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Oooooh k... Here's the scoop on my birthday dinner at SUR. My daughter, Hope and I gave it the episode titled:

LOST HOPE AT SUR..( Hope pretended she was lost and I lost Hope)

We had our own mini drama and here are the details….LOL!

We were in LA for Hope to interview at PHD schools and being that we would be there over my birthday, I begged Hubby to take us to SUR (Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurant) for dinner to celebrate. He isn't a fan of the show Vanderpump Rules, but knows that I have watched it since the first episode.

Hope and I were sooooo excited to get there, we could hardly contain ourselves in the car. Chris and Nathan (Hope's boyfriend) thought we were being so goofy.....maybe he was right  

As we pulled up to the entrance, our eyes widened to see the pink/purple glow that beckoned us in.

We jumped out of the car and walked in. It was dreamy and very sexy. We made our way to the hostess to let her know we were there for our reservation. Our eyes darted from side to side, looking for any of the people on the show, or even better…. Lisa Vanderpump!! The place is gorgeous!! Chandeliers everywhere, pink roses on tables, sparkling lights and such a cool vibe. We were completely entranced.

All of a sudden, the hostess steps away, just as we were about to speak to her and guess who takes her place.... PETER ( or Peeta, as Lisa would say). He’s the manager of SUR. Hope and I were giddy with glee. We hadn't even gotten half way in the place and we already saw Peter. We were quickly seated, as Hope and I tried to play it cool (yeah right… lol). Hubby and Nathan said that watching us was the most fun ever.

We needed a plan. Hope thought we should get our order in, have a cocktail and then go investigate the place... Act a little lost and say we were looking for the bathroom. That was our only chance to walk around the place and scope out some of the other characters. Lol. We did just that. I got up first and Hope followed. We made our way around and kept our eyes peeled.

Something was wrong, though, we weren't seeing the whole place. We know exactly what SUR looks like and some of it was missing. We 'accidentally' overshot the bathroom, which led us to an open back door and there it was!! THE BACK ALLEY... You know the one, where the table and chairs sit and the crew goes out there to have their "Chats"... We stood there looking at it and saying, " ahhhh... There's the table in the alley!!!"

We turned back inside and went to the bathroom.

 Returning to our table, our waitress, Monica, was waiting for us. We finally broke down and told her we were fans of the show. She smiled and thought it was cute. I asked her where the rest of the bar was? The other one we see on TV? She said it's not open on Sundays and Mondays, but we could go peek at it. She pointed in its direction and off we went to spy "the big bar"…..

HERE'S THE GOOD PART…..

The door to the big bar was slightly ajar, we walked in and there it was in all its glory!!! No one was in there, except for one person….Peter….

He didn't notice us….yet. We didn't want to bother him, so we quietly looked around. All of a sudden, a deep, slightly annoyed voice says, "Excuse me..." We froze. It was Peter and he didn't sound very happy about us snooping around. "You're not allowed in here", he said. We walked over to him and I said, "I'm sorry, our waitress said we could have a peek. We are fans of the show and just wanted a quick look." Peter wasn't having it…"You need to book a tour, I need you to leave."... Poor Hope, her face just fell. Of course, I tried to lighten up the tense interaction and stupidly said, "Ok, we're sorry, Peeta (said with Lisa's English accent)"... He didn't think I was funny. Tails between our legs, embarrassed and a little humiliated, we sheepishly made our way back to our table.

Chris and Nathan heard a complete blow by blow of what just happened and they had a good chuckle over it. Hope and I decided not to look at it in a negative way, but to view it as our own dramatic episode on Vanderpump Rules, where Peter kicks us out of the bar. (In all fairness to Peter, he was really busy and the place was full and we should not have done what we did)...

So then the waitress comes over with a flaming desert for my birthday. She also delivers two free cocktails, compliments of the house for my birthday.

When the meal was over, guess who came to the table with the check...Peter...yikes. He offered to take us on a tour and apologized for the interaction we had earlier. Hope and I declined the tour, mostly because we felt embarrassed and a little humiliated. Chris spoke up and said, “I understand there was a little trespassing going on tonight". I kicked him under the table. Peter smiled and nodded.

So now that you’ve heard my saga, here are THE FACTS… JUST THE FACTS…

-The place is absolutely gorgeous!!

-The food was superb (of course we had the fried goat cheese balls...yum)

-Hope and I had Lisa's signature pink drink with Vanderpump vodka,,, it was soooooo good!

-Monica, our waitress, was a delight and took very good care of us.

-I was surprised at how affordable it was. Reasonable prices.

All things considered, it was an awesome experience! It was really cool to see the place exactly as it is on TV. The place is beautiful, the service was great and the food delicious. I hope Peter can forgive us for overstepping the boundaries. We just couldn't help ourselves. I'm sure they get a lot of crazy people, like us, come in every night and Peter tried to handle us as best he could. Still... It was our own little dramatic episode at SUR. Tee hee hee

Xoxo

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