New Year’s Eve movie fest of flops
I had great plans to take advantage of Netflix’s online movie service to create a theme night for New Year’s Eve, when we watch movies in order to keep our minds off of how sleepy we’re getting as we wait for midnight to arrive. This year, the theme was going to be ‘World War [...]
posted: January 3rd, 2010 under reviews.
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Food, Inc. screening
A couple of weeks ago, we went to a pre-release screening of Food, Inc., downtown at the E Street Theater. We’d never been; it’s nice and worth the trip downtown to be able to see limited run films in a contemporary setting. Old theaters have a lot of charm, however there’s a lot [...]
posted: June 22nd, 2009 under food, local, politics, reviews.
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ringing in the new year with Neo
Salud!
Having received the third DVD as a holiday gift this year, we’re planning to ring out 2007 with a Matrix movie marathon. I’ve seen the first one several times, but I think I only saw the later two in the theater.
To go with our movies, we’ll have nuts (thank you, stocking stuffers!) and a [...]
posted: December 31st, 2007 under home.
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music I thought I’d forgotten
One of my gifts this year was Mental Jewelry on CD. The band, Live, is one of my favorite bands, largely on the strength of this first album. I have a weakness for debut albums, believing they represent an artist’s hopes and dreams that they’ve been tweaking and polishing for years [...]
posted: January 5th, 2007 under music, reviews, travel.
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