And it was sort of like, "Maybe it's time to retire," you know? And so what did you do? You were-

But that showed me, you know, that showed me a lo- Ev- every experience I made, um, I feel like you come across times where you have to make a decision, where do you go from here? And, you know, looking back, I made all the right decisions.

Was I 100%? Probably not while doing it, but, you know, you have to make a decision that you think will be the best for you.

And all the decisions, even though I might not have liked one restaurant or didn't have a great time there, I learned a lot there, and it got me on my path to where I needed to go.

So, um, I made a lot of decisions.

I was at Spago Chicago, and I actually got my job there because I worked at Granita in Malibu during my externship from, from the CIA, and two of those chefs, Wolfgang used to gather chefs from different restaurants to open up a new restaurant.

So a couple of those chefs I worked for, and they were opening up Spago Chicago, and they're like, "Hey, we need a pasta cook.

That, yeah, that, that line.