food daze

these days, i have been in a bit of a food daze. on my trip to california, i am still at a loss to explain how i was able to visit two legendary restaurants in the course of less than 24 hours. make sense to you? nope, doesn't make sense to me either. it was so much good food in such a short period of time that i sometimes think it was all a dream, except that i know it wasn't. but i do feel like i've been spoiled more than anyone should ever expect. i also know that i (and my sister, thanks nora) paid dearly for it, but of course that all melts away when you're actually eating. however, now i think i am ready for a period of normal eating. i think that the level of good food that i maintained during the school year was constant this summer, but came in the form of really low-level dinners sprinkled with a few really high-level dinners. given a choice, i prefer the former by a lot, though i'm happy to have had the wonderful experiences i had this summer.