last night was the finale of the show, she might be there to celebrate. So we called and were actually able to get a reservation. We get there and they put us outside. (because there are so many other awesome components to this story, I'll only briefly mention how awesome it is to live somewhere you can eat outside under a small heat lamp in January in a t-shirt, leggings and flip flops)

I was somewhat disappointed to be put outside because I figured if Lisa DID show up she certainly wouldn't sit outside and we wouldn't even be able to see her. Next thing I know Zach spots Ken (her husband) at the bar. I thought he was teasing me at first when he said it. Then he notices that Ken has their dog (Jiggy, who has his own blog hes so famous) in his hand. I didn't know if this was a good sign or a bad sign. Did he have the dog because Lisa was out doing something for the show and couldn't have him herself? Or did he have the dog because Lisa was on her way to the restaurant right there very minute. Well, I found out that the answer was, fortunately, the latter of the two possibilities because as I saw there facing the entrance I saw her get out of a car and walk right on in. Naturally, I interrupted Zach's sentence and said "shes here." Also naturally, I soon after put it on Facebook. Duh.

She put her purse down on a table that only Zach had a view of. I wanted to be in his seat anyways because he was closer to the heat lamp and was saying how hot he was, and I enjoy being hot. So we switched seats. Mistake. They moved to a different table. Was this a sad turn of events? NO. The table the moved to was right next to ours. Like, when Ken got out of his seat to walk the dog and take pictures with people, Zach had to scoot his chair in so Ken could squeeze by. Awesomeeee. I could hear their voices coming from their mouths as opposed to the speakers on my TV.

Zach was mocking my (hidden) excitement the entire time. At first I thought I was the only person there obsessed with the fact that she was there (on the night of the finale no less) but then the upper 20's women next to us started watching and discussing her table. They were excited too, I wasn't so weird after all! Then Zach and I decided to come up with a way to switch seats AGAIN so I could see Lisa. (Initially I was in the chair right next to Ken, but because of that I couldn't see anything). A plus of this is that the plan involved going to the bathroom as an excuse to get up, and the bathroom was gorgeous. Also, on my walk to the bathroom I could hear every one in the restaurant talking about how Lisa was there. After this people were walking up to her table constantly or she was going over to other tables that would call her over for a picture op. Ken literally would interrupt a server to go take her picture with other people so the husband could be in the picture too, as opposed to just taking it. What nice people.

I didn't want to interrupt their dinner, and I'm not even close to that brave, so I stayed in my seat. I knew I would LOVE to have a picture with any of the three of them, but oh well. BUT THEN. Ken gets up, slides between Zach's chair and the people at the table behind us. He notices the people there recognize him and the dog, and asks if they want a picture with Jiggy. He even let them hold Jiggy. This opened the flood gates and he had to take a picture with everyone. Note that this is a small restaurant, seating under 100 people, so it had a very intimate feel and most everyone could see what was going on. As hes walking down the sidewalk to where the dog can pee (I'm assuming) people are stopping him constantly. At this point Zach and I were ready to go and had paid and everything, so we walked out at the same time as him. Since he was in the middle of taking pictures I manned up and asked for a picture with him and Jiggy. Amazinggggggg. He was happy to do it. Plus I don't think he liked the people he had to take the picture with beforehand, it was actually kind of awkward. So anyways we were the last people to take a picture with him and had to walk to our car in the same direction he happened to be going, so he walked with us. We talked about how good the food was, he discussed the chef, Zach knew something about the chef so they said that. It was AWESOME.

What else was awesome? The king crab roll appetizer we ordered. It literally may have been the best thing I've ever eaten. Same concept as sushi, but it had that white soy paper which I very much prefer and instead of rice they used risotto. That alone was delicious, but the crab meat they used and the sauce it was cooked in was perfection. Even if it weren't for the rest of this story, I'd be going back to that restaurant just for that. The shrimp pasta I got was great and spicy, but not fully memorable (except the way they did the shrimp was something I had never seen before and very cool). Zach got the sea bass which he said was great but the vegetables were the best thing on the plate I think. The dessert was a true disappointment, but whatever. Shortly after that dessert I got to touch little Jiggy so I was easily distracted.

Also, the design and style of that restaurant I will never forget and they have changed my design sense forever. My next home will be decorated completely differently than I had imagined before. My wedding, all changed. It was stunning.