Hi and Happy Friday! Whose ready for the weekend?? Today I'm taking it back a couple days to when I spent last week in Las Vegas to work at a tradeshow. While I've been there many times for work, this trip marked the first time that I actually had a night devoted entirely to fun. My close friend Danielle, who lives in NYC, happened to also be there for work, so we both extended our trips for a night out on the town together. Being that we're both foodies, there was obviously some discussion ahead of time as to where we'd have dinner... and we decided to try out celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis' new restaurant inside The Cromwell, aptly called GIADA. (Image via GiadaVegas on Twitter) I'm usually not big into the whole celebrity chef restaurant thing, especially in ... [Read More]
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Tigelleria Organic Italian Restaurant in Campbell, San Jose
When I move to a new area, it takes me awhile to find favorite places and spaces around. So when my family visited me in my new Bay Area home last week, I had a mix of new places for us to try that I'd only heard of, with a couple of new things I'd already experienced and loved thrown in there. One of the restaurants I had lined up for us to dine at one night was Tigelleria Organic Restaurant, a small Italian eatery in the Campbell area. I first ate there with my friend Tiffany a few months ago. We both enjoyed our dinner experience there, so I went back with my family last Friday night. (source) The restaurant has 15 tables, so reservations are necessary (especially with a group of 6 as we had). I think I tend to gravitate towards smaller, more intimate places like this - especially ... [Read More]