I’m not quite sure how I have never noticed, seen or known about Mes Amis before, especially because if you follow my street until it ends at Vermont you end up on it’s patio, but it is amazing and delicious.

Basically, they bisected the old Hollywood Hills Café (sad that it’s gone) into two restaurants, Mes Amis and Cuba Libre (at least I think that’s what it’s called – wasn’t paying attention). (Damn, I’m a fan of Parentheticals, even when used inappropriately). Atmospherically, it is a Francophiles dream, complete with a patio lit with little lights and an interior that can play host to large parties (rare in Los Feliz).

The menu sports a lot of French classics that I would never touch… Frogs Legs, Escargot, Pate… but surprisingly had a large variety of Vegetarian and Vegan options and probably some of the best Freedom Fries I have ever had. EVER. I had:

Polenta Napoleon
Grilled Polenta Cakes with Layered Goat Cheese
mixed with Tomatoes, Olives, Garlic, Basil, Roasted
Peppers, Balsamic Reduction & Frisée

Holy shit kids, this was amazing. Really fantastically delectable. Anne Lee had the Asperagus Benedict minus the Prosciutto (which of course :

Brioche Toast, White Asparagus, Poached Egg,

Prosciutto Crisp and Truffled Hollandaise

Also equally delicious. There are a bunch of other things I want to try… so I see visits in the future.

As an added bonus… and probably my favorite part… On Thursday Paris Loves L.A’s Adele Jacques and her pianist friend sing classic French Pop songs ala Serge Gainsbourg and France Gall – so if you’re gonna go - go on a Thursday. It’s worth it.

Oh and rumor has it that the Cuban place next door has happy hour, 7 days a week, featuring $3 Mojitos.

I drive by the Henry Fonda every day on my way to work. I read the marquee which usually has some quote to inspire you and sometimes I read the upcoming shows. Usually, there is a combination of shows I don’t care about, fetish balls, awards shows, and shows that I wish I had got my shit together and got tickets to. This morning, I got real excited when I read:

7/ WOLF PARADE

7/ CHROMEO

8/2 MEOW MIX AUDITIONS

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I can’t even begin to fathom the Meow Mix auditions.  It seems like some kind of wonderland … of cats… in a theater… meowing their little hearts out.  I’m also imagining hearts and rainbows and unicorns… but I don’t think that’s likely to happen.  I tried to find out more about it, but just ended up at the Meow Mix website.

It’s AMAZING. My head is about to EXPLODE. I can’t handle it. You know they have games?  Yeah. Games.  Do people really play cat games on the Meow Mix website?  Is it addictive?  I might find out.

ALAS. No news on the auditions.

Another thing I noticed, and this has happened over the past few weeks, is that the Jack Sparrow impersonator is the hardest working impersonators working in front of the Chinese theater.  He takes the early bird gets the worm philosophy to a whole new level.  That makes me wonder about the guy I used to see dressed up as a genie waiting for his ride to work in the morning. I kind of miss that guy.  Maybe faux Jack Sparrow killed him to keep him off the morning beat.  I dunno.

Oh and then I found out sister is planning to get married to her dog-killing ex-boyfriend.

It’s been a wonderful morning so far.