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July 29, 2007
Busy weekend
Adam and I had a pretty full weekend--yesterday, we had a long-awaited date with his sister to go to Woodbury Common and a wine & food festival. I was hoping to find outdoor wear for our next vacation so I stopped off at North Face but walked out with only a pullover after realizing how expensive their things are. The festival was nice--the wines were ok but it was nice sampling different wines and food, including yummy wine sorbet. We had tickets to see this show last night--it was fun, I always like watching correspondents from The Daily Show. Today, we had outdoor plans that had to be moved indoors with my friend Terry but we got to his see photos of the country where we'll be going to next.
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July 13, 2007
Last 24 hours
Adam and I had bought tickets for yesterday's David Cross/Todd Barry/Jon Benjamin show at Southpaw so we met up for dinner beforehand in Park Slope. We were going to go to Al di La, but then I read about the prix fixe at Tempo and we agreed to go there instead. It was an excellent decision--the food was very good--I loved Adam's ham and cheese croquettes, my pasta dish (unfortunately, I forgot the name of it, but it tasted like a pasta version of one of my favorite dishes, coq au vin), and Adam's sticky date and toffee pudding.
The comedy show was good--Adam and I really like the hosts of the show and there was a surprise appearance by Kristen Schaal, the actress who plays the number one fan and probably our favorite character in HBO's Flight of the Conchords.
Today, I got to see parts of Brooklyn which I've never seen before in a car, which was fun, and make a long-awaited visit to Di Fara Pizza. The first slice I had, which was a regular slice, was good but not memorable (the person I went with said it was an off-day) but the Sicilian slice I had was really good. Must go back.
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July 10, 2007
Summer = Film Festivals!
One of the reasons why I like summer are the film festivals that take place during the summer. They're a great opportunity to see films you ordinarily wouldn't get the chance to see. The only challenge for me is discerning which film is one that I'll enjoy, especially for those film festival films for which there are no or next to no reviews. I purchased a ticket to see Manufactured Landscapes at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival about a month ago but ended up not seeing it due to a combination of laziness and uncertainty about how much I'd enjoy the movie. After reading more reviews about the film, I realized I would probably like it and ended up going to see it at the Film Forum and was glad that I did. Both the film and the photographs in it are quite compelling. Today, I saw Dear Pyongyang, which was shown as part of a Japanese film festival, a intimate film which focuses on a woman's father, a North Korean loyalist and activist who lives in Japan and sent her brothers to North Korea in the 1970s and also a film that I really enjoyed. Unfortunately, there aren't any films in this year's Asian American International Film Festival or New York International Latino Film Festival that really appeal to me and it looks like I'll have to wait until the fall for more film festival goodness.
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July 03, 2007
Eye candy
The floating pool, a pool on a barge docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park, opens to the public tomorrow. Some photos taken at today's ribbon-cutting below:
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July 01, 2007
Baltimore
Adam's brother and his wife live in Baltimore and, this weekend, we took our annual trip down to see them. They know we love food and asked where we preferred to eat our first night and we unanimously voted for this place. The food was good though it was a small portions type of restaurant and, by my second glass of wine, I was pretty tipsy and somewhat mistakenly ordered the creme brulee but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise since there was high quality chocolate at the bottom of the creme brulee.
Saturday, we had breakfast at one of my favorite breakfast places, went to a state park where we caught a glimpse of a white-tailed deer, and then strolled through downtown Annapolis. After waiting for an hour for the bus back to New York, Adam and I swore we'd take the train in the future but we definitely enjoyed our time in Baltimore. Adam's brother and his wife actually live in a suburb of Baltimore and, while I generally have an aversion of suburbs, the suburb they live in is pretty nice and the appeal of living in a less urbanized place occasionally does resonate with me, especially when I saw the swimming pool and barn swallow nest right outside their doorstep.
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