Cafe Med and the Rain
It's been raining heavily now for the past 12 hours and I finally was able to establish some kind of connection. I haven't properly set up this new router I purchased and hopefully, this time, I'm actually online. Otherwise, I can only re-write this post so many times and I may just give up entirely. Hopefully my signal has not deceived me yet again. Anyway, the rain is unusual but relaxing. Regardless of the nightmare it is to drive amongst Californians driving in the rain, I still enjoy the "sound of the pouring rain". But it has put a damper on my "eating on the patio" habit. I've since discovered a new place in L.A. and by new I mean to me, not as in brand new. It's been there for a while and I've always wanted to try it but as strange as it sounds, I never had the "right" opportunity to go.
Cafe Med. Situated in Sunset Plaza, the same place in which I dodged heavily for half a year in fear of running into my ex. He purchased a place up on that hill and finally I braved the waters. A friend of mine invited me on a very sunny friday afternoon. She's a producer who found herself free for the lunch hour. She picked me up and we headed to this bright, cheery spot. Although the meal was a modest amount, I very much enjoyed the atmosphere. Yes, it's one of those typical "L.A." spots and we sat right next to Dave Navarro (who was having a meeting) and within minutes we spotted Jessica Simpson and eventually some others rolling in around lunch. It's one of those places that makes you feel obligated to get a midday drink or two and yet still not feel guilty about it. It also makes you smoke that cigarette that you've worked so desperately to quit the past 5 weeks. Everything was great, the food, the people, service, conversation, the company, the drinks, until...he appeared. I heard his voice and like slow motion looked up only to see him greeting another patron. As soon as I tried to hide, I made myself noticable. It was inevitable. Nevertheless, it went smoothly and I said hi hello, how are you and that was that. We stayed for a couple more hours and drank until it looked like the sun was going down. Nice way to start the weekend...
