Allison’s Birthday Trip!
Many of you may know that I have a good twin named Allison. We met by chance at the Midtown Marta station in Atlanta one fateful morning in 2003. We lived in the same building (The Metropolis), worked at the same company (Coca-Cola) and belonged to the same three gyms (don’t ask).
I was delighted when she decided to spend her birthday this year in LA! On her actual birthday, August 15th, we had dinner at a Michelin starred restaurant called Le Comptoir with six other very random diners. Over the weekend, Allison braved my driving to go to Ojai, a quaint town about 2 hours away.
We went to an olive oil tasting, the farmer’s market, had coffee and shopped at the lovely boutiques downtown. I took one of my favorite photos ever, of Allison manifesting her return to the Ojai Valley Inn one day. In a stroke of luck, we somehow got our expensive salads at lunch comp’d. We’ve previously been to a spa in Mexico, Santa Fe, Palm Springs and Hong Kong together. She had me trying wheatgrass shots, and my reco was high tea at The Peninsula. Whenever we get together it’s always a good time, and I’m lucky to have this lifelong friend. P.S. In case it wasn’t obvious, I’m the evil twin. mwhahaha….
