April 10, 2008
My son Greg is a chef at a downtown Ventura restaurant called Westside cellar. We enjoyed having lunch there today with good friends and watching the wheels turn while Greg discussed his new ideas for sauces and recipes. He took his training at the LA Culinary Art Institute in Santa Monica and I'll never forget his first day home when he raced up the stairs with his new chef's jacket and above the pocket was his grandmother's name, Miriam. The jacket was given to him temporarily until the new one arrived. It gave me chills to see her name there and remember how she told me she always wanted to go to culinary school when she was alive and we were working side by side together in the kitchen. She's been an angel on his shoulder ever since and I'm sure she's helping Greg to come up with some great recipes that we've been lucky enough to experience in our own family. I guess I'm bragging here a little! But isn't that every mother's right?
After lunch we were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the Watermark restaurant soon to be "Open" at the corner of Chestnut and Main. It's so exciting to see the renovation of an old bank building which is a Historical Landmark. The gentleman helping to finance the restoration has worked very hard in being true to the authenticity of the building and hiring local artisans to do the work. He's put a lot of love into this renovation and downtown Ventura is lucky to have him!
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