i’m attempting to study for my final in my history of electronic dance class (read: rave class) but it’s really hard because i’m playing with bits of my website! -sob!- i’m so useless.
so here’s another update. this time it’s ALL ABOUT FOOD~!
Nate and Al’s. so after our respective mad paper writing rushes for soc1, julie and I decided to hit the road and grab some grub. we hit up a place called “nate and al’s” in beverly hills (which is seriously sooo close to ucla), a jewish deli. apparently, the food network did a special on the place, and julie decided she had to go. and me being constantly hungry, I had to tag along too.
    the food was excellent! we each had a cup of soup – she got matzo ball, I got chicken noodle – and half a corned beef sandwich. first off, the chicken soup was really really tasty, and you could really taste all the veggies that helped flavor it. mmm. I was totally floored by the corned beef sandwich. i’m normally a pastrami kind o’ girl, but the corned beef they had there was completely melt-in-your-mouth yummy and not as super-greasy as pastrami normally seems to be. the potato salad that came with it was also surprising — usually sides are just an afterthought, but nate and al’s really made the most of a little dish. it was really creamy and really rich, but not as heavy and potato salads tend to be, and spiced just right. I was floored. plus, the price for soup and really huge sandwich was about $23, fairly reasonable compared to some other delis, and plus we got more food! the service was also really good. all the waitresses seemed like they’d been working there forever, so you had a really classic diner sort of feel. they knew the menu, and knew how to give good service and were not just saccharinely polite the way some of the younger waiters/waitresses are now. i’m defintely taking this place over Jerry’s Famous Deli from now on! you need to go there too~!
Al Gelato I’m a huuuuge gelato fan, and i finally got my fix at the local gelateria, al gelato. this is also in beverly hills on robertson. I had pear and passionfruit gelato while julie got the chocolate. my pear gelato was really really tasty, passionfruit was a little too sweet, but chocolate was DECADENT. SOO GOOD! head there if you can! it’s definitely one of the “can’t miss” places in la. :)