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>> these are glacier bay oysters. >> as well as a couple boujelois thrown in there. >> theyre delicious. those are my prized possession. >> the funnest part about the restaurant business isnt just the cutlery. its just the spoon is absolutely gorgeous. fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting snobby or elitist, the eating off of vintage tableware is one of the great joys out of life. >> well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on the one hand, you aspire to run a d...

Maximum security prison just outside of mexico city. and in italy, parting is such sweet sorrow. a famous statute of july yet there is being replaced because its gotten too much love. >> reporter: theres a tradition in italy that promises to fix it. all you have to do is rib the right breast of the bronze statute of shake peers juliet. the statutes looking worse for the wear. it was once located in a courtyard known as juliet from shake peers tail of strar crossed lovers. >> hopeless romantics...

Its just the spoon is absolutely gorgeous. fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting snobby or elitist, the eating off of vintage tableware is one of the great joys out of life. >> well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on the one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, obitol, and yet, you are hopeless romantics when it comes to -- >> painful nostalgics. >> -- the art of living. sustenance is required. holy [ muted ], look at this! say a consomme of o...

Become sloppy. >> come prepared with anecdotes? >> absolutely. >> no elbows on the table? >> no, its not proper. >> im a total failure as a dining companion. what is that? whats that, you ask? an iconic classic of gastronomy? oh, look at that sauce. holy crap. the devilishly difficult boneless wild hair in the sauce of its own blood, a generous heaping of black fresh truffle garnished with thick slabs of foie gras, seared directly on the top of the cabins woodstove. >> oh, damn, look at that. >>...

>> come prepared with anecdotes? >> absolutely. >> no elbows on the table? >> no, its not proper. >> im a total failure as a dining companion. what is that? >> whats that, you ask? an iconic of gastronomy? >> look at that sauce. holy crap. >> the devilishly difficult dish, a boneless wild hare, garnished with thick slaps of foie gras, seared directly on the cabins wood stove. >> damn, look at that. >> were in a wooden shack, over three feet of ice, 100 feet of water. >> you are hopeless romantic...

Many inmates say that coming to jail made them reassess their lives. if not drastically overhaul them. we can never know with certainty how sincere those claims are. but when an inmate repudiates his gang, as 25-year-old daniel miramontes did, it adds credence to their story. >> i ran the streets. grew up in the streets. life in the streets. what you see is what the streets created. >> we met miramontes at the orange county jail. he said before coming here he was a member of a los angeles street...

Lives. if not drastically overhaul them. we can never know with certainty how sincere those claims are. but when an inmate repudiates his gang, as 25-year-old daniel miramontes did, it adds credence to their story. >> i ran the streets. grew up in the streets. life in the streets. what you see is what the streets created. >> we met miramontes at the orange county jail. he said before coming here he was a member of a los angeles street gang and a meth addict. it seemed out of sorts with the young...

You know, i never put my elbows on the table. >> really? >> of course. >> come prepared with stories. dont drink too much, dont become sloppy. >> come prepared with anecdotes? >> absolutely. >> no elbows on the table? >> no, its not proper. >> im a total failure as a dining companion. what is that? >> whats that, you ask? an iconic of gastronomy? >> look at that sauce. holy crap. >> the devilishly difficult dish, a boneless wild hare, in a sauce of its own blood, a heaping of chocolate truffle, ...

>> the funnest part isnt the cutlery. its just the spoon is absolutely gorgeous. fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting snobby or elitist, the eating off of vintage tableware is one of the great joys of life. >> this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on the one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, yet you are hopeless romantics when it comes to -- >> painful nostalgics. >> -- the art of living. what the -- sustenance is required. >> holy [ muted ] look...

>> oh, so like romantics? >> oh, yeah, im a sucker for that. >> even cry when you read the sad part? >> yeah. most of the guys dont want to admit that because, hey, were in jail. you know. but i dont care. >> but miramontes was facing the possibility of a lifetime in prison. >> been down almost two years. my charges are special circumstance murder. big case. big case. >> miramontes had entered a not guilty plea and was still awaiting trial when we met him. the night of the murder, he says he was...