Cooking with Jason

Monday, January 22, 2007

Greetings from LA

I'm sitting in a Starbucks in Los Angeles -- Santa Monica to be specific -- and it's nearly 70 degrees outside. Meanwhile, back in good old Pleasant Valley, NY, it's 25 degrees and snowing.

Anyway, I'm nearing the end of what has been a very quick trip. I left JFK Sunday at around noon, landed in LA at 3pm, and am flying out tonight (Monday) at 10pm, getting back to NY at six in the morning. The reason for this whirlwind excursion? A job interview with the company I mentioned two months ago. I'm still wary about mentioning the name of said company, what with this being the Internet and all. You never know who's reading.

Things have gone well so far. I went to dinner at one of their restaurants last night, had an interview and lunch today, and a tour of three other restaurants. I'll be dining with them once more (in about an hour) before flying out tonight.

As this part of the trip winds down, I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning, when I'll undertake my first airport-to-subway-to-train trip (as opposed to driving home from the airport, which I've done a dozen times).