"We had a great early dinner at a place in Koreatown, Chosun Galbee. We both love the marinated galbi. We went through a phase of striving to branch out and order in a more diverse fashion. But gradually, with every subsequent Korean barbecue meal over the years, we’ve gotten lazy and increasingly convinced that all we want to do is order a massive amount of galbi."

"Woke up, went to the gym, and ate a ham sandwich on flatbread from Joe and the Juice, and also a green juice, to atone for the pretzel bites."

"After a day of that, I ordered a vegetable burrito with guacamole, chips, and queso from Chipotle. It was fine!"

"We went to a West Hollywood Italian place, Spartina. I am an indecisive orderer, so we got pork belly, endive salad, beef agnolotti, Brussels sprouts, and a grilled artichoke, and split everything. I’m a big artichoke guy. I think I really gravitate toward foods that require a process. Crustaceans. Artichokes. Anything that could cut your hands and requires a lot of dexterous activity and is not a food that you can eat on a date? That’s my jam."

"Later, I finally remembered I hadn’t eaten and ordered delivery of hummus, mushroom pappardelle, and a bowl of greens I barely ate, from a place called Fresh on Sunset."

"By this point, I was in a full panic about my overdue drafting duties, so I worked, then dashed out mid-morning and grabbed a shrimp burrito at the Lauritas Mexican food truck, which was good."

"After his podcast, I took Jonathan to a date at Blackbird, a Chicago-style deep-dish place, which is not my bag but is his. I do love a New Haven–style pizza. At Blackbird, we had a meatball pizza, an independent bowl of meatballs, and a beet salad."

"I went to a strip-mall place called Breakroom to order a breakfast burrito and a green juice with kale, spinach and beets, along with some dill-pickle-flavored chips."

"Later in the afternoon, I met with another source in Brentwood. We landed at Coral Tree Café, where I got a sunburn talking to this person, who was generous with their time, for four and a half hours. I ordered smoked-salmon toast and a chopped salad and iced green tea, but really only drank the tea."

"Then I raced to dinner with a friend at a private club called San Vicente Bungalows where they mentally rank the members and the members pay for the privilege. I ordered the mussels, which is a pretty gross thing to eat in mixed company, when you think about it."