It's All About The Butter Cake!

Since I'm home I had to go to one of my favorite restaurants and my entire family's favorite steakhouse. Every time we go to Mastro's Steakhouse we have the most amazing meal, from the shoestring fries to the porterhouse to the famous butter cake, you really can't go wrong. Sit in the bar area listening to the jazz singer and order my parents Mastro Martinis and its a party. When my mom was pregnant with me, my dad had to take her to a famous steakhouse in Beverly Hills called Lawry's Steakhouse every sunday, so needless to say I came out of the womb a carnivore. As a steakhouse connoisseur, I can confidently say its one of the best. After dinner when your so full you can't eat anymore, they come out with their home-made butter cake, which appears to just be yellow cake and some whipped cream, but it's not. Butter cake has double the butter, sugar and eggs in it to start with and they make their own Chantilly whipped cream. Its served warm with a big scoop of ice cream on top that melts into the cake as you cut into it. This is making me hungry all over again, can't wait to go back next time I'm home.

Life Skills at Work

I am loving my internship so much, I have never learned so much so quickly. The entire team is amazing and has welcomed me in as part of the team instead of just an intern. As I have begun to settle in and starting to get to know my co-workers I am really learning a lesson in balance in my work life. I grew up with two very successful parents with their own family businesses and was taught that success meant compromise. Shockingly enough all these people work, have lives, and spend times with their children and spouses, this is something I never thought was possible. These people are happy to come to work and passionate about what they do, this is a very foreign concept to me, but I’m ready to drink the Cool-Aid. This whole experience and this summer is really teaching me what I want in life and now I am seeing a way to get it, and its giving me the boost of confidence I need to get through school and on to, well my masters, and then my life!