Category: Recent

Chef Coat Starch

Ashli Michelle February 19, 2013 0 Comments
Each day Le Cordon Bleu students form a line in the hallway to have an official uniform inspection. This massively important uniform inspection is performed by none other than gigantic-hat-wearing chef instructors. They slowly walk by, intensely gazing into each student's eyes for almost one second. Their chef instructor eyes then investigate each part of every student's uniform in hopes of not...

Orientation Day at Le Cordon Bleu

Ashli Michelle February 17, 2013 1 Comment
Being socially awkward means a person does not feel like waking up with a huge, puffy mark beneath their eye. This is not something an uncomfortable person has time to deal with. How am I supposed to sashay into Le Cordon Bleu on orientation day with one funky looking eye? The first thing I did was come clean with the admissions guy. I could tell he might be thinking my hard-working husband...

Hypnotic Donuts

Ashli Michelle February 16, 2013 0 Comments
Hypnotic Donuts is in a donut league of its own. Krispy Kreme Donuts must feel totally inadequate. They squeaked by all these years with super duper snoozer donuts, only to be smashed into last place with the arrival of Hypnotic Donuts. In an instant, Krispy Kreme morphed into worthless. A nonsense kind of donut place. Even the sign on the window screaming donuts are fresh out of the oven does...

Oak

Ashli Michelle February 8, 2013 1 Comment
Oak was on John DeMers list of places to record radio in Dallas recently. Until then, I'd never stepped inside. Please know that Oak's dining room is jaw-dropping gorgeous--- a stunning spectacle of breathtaking joy. Are you with me? This was during the day. Imagine what happens when the lights go down and the atmosphere gets even more glorious. Oak is the place a stressed out person should go to...

Greenz

Ashli Michelle February 7, 2013 0 Comments
Joel Stabile is the new owner of Greenz on McKinney. He said many different things during a mini-media tasting yesterday, but the one that smacked me in the face is his passion for providing customers with excellent service. He might look like a junior high guy, but this brand new owner is not messing around. Most importantly, he's worked in the industry. People having waited tables or bartended...