Great news!

While I've been anxiously awaiting decisions from the business schools, Jen's been busy trying to find a short term job. I'm proud to announce Jen's found one already!

She will be assisting Pastry Chef Boris Portnoy at Campton Place Hotel in Union Square. With such a short time frame (B-schools start in Sept.), Jen couldn't take a pastry chef job in good faith, so she opted to use this opportunity to learn some new skills. And some new skills they will be... Chef Portnoy is a renowned for his engaging desserts that attempts to "evoke an emotion" with whoever's eating it. He is a leading pioneer of molecular gastronomy on the west coast, yet, still maintains a whimsical attitude with his menu by playing on childhood classics such as wrapping celery confit “ravioli” around raisin pâté de fruit, along with lush Concord grape sorbet. NorthSide San Francisco Magazine even selected him the best pastry chef in the city in 2006.

I've got a feeling Jen's gonna be happy at this place.

In other news, I've finally uploaded all the Spain and Morocco pix to Flickr. Check them out now! And for those of you who complained I posted too many... I cut back this time around. I'll even post the super abridged top 98 (but you'll have to wait for that.)

Rising Stars of 2008

I just got back from Cornell in Ithaca, NY. My interview with the Johnson School of Business went ok but not perfect. I hard a hard time reading my interviewer, so I couldn't definitively tell if I rocked it or not. In any case, the campus was beautiful, but I did get a taste of Ithaca's weather when my flight home got canceled due to a snow storm.

I had planned another story from our vacation but the Chronicle put out its Rising Star Chef of 2008 today. Jen's name was mentioned, but she's not so happy about it. I feel that my grad school ambitions have thrown her career off track for a little while.

Check out the new star chef's and let me know what you think.