San Francisco - You're Golden Gates Are Open!

Hey Everyone,

Just got back from a quick jaunt to San Francisco and got to say we had a terrific time! What an amazing city. This was the 2nd visit for me and Chuck and we cannot wait to get back again soon.

As you can see, I got to hook up with Marisa while I was there. She looks amazing and is doing some great gigs. She took us around town and everywhere we went we were treated like royalty. What a great time. Thanks Marisa!

This was such a nice little break as we just wrapped up what has been our busiest season at Hi-Life Cafe. On top of that, the week before we left, the Bravo people were here in Ft. Lauderdale filming 14 different webisodes that will be appearing on their web site (bravotv.com) coinciding with the launch of Top Chef 3. We filmed each of the cooking segments in both English and Spanish. The Spanish webisodes will appear weekly on yahootelemundo.com.

I will also be blogging for both sites throughout Top Chef 3. I hope to bring a positive spin to what I know can be very difficult challenges. On June 10th, I will be in Miami with Tom and Padma promoting TC3, and starting on the 13th I will be appearing on the national television show "Cada Dia" on Telemundo every week to re-create the winning dish from the previous week's episode. Should be loads of fun. I hope you will get the chance to see me in at least one of these venues. I will keep you updated as I have more specifics.

Stay tuned......