Tasting at Whole Foods?!

This one's for you Jen.

I wish I had my camera for the tasting that just went down in the Whole Foods parking lot on 6th Street. Or, maybe it's best there's no evidence for this momentous event. Let me explain. Today was not a typical tasting. Not by a long shot!

My client, Jen, works downtown and only had a few minutes to meet up for a secret tasting. It's her hubby's 30th birthday dinner and she wanted to taste my creations. She wants to surprise him and has planned a menu that's reminiscent of their travels to Italy. It's quite sweet actually. She's taken so much time to make sure everything is just perfect for him. Who can blame her? Everything is hush hush and it's been fun working with her.

Flash back to about an hour ago. We decided to meet at Whole Foods because it was close to her work. Little did I think about the downtown traffic or parking situation. Needless to say, I was a horrible person and parked in a handicapped parking spot. There was non parking! I called Jen over and we did a tasting in front of my car because I feared getting tickets, or worse yet, towed. She was a great sport about it all, even offering to take my picture for this entry, but I forgot my camera. As she was tasting her 4 courses in front of my car, I realized I was pulling all her meals out of an HEB/Central Market bag! Yikes! Then I realized I'm doing a tasting at Whole Foods. Not just any Whole Foods, but the headquarters. Who brings prepared food at lunch time to a busy, upscale grocery store with ingredients from their main competitor? Apparently yours truly.

All I can say is, "Only is Austin!"That's why I love it here. No client is the same. No job is the same and the people are the coolest.