bam!

Started off yesterday with an entertaining first date lunch at a ho-hum seafood place... sorry Playa Azul on Mission, but it's hard to top Peruvian-style ceviche. Though I will say that the shrimp and octopus cocktails come in HUGE goblets and you will not leave hungry, just not blown away. Not really worth a photo, but I was also on a date and thought it might be rude/awkward/peculiar to whip out a camera and snap the food but not my date.

The drinks also come in large goblets... I thought my date had ordered a generous portion of mango juice but it was spiked with rum... sneaky sneaky, and at just 12:30 in the afternoon!

Bam #1: it was difficult to tell in the dimly-lit Independent when I first met him but RJ is 40 years old. He looks like a 40 year-old Ronnie (of Jersey Shore fame!) I've just set a personal record for greatest age gap on a date (sound the tiny bugle horn!) Unfortunately that wasn't the only red flag...

Luckily dinner was much better. Reunited with my friend Peanut and dined at Bambino's on Cole Street:

tomato bruschetta, served warm

pizza Diavolo (bacon, sausage, corn, red onions, fresh tomato, and gorgonzola)

torte del Genoise e del cioccolata

Bam #2: You can never go wrong with corn on a pizza or chocolate on a cake!

At dinner Peanut and I got to talking about the new Starz series Camelot - we're suckers for anything pertaining to Arthurian legend. This version is crazygood! I love their dark and haunted interpretation of Merlin:

Joseph Fiennes as Merlin

Even better is the devastatingly beautiful and ambitious Morgan:

Eva Green as Morgan

Bam #3: Camelot marathon in progress. Re-watching the first four episodes... don't miss the second half of episode 4! New episodes return Friday 4/29 at 10PM PDT!

Speaking of marathons and other awesome television programs, this Monday 4/25 is Bam #4: the season finale of Ru Paul's Drag Race > Season 3! Catch it on Logo TV at 9:30 PM. For those of you who missed out on all the extravaganza, there's a marathon starting this Sunday 4/24 at 10AM.

Who will be America's next drag superstar?

will it be Manilla Luzon?

or Bam! Alexis Mateo?

Raja?

 what the hell, I still wish Miss Yara Sofia was still in the running!

Yara Sofia rocks the stand-up comedy challenge!

That's enough bam! for now. Haven't heard from Emeril in years, have you?

Non-food images in this post courtesy of google image search.