OTB, Vodka, Lambchops, Derby

Wow, what a weekend! I left Saturday morning to Kent's place in NY for my Sunday interview......after the usual taking wrong turn coming out of the Holland tunnel, and finding parking for the big white whale I was driving, I arrived at the door step greated by Mike and Dodger, and a vodka oj. Apparently needed to experience the OTB to its fullest potential. I had no idea how true that was! Kent, Jen ( who wanted to know how we "vote" for the horses) and I braved our way to the OTB with Kent taking full long breaths preparing himself for the onslaught of NY's finest gamblers. It really wasn't that bad, once I got the hang of filling out my forms I felt quite at home. While waiting outside, Jen said "oh my God, don't turn around their's a man puking" Of course my response, "Where", as I turned around.

Off to the liquer store, Russian guy named Gary, but Kent calls him Nicholia, after the character on Six Feet Under...he does look like him, if you pay cash he doesn't charge tax, and the money goes in the register without ringing it up. Then to Whole Foods (Green Nazis!) and bought all the stuff I needed for my debut:) Back to Kent's place, more Vodka, and I prep some stuff for the next day, and also planned to cook some lamb that night with my Mojjito drizzle. I made some Tart Tatins, but was not happy with how they were turning out. More vodka, more people, more vodka. Great conversation, tattoos, Kentucky Derby......huge upset with Mind That Bird coming out of nowhere 50 to 1 racing to the finish with a huge lead. It was magical, or was that the vodka :) Between all our bets, Jen was the only one that got the second placed horse. The rest of us, big loosers. Lambchops were a huge hit, I think one of the comments was,"that's f@#$%! awesome!" Ran out of vodka, go to store for more vodka! Everyone gone, I heat up a tart tatin, Kent takes a big bite and burns his mouth........sleep!

Sunday morning, I am stressing out over the tart tatins, and after investigating online come to the conclusion Kent's oven sucks :) coffee bagel, New York Times, lots of water. Went to small farmers market to buy some plants for Kent's balcony, while buying said plants I pinch some thyme from a plant, because I needed it for cooking and did not want to buy the whole plant. Back to apartment, law and order episodes, there are still some I have not seen. I want the tumb tumb tumb sound as my ringtone! left at 3 to head over to the house for my interview. It went really well. They stopped short from licking the plates, they sat at the kitchen island and ate while I cooked, no pressure there:) We had great conversation, it was really easy to relate to them. This is what I want! They asked me if I would be happy spending the Summer in the Hamptons.....let me think about that for a while :) I will find out this week if I got the job. All of you keep sending good energy towards me.......