THE FURY OF THE EGG: March 2014

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Miami!

I woke up this morning at 5am and schlepped my luggage down to my car in 26 degree weather feeling like misery.

Got to LaGuardia, where I had a 7am flight to Miami. (I'm shooting my friend Stacey's wedding on Saturday up in Boca Raton.)

Slept on the plane, and by noon I was lounging on the beach at SoHo Beach House.

As usual they are pretty strict about picture-taking on the property, but there are plenty of pics on the internet.

I jacked these from google. This place is heaven.

Formerly the Sovereign Hotel, it was converted into a sick little SoHo House resort back in 2010 with multiple pools, bars, restaurants, a spa, gym, and its own branch of the famous West Hollywood joint Cecconi's.

They also have a private beach area right on the northern end of South Beach.

And an amazing pool that was awesome for people-watching.

I cannot think of any place I'd rather be today!

Got a ton of work done, and even had time for a workout in their awesome gym overlooking the pool at the Fontainebleu.

Then I stopped into Cecconi's for a delicious lunch of Chicken Paillard with a side of meatballs. YUM.

Just finished editing Sam & Aliisa's New Orleans wedding. Wooo!

Now I'm off to dinner with my wedding planner friend Jassi.

Super special shoutout and thanks go to Charlie, Caroline, and Megoon whose combined efforts got me my membership here at the SoHo House. I love you guys soyyyyy much.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Nisha & Todd's Engagement

Todd emailed me Monday night and said he was planning to propose to Miss Nisha on Tuesday and wanted to see if I was in town and free to capture it.

I think my favorite thing in the world to do is to capture a proposal. It is always such a fun, emotionally-charged, happy event.

Todd had planned to do it on the rooftop of the NoMad hotel. They had lunch reservations downstairs and had worked it out with the host (who apparently is the worst actor ever) who was "in on it" and told them their table wasn't ready yet but they were welcome to go upstairs to check out the rooftop where champagne and flowers had been set up.

Semi-funny story. I got there about a half hour early when the helpers were setting everything up. And it was windy so the flower vase kept blowing over and the roses and water would spill and scatter EVERYWHERE.

This happened like three times. We even tried to duct tape the vase to the table to no avail.

So I had to keep texting Todd to see where he was and as they were about to come up from the lobby I alerted the little helper lady and she ran out and set up the flowers and said a little prayer and then scurried away and we crossed our fingers that the vase wouldn't blow over again while Todd was doing his thing.

It worked out.

Nisha reacted the way I just love all my brides-to-be to react.

It was soy cute.

My fave is her reaction when I came out from my hiding spot and she finally noticed me.

Love when people are happy to see me!

I wish I could have captured the whole thing from this angle...but there was nowhere to hide. Maybe it's time to invest in a rock or bush costume.

We popped some champagnes...

They were so cute...

Congratulations Todd & Nishi!!!

In case you're wondering where I was hiding, it was in this little window where I almost died.

Yay! Cannot wait for their DK Wedding!

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Bangkok EatParties / More Little Beast

Not much to report from Bangkok. I worked and ate and got massages. Didn't go out and explore the city all that much. Fun for me boring for you.

We did go to Little Beast again, the day after we already went to Little Beast. I was supposed to have dinner with my former bride and groom Billy & Fai (did I never blog about their epic wedding back in October? oops sorry. maybe someday) but his dad got sick and they had to fly to California. So I *had* to have dinner at Little Beast instead. Boo hoo poor me.

This night we got a few different things off the menu.

Steak-cut fries with truffle aioli...

Of course no meal is complete without a DKMB...

Teeheeeheeee!!!

We also got some Chicken/Fennel sausages...

(Still obsessed with my meatball for obvious reasons, one of them being its CHEESE FILLING.)

Asparagus/Watercress/Shaved Parmesan Salad...

Kobe mini-sliders w jalapeno. YUM.

Oh I was obsessed with the Iberico ham that they put in the Mac & Cheese yesterday so I made it known to Chef Nan and she gave me a special side of it. YUMMY

We put it on our mini-burgers. If you think bacon is the greatest thing in the world you are wrong because you have never had Iberico. HEAVEN

And as a grand finale we had the 15-hour Braised Lamb Shoulder OH MY GOD

Chef Nan also brought out some Sardine Bruschettas because they are new and she wanted them photographed but yuck I did not touch that sh*t. Also I was dying of food coma.

FOOD COMA.........

Just kidding! WE WANT MORE WE ARE OBEASTS!!!!!

We had the Banana Pudding Panna Cotta. The sugar-crusted banana slices dipped in banana pudding and coated with a little caramel are like little bites of banana creme-brulee and make my underpants all wet just thinking about them.

SOOOO GOOOD

Love watching these ladies run their eat-empire!!!

The day after, on my last day in town, TL dropped in to visit (she now lives in Jakarta).

I just love my Princess friends because they just jump on a plane and visit me whenever I'm in Asiatown. (I promise I will FINALLY post pics from our Shanghai trip last October. I color-corrected them on the plane ride home yesterday!)

We started with happy hour drinks and snacks at TL's fab hotel, the Metropolitan Bangkok.

These baby chicken lollipops were REALLY TASTY.

And the Satay wasn't bad either.

Because we'd gone to Little Beast two nights in a row, we decided to check out a new gastropub owned by Tee and Nan's friend so we could size up the competition.