Filed under: America, Attitude & Aptitude, Colenso, Confidence, Creativity, Culture, LaLaLand, Metallica
For reasons even America doesn’t deserve, I’m going to be in Los Angeles – and SF – next week.
And while I’m supposedly there for working reasons [with he common thread being the letter M] – that’s not why there’ll be no posts until I return. Nor is it because I’ll be catching up with old friends or buying the latest Apple gear because I can’t be arsed to wait till it gets to NZ.
OK, there is an element of truth in that …
But the real reason is because I’ll be trying to work through the menu of my favourite restaurant there in the whole wide world.
The Cheesecake Factory.
A restaurant with a menu that is thicker than the bible and tastes that belong in the 1980’s.
Apart from Sammy’s [RIP] in Manhattan Beach that we would go to every Friday night … the Cheesecake Factory was THE restaurant for me.
Yes there’s your In & Out Burgers and your Taco/Tacky Bell … but nothing could beat the bad taste of a good meal at the Cheesecake Factory.
Though – ironically – I never did eat any of their cheesecakes.
It’s going to be weird going back to LA.
Yes, I popped in on my way to see Forest in the premiership final.
And yes, I went there when we were living in England – pre-pandemic.
But while my time in LA was not my favourite time of my life or career, there were a lot of brilliant friends I made and experiences I had – even the weird ones – which means I’m quite excited to be going over and reconnect to the things that made a lasting impression on me and the people who changed my life.
So I’ll see you when I’m back. Possibly having had a heart by-pass. Either way, if you’re in LA and want to catch up, you know where to find me.
See you in 10 days or so.