Now I know why I pack lunch

So the VMA's are over and while the (mostly negative I'm sure) reviews are in for the show, I am giving a catering/craft services review.

I arrive on site and pick up my credential and there's two tables of snacks and coffee. The 'breakfast' offerings included poundcake, danishes, some weird jelly roll and some other funky convenience store items individually wrapped in cellophane. WHO EATS LIKE THIS? Lucky for me I choose to eat breakfast at home.

We did get a walk away lunch for an hour during the day so there was the one opportunity to eat healthy and well. Just about every lunch chain is represented under 30 Rock so this became the one and only satisfying meal of the day.

If you are a snacker like me and try to keep it healthy - good luck. The fruit consisted of oranges - not a banana or apple to be found for miles! (Thank God for the fruit man on 14th Street!) Now I would think that someone would have considered the fact that cameramen, lighting, etc will not have the time to peel a sticky orange and clean their hands afterwards. But I digress...

There were also cups of nuts but the possibility of finding a cup of walnuts or peanuts or trail mix were slim. However, if you are a fan of red pistachios and pine nuts (aka pignoli's) then this was your lucky week! Pine nuts by the bushel!!!!!! AGAIN, WHO EATS LIKE THIS?

And then there's dinner...and if you plan on eating it, you were S.O.L. Most if not all of the restaurants under 30 Rock close at 6pm and there wasn't a chance to grab a bite before 8pm - so it was back to granola bars and cookies for nourishment and hey, if you felt like having a Sno-ball or a cup of pignoli's it was Thanksgiving for you!

Show day proved a bit better with two catered meals at Tuscan Square restaurant. Entrees included standard wedding-type fare like chicken cutlets, broccoli & rigatoni, beef, carrots w. string beans and was pretty good. And since it was one of my few fresh meals of the week it probably tasted even better than it was and I was certainly grateful for it.

Keep in mind this is usually the way these productions go, and I'm sure I am going to hurt some feelings here but I really thought that the person responsible for catering/craft services would put a little more common sense and thought into the food selection.

The upside was that it provided some comic relief for us - the tired & the hungry.