Fake Banana

hi again, blogging is fun when you have nothing else to do while volunteering.

last night's show at the paramount was amazing! the entire dialogue between anthony bourdain and mario batali was so entertaining and informative. brian and i love these two guys so anything they can say would make us love them even more.

the last half hour of the show was dedicated to Q&A from the audience. i was 7th in line...a blur when i got up to the microphone and introduced myself to the fellas. i gave TBTL a shout-out and told a paramount theater crowd that i am a TEN and recently engaged. people cheered and clapped. my question was something to the liking of what kind of food do you think we should have at our wedding, anything remarkable at your wedding or a chef freind's wedding...and i'm not talking crabcakes and tuna tartare. the audience loved the question and someone in the crowd shouted "open bar". mario and anthony's advice was to keep it simple, if the wedding rocks no one will remember the food. then mario went on to say that he had tacos at his wedding. that sealed the deal for brian and i. i added that we were thinking about taco truck, people clapped and cheered and anthony and mario said "there you go, you got it!" as i said thanks the boys onstage congratulated me and i walked back.

hahah! best night ever! brian and i celebrated at barrio afterwards with micheladas, sangria, and ceviche.

a terrible picture of the guys on stage but you get the idea. we were so close too! i have to start toting a different camera.

luke burbank, mario batali, anthony bourdain at the paramount theater 5/30/09