BRB KIT SWAK

(In this photo: Me and my godmother Nancy who came to visit in the midst of my recovery and give my parents, who have been amazing, a little break so my mom could enjoy her 65th birthday. She's sitting at my feet as I write this post.)

My apologies for the lack of posts recently, kids, but I had to have my tonsils removed last week and found myself too sick to post the days leading up to the surgery and in too much pain to write anything following.

I just hit Day 8 of my recovery and it's still a beast but gets better, slowly but surely, day by day. Give me another week or so and Hollywood Bites will be back with a vengeance. In the meantime, the best thing I've eaten in weeks is Smart Water. For the first time in my life, food is not my friend, which is a very weird experience for me. On the plus side, I'm losing weight like my name was Valerie Bertinelli. But damn do I miss chewing.

Sigh. I just try to remember my friend Simone's tattoo: "This too shall pass"

Thanks for your patience. See you again very soon!