horrible sommelier at craft

we went to craft for dinner, with my best friend from college and my best friend from grad school.  had really high hopes, because craft la is one of my fav restaurants in la, and they always have impeccable service.  things didn't go as well.  the 4th person was really annoying and talked nonstop, so that didnt help.    what really pissed me off was that we asked to decant the bottle we ordered, and were forcibly told by the sommelier "you don't need to decant this bottle."  and for our second bottle, tried to make a recommendation by saying, "if you're looking for something in the same price range..."  needless to say, i asked him to leave, with a rudeness that matched his attitude.

escaped!

caught one of the last flights out of boston, just as the biggest storm to hit chicago in history (30"+) was about to hit boston.  that was close.

marliave

after a long wait at the hospital friday night, met up with my best friend from college, who just finished his last day of his rotation visiting harvard's brigham and women's hospital. we went to marliave, which has been open since the 1800s, and had some amazing food (include happy hour oysters and littleneck clams on the halfshell). don't have pics of the clams, but some of them were half the size of my palm. yum!

Rabbit tenderloin and sausage

Tiger shrimp linguine