My Top 5 0bsessions This Week

Hello everyone,we are rapidly approaching the holidays and so many events. Some great tv watching and wonderful food. Here are some of my highlights.

1) Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Darren Criss and Lena Hall. A high recommendation for The musicality and joy Darren brings to the role

. Lena Hall's voice is gorgeous and haunting.

2) Nomica restaurant on Market St in San Francisco. I went with my good friend Denise Bellotti.  Well crafted cocktails are tasty and served with flair. Presentation was on point but the food was the star . The Karaage fried chicken and waffles, the gyoza wings and Shigoku  raw oysters with seaweed granita were amazing.

3) One of the shows I am obsessed with is the darkly comic Better Things with the fantastic Pamela Adlon. A working mildly successful Hollywood actress with 3 quirky daughters are different kind of family than what we have seen before. I cannot wait for each episode.

4) Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen in the heart of Berkeley is a treat for all of us who love Nola. The Buttermilk Fried Chicken with ginger vanilla sweet potato mash and blue lake green beans and the Vodoo Shrimp with rice are standouts.

5) Westworld is everything I had hoped for and more. This dark and haunting version has a great cast including Evan Rachel Wood , Thandie Newton and Ed Harris in a villainous role. Production values and cinematography are of the highest degree.