Tim Gunn on Ralph's: "A fabulous food emporium!"

Oh do we love the kindly, earnest, and always delightful Tim Gunn. And we also so appreciate how much he raved about loving our city to USA Today. Apparently, had the "there's so much traffic and everyone's stuck in their car" opinion of LA. Luckily, the six weeks he was forced to spend here to shoot the never-to-be-seen LA season of Project Runway gave him ample opportunity to feel some LA love. As he explained:

"Last fall, I was in Los Angeles for five weeks while we taped Project Runway season six. I had visited LA many times before, but those trips were always a mere day or two. My impression of the city was lukewarm: a sprawling megalopolis where people spend inordinate amounts of time trapped in idling vehicles. What's the appeal of that? So, I arrived in LA for my record-breaking stay with huge doses of apprehension. (But) I fell in love with Los Angeles! I found it to be a cultural treasure chest, with fabulous museums, architecture, and entertainment. And the weather was so sunny and sublime that I actually began to long for a cloud to pass by. Furthermore, I embraced the city as a pedestrian (!) and greatly respected the jaywalking enforcements, which I wish were in place in my dear home of New York, because it makes navigation so much safer and civilized. Finally, everyone should experience Ralph's, a fabulous food emporium that's unlike anything that we have here in New York. I shopped there every day. It was my therapy!"

While are every so happy that Tim is hearting LA, it makes us wonder: does New York even have grocery stores? If he's this enthralled with Ralph's, what's this poor man used to?

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