KZalan's Blog

Every once in a while you party hard one night and feel like shit the next morning and wonder, "should I do it all over again? or quit now and recover painfully." In my case, I decided the hair of the dog was the best option. It started out on Friday night. I had a friend visiting from New York for some fashion business and decided to go out Friday, Saturday and reluctantly, Sunday. Unless you want to eat at the Cheescake Factory or Norm's, it's wise to make reservations anywhere. With that said, we were a little late (Thursday) trying to make reservations. We ended up getting a party of 8 for 8p.m. Friday night at a new place in Beverly Hills called Aqua. We figured it was a little "too easy" - so we had our own "reservations." We arrived Friday night, not surprised to see it was a little less than, happening...it was obvious the place wasn't the place to be and when our bartender confirmed that this was their third official opening...we bailed. But I did appreciate the under water theme and the staff was really friendly, it's a shame they weren't that busy.

After bailing we went to Crustacean which was opposite - busy and loud. The bill was loud as well, although it was pricey, almost a grand for a party of 8, it was well worth it. We called it a night after that and decided to save it for the next night. But I guess we overlooked how much we had drank and found out the next morning we had gotten annihilated. So off to the next place - Citizen Smith. The "IT" restaurant at the moment and it was awesome. From the decor to the crowd and the music, not to mention the former cooks from Maestro's the place deserved its great reputation. Saw Busta Rhymes there...We headed back to the Grafton where we spotted American Idol Bucky and his twin brother partying. It was almost 2 and it was time to call it a night. Sunday night I felt the only way to fix my hangover was yet with more alcohol...a nice glass of wine which put me fast to sleep.

Crustacean - notice the clear koi pond!
Outside Crustacean
Citizen Smith - pics do no justice
This is how i felt most of the weekend