February 17, 2007
The Absurdities of My Current Life
Yesterday I slept late and got up around 8 a.m. and went to bed around 11:30, meaning that I was awake for about 15 1/2 hours over the course of the day. It was, admittedly, a short day for me. Normally I try to be awake by around 6 or 6:30 so that I can get writing.
Anyway, yesterday I attended the monthly luncheon of hotel PR directors here in DC at the Four Seasons, where I enjoyed a delicious four-course lunch, complete with rose champagne, a wagyu rib-eye, celery soup, and a frisee salad. Since we lingered over the conversation for a while, the lunch took about three hours start-to-finish.
Last night, then, I went out to dinner with the publicist for the new restaurant Il Mulino New York that's opening here later this month. It's a very famous New York Italian haunt, where, supposedly, it's nearly impossible to score a table. K and my old friend Justin came along to round out our table for four at the mock service dinner before it opens officially, and we arrived at about 6:30 p.m. The dinner was delicious, just course after course of very rich, very yummy Italian food—from a mushroom ravioli to a spicy bruschetta to a langostino risotto to a very tender veal saltimbocca, and on through a poached pear, Grand Marnier-soaked orange, cheesecake, and an endless supply of Chianti. Dinner lasted until just before 11.
Looking back, here's the absurdity: All told yesterday I spent 7.5 hours—roughly an entire work-day and nearly 50 percent of my waking hours—engaged in meals. It's probably a good thing, looking back, that I skipped breakfast yesterday.
