Give me cheesy bread, hold the men

Last night I met Christine at The Smokehouse in Burbank before heading off to Hollywood for our night out. It was her grandfather's birthday so it was fun to see him and his wife of 50 years all dolled up and celebrating. I'd never been to The Smokehouse before but I had heard a lot of good things about it. Can I just say that the cheese bread they serve is amazing? I mean it is literally a piece of cheesy heaven goodness. Christine has gone on and on about the bread but I didn't pay too much attention to it but she was right..it rocks. If you are in the Burbank area you should check it out.

http://www.smokehouse1946.com/Home.html

We stayed in Burbank for about an hour and then headed over to Ritual in Hollywood (I know, I know totally not my scene). But in my quest to find Mr. Right I somehow convinced Christine to go with me to a 'Lock and Key' event. If you have never been to one of these then I suggest you take a look at their website http://www.lockandkeyevents.com/.

The whole process itself is a bit phallic. Girls wear a lock around their neck and guys have a key around theirs. The goal is to unlock as many locks as you for which you receive a ticket to be entered into a raffle. They have all sorts of different prizes - cruises, movies, spa treatments, etc. I was a bit leary of going in the club as Christine parked the car. Car loads of women kept parking their cars. All I could think about is that I was at the wrong event. Once we got in I seriously wanted to run for the door. The men that were already there were in their late 40s/early 50s. Nothing wrong with older men...just not my thing. I decided to snap myself out of it though and keep a positive mentality. I talked to a couple of interesting people which was good. Most of the guys though were quite creepy. One of the re-occuring questions of the evening was 'What do you do?' I mean after all it is Hollywood. I made it short by saying that I was in sales. No reason to get into every aspect of my job (i.e. the prostitution, money laundering, embezzlement). If I recall correctly his name was 'Mike' and he said that he was in commercial real estate in which I smartly responded 'Business must be booming'. To which he responded and said 'No, but its okay because my dad is rich' hmm...really? I couldn't hold back, just had to speak my mind, and said 'Does that line really work on women'. Seriously I'm not a total raging bitch but I can't stand those douche-bag comments.

Overall though it was fun to hang out with my friend and drink the night away. I must have had about 5 drinks within a 3 hour period. I did meet a cute physician though. He got my number, and I got his so I guess we'll see. I'm not holding my breath or sending out wedding invitations just yet. Let's be real...it is Hollywood after all.

The night ended with a lovely 1am food fest at House of Pies. I had a blt/turkey sandwich with some crispy fries. To top it off Christine and I shared a piece of Bavarian Chocolate cream pie. Yum, yum.