Saturday, April 28, 2012

Foodie Log 31, date April 28, 2012

Just went to see Human Nature at the Warner Theater - it was my first motown show and my first time at the Warner Theater.  The Warner Theater seemed like the perfect location for a motown show - a well-loved and well-worn theater (I was impressed how clean it was despite its age)

The four Aussies (together for 22 years!) put on a great show and got the crowd really into it - even showing us the choreography for The Supremes' Stop in the Name of Love (ahhhhhhh - so great! so great!) (oh and apparently I had been doing the dance all wrong these years! oh the huge manateeeeee!!!)

Loved their wiggle-ing - swoooooon! (if you go to the show, you'll know what i mean)
Great harmonies and I thought they really captured motown with lots of classic dance moves!

btw - a little random, but Community's "Basic Lupine Urology" episode is TOTALLY awesome!!!!!!!!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Foodie Log 30, date April 21, 2012

Another season, another Williamsburg trip! yay!

The Traveling Gnome was all over the place, making new friends, revisiting old haunts ... good times and full tummies were had by all!

Got a two-for-one treat when we went to check-in with SnoBall


and ran into Oscar! (oh, that weiner! hanging out in front of the Hotdog King's palace)


Afterwards, we had to go tell Captain George all about it!









Now, if only the traffic on I-95 weren't as hideous as heck, we would make that trip every weekend!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Foodie Log 29, date April 8, 2012

You know what makes an awesome (possum-est) breakfast on Sunday?

Whoopie Pies!!!

mmmmmmm chocolatey / sugary / artery-clogging goodness - mmmmm, I say! mmmmmm ::drool::

the Traveling Gnome agrees
Whoopie Pie Fort
now, as some of you may know, the origin of the whoopie pie is quite controversial between the north and the kind of north - the great debate between MA and PA - the food fight between the Lumberjacks and the Amish - pitting Whoopie Pie Festival against Whoopie Pie Festival.

Whoopie Pie Gnomedom
Well, I, for one, am not about to pick sides here (unlike the monster Lobster Roll duel, but more on that later) - all I know is that one can never have enough whoopie pies and as long as it involves two chocolatey pieces and one creamy/fluffy/sugary filling, I do not care whether it came from the first state to see the sun rise or the home of cheesesteaks.  TGnome, on the other hand, is having a problem maintaining the peace ...
Whoopie Pie Defector! (oh, the huge manatee!)



Saturday, April 7, 2012

Foodie Log 28, date April 7, 2012

Just went to see Hunger Games ("just" as in last weekend - c'mon, I have a job and sometimes a life, delays should always be expected)
;)

First and foremost, I enjoyed reading the book (despite the violence and all of the heroine's self-imposed issues) - very interesting concept, though I guess not completely original ... given that the likes of the Long Walk, the Running Man and even Battle Royale came long before it ... still, whatever gets people reading!

Second, I thought that they did a great job of bringing the book to the big screen (slight exception noted below) - certainly no HP, but I know that's not a fair comparison, there can only be one in a lifetime (well, maybe more than one if the odds were ever in our favor)

Third, but no less equally poignant, no movie needs to be more 90 minutes! (maybe, rarely maybe, 120 minutes, tops!) this movie adaptation ran 142 minutes - so, in the best of circumstances, it was 22 minutes too long! sometimes 22 minutes too long doesn't feel too long, but I felt these 22 minutes (to be honest, more like 30 minutes) - there were gratuitous frames (the intense looks, the dramatic pauses, the awkward moments where no one says or does anything, but it really feels like someone should be saying or doing something, anything!)

in short, read the books, go see the movie and, as always, happy chow!