Free movies part 2, The Kingdom

The crowd going to see this movie was insane, more than I've ever seen at a free movie. They actually had to turn people away! Since the subject matter was so controversial because it concerns the war on terror, I just want to mention the opening sequence. I always look at opening credits after studying film in school. I actually was required to take a class for my major called "Motion PIcture" where we analyzed movies and wrote screenplays. The Kingdom starts with a mini-documentary about the relationship between the U.S. and Iraq in the oil industry. It is all animated and all of a sudden the graphic on the screen turns into the twin towers. An animated plane swoops in from the audience and "hits" the towers and the movie starts. Pretty cool!

Free movies part 1, Feast of Love

Our local radio station, Q104, gives out free movie tickets on their website. You just type in your name, address, etc. and 9 times out of 10 you will get movie tickets sent to your house. Well, I taught my aunt how to do it, signed up my boyfriend and myself so I have three free movies to see!

Last night was Feast of Love. I thought it was going to be a love story, but it was actually a story about the main character played by Morgan Freeman and all crazy things happening to the people around him. This included divorce, lesbianism, cheating, tons of sex, tons of nudity, marriage and death. A little embarassing to see the sex scenes with my aunt and mom but oh well. :) My aunt commented that the movie would be better as a novel and I read online later that it was based on the book "The Feast of Love" by Charles Baxter.



I was also introduced to blond hottie Toby Hemingway! I'm considering seeing The Covenant because he's in it.

Sparx in the City

My friends convinced me to go to this annual art show where you can take a trolley to different art galleries that are a huge pain to drive to individually. We parked at Little Italy and took the trolley to Tremont, where I normally would never go on my own. We went to a craft show type thing in tents on an open field. Then we walked to an awesome art gallery called Banyan Tree that had pretty much everything cool you see online and in magazines. What I love about Tremont is that is extremely pet friendly - almost everyone had a dog with them, and there were stray kittens running around in and out of the art galleries. To top the almost perfect day off, we went to Tremont Scoops, a quirky ice cream parlor complete with a mural featuring dogs eating ice cream on a checkerboard floor. They sell the ice cream cones by weight, so you can control exactly how much they give you. I had banana pudding which had a sign by it that said best flavor award (I don't know who gave the awards out) and it was extremely good. This day was too good to be true because going home we got stuck in horrendous traffic on the trolley. The Cleveland Browns AND Indians game let out at once and it took us 45 minutes to even get back to our parked car. I'm glad I went.....I never do anything cultural and I felt like I was a visitor to Cleveland since I have never visited these places before. Definately will be back next year!

Also..........Happy Feast of the Assumption

Top Chef "Guilty Pleasures"

I know I'm late but I just watched this episode of Top Chef last night. The premise of this week's show was to give the contestants a break and let them enjoy Miami nightlife. They all got dressed up for clubbing and as soon as they showed up to the club, they were asked to cook instead of go inside of the club. As a girlfriend of a chef, I could have told you this was coming. Chefs never get to party, they're always the ones cooking for the party. Don't get me wrong, they make their own party after the fact, usually in the wee hours in the morning. I just can't believe how shocked they were that they couldn't go clubbing! Sara said she was violated because she was asked to cook in a low cut shirt and heels. Don't dress so slutty for the club and you won't feel violated.

I printed out the 18 page application for Danny to apply to be on Top Chef cycle 4 because I totally think he can do it. Since we don't live near an open casting call city he would have to make a video. I was all pumped about helping him film the video but the deadline is August 15 and there's just not enough time. He only gets one day off a week, a weekday, and I work on weekdays, so it's too hard. But next year expect to see Danny from Cleveland on Top Chef!

My Hands Are Bananas

Last night I was introduced to this video on YouTube. I was at a party with a group of girls ALOT younger than me so that pretty much explains it. It's funnier with a couple drinks in you.

Blurbs

Every thing I've done lately has been boring. I get bored halfway through typing it. So here's a condensed version:

• Went to an original 50's diner called Annabelle's in Mentor with Danny. The reason I wanted to take him there was they have classic cars in their parking lot and Danny is a car nut. The food at the diner was disapointing and our server was this girl I used to waitress with 3 years ago which was random.

• Went to a baby shower where I was able to give my gift that I had ordered from etsy.com! This was the first time I was excited to give a baby gift because I seem eons away from that point in my life right now and generally don't care about baby stuff. They don't know what they're having so I found this perfect bib and onesey with apples and pears on it in a modern graphic fabric.

• Got inspired to bake! But not really because it was a no bake dessert, Banana Caramel Chocolate Spice Pie. It was a hit, everybody I gave it to loved it! And these people are in the restaurant business and picky! I took it from here.