

And we learned that some influential L.A. “Houston’s - the food is delicious and the vibe is incredible.” We were expecting to hear about some deep-cut strip-mall-Thai-food type joint, or maybe some farm-to-table slapper, but different versions of the same unlikely answer kept coming at us instead: The party was in Altadena, so we asked around for local spots where we should grab dinner afterward. at a day party teeming with Mach 3+ attendees from the fields of television & music, including, thrown by longtime sick-TV-making Spyfriend Nick Weidenfeld & his mad cool wife Amantha. Like a way nicer Applebee’s, maybe, lit by a PHALANX of $20k Louis Poulsen artichoke pendants ? the type of spot people’s parents might take them for a celebratory meal after graduation, or where your aunt invites 12 besties to lunch for her birthday. You may or may not be familiar, but it’s the kind of place where there’s a dress code (no caps, no sports jerseys, no flip flops) but it’s still largely unpretentious & chill on some “special family-dinner” energy, i.e. First off, neither Erin nor I (Jonah) had ever heard of Houston’s until very recently.
