annie hall is not original. Since my last movie post multiple people have contacted me in various ways.
Try watching a little movie called "the way we were" its the 1973 version of annie hall(1977)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Stickyrice
Last night Jen and I met up on H street after work to try a new restaurant recommended to us by Sarah. I guess this is a chain she use to go to at VCU. The menu looked interesting so we thought we'd give it a try.
First off, the neighborhood in full daylight? sketchy!
The restaurant itself was really good! The food on the menu ranged from sushi to tots, so a little something for everyone. I fully enjoyed my meal which was interesting to say the least. I had peanut flavored noodles, and sushi with cream cheese and cucumbers wrapped in crushed wasaabi peas. delish. Anyway I recommend the restaurant. And all the wait staff was really nice.
I'm suddenly hungry again.
First off, the neighborhood in full daylight? sketchy!
The restaurant itself was really good! The food on the menu ranged from sushi to tots, so a little something for everyone. I fully enjoyed my meal which was interesting to say the least. I had peanut flavored noodles, and sushi with cream cheese and cucumbers wrapped in crushed wasaabi peas. delish. Anyway I recommend the restaurant. And all the wait staff was really nice.
I'm suddenly hungry again.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
what do you do when you dont like what everyone else likes?
If you've been reading my blog then you know by now that I rarely follow main stream movie appreciations. Infact i'm so far the other way that i get made fun of a lot. I think the most obvious example from previous blogs was when I didnt like casino royale.
Well This weekend Peter and I realized that FYE (remember that store) has super sales on used movies. We are talking like 2 bucks for decent movies. On top of that its buy two get one free. So we combined forces and got a few. Well peter got 3 and I got 1. He got Annie Hall, MI3, and War of The Worlds. I got Music and Lyrics. (annie hall wasnt part of the deal for those of you doing the math)
I've seen MI3 before, and refused to see war of the worlds, so we sat down to watch Annie Hall. I was pretty excited to see this because i've heard such good things about it. Well, I hated it. Normally I hate woody allan movies so I dont know why i thought this would be different, but both Woody and Diane's characters grated on my nerves. And it wasnt romantic at all! i was told it was one of the greatest romantic comedies every. WTF, can someone tell me how its romantic??? It kind of reminded me of other movies i've seen and hated, like when harry met sally, and the way we were.
Peter felt kinda bad for making me watch a movie i disliked, so he agreed to sit through music and lyrics with me. It was so cute!!! I mean i can see how it was a terrible movie and super cheezey and bad etc. But you get to the end and i'm sitting there with a huge smile going "awwwwwwwww" as Hugh is singing to Drew. Now THATS a romantic comedy. Take a hike woody allen!
Well This weekend Peter and I realized that FYE (remember that store) has super sales on used movies. We are talking like 2 bucks for decent movies. On top of that its buy two get one free. So we combined forces and got a few. Well peter got 3 and I got 1. He got Annie Hall, MI3, and War of The Worlds. I got Music and Lyrics. (annie hall wasnt part of the deal for those of you doing the math)
I've seen MI3 before, and refused to see war of the worlds, so we sat down to watch Annie Hall. I was pretty excited to see this because i've heard such good things about it. Well, I hated it. Normally I hate woody allan movies so I dont know why i thought this would be different, but both Woody and Diane's characters grated on my nerves. And it wasnt romantic at all! i was told it was one of the greatest romantic comedies every. WTF, can someone tell me how its romantic??? It kind of reminded me of other movies i've seen and hated, like when harry met sally, and the way we were.
Peter felt kinda bad for making me watch a movie i disliked, so he agreed to sit through music and lyrics with me. It was so cute!!! I mean i can see how it was a terrible movie and super cheezey and bad etc. But you get to the end and i'm sitting there with a huge smile going "awwwwwwwww" as Hugh is singing to Drew. Now THATS a romantic comedy. Take a hike woody allen!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Iphone
Yeah, I'm late to work. so what? I'll be late tomorrow too! I went to TWO apple stores this morning. First i walked to the apple store in Clarendon just to get there at 8:10 and have all the phones sold out and a long line. Of course, with such a yuppie neighborhood it would be sold out. I went to starbucks on the way home to complete the yuppie image.
I then switched course and went to the apple store in the montgomry mall in bethesda. They had PLENTY. of course they needed me to switch around my plan and take 24 hours to process it. So i'll be stopping at that mall again on my way to work tomorrow. So dont expect a blog till about noon tomorrow either!
-Rachel
I then switched course and went to the apple store in the montgomry mall in bethesda. They had PLENTY. of course they needed me to switch around my plan and take 24 hours to process it. So i'll be stopping at that mall again on my way to work tomorrow. So dont expect a blog till about noon tomorrow either!
-Rachel
Monday, July 28, 2008
Weekend Footsteps
This was a pretty good weekend, but since i'm sure you are bored of hearing that i went to this bar, and got hit on by that guy etc I will focus on the most unusual part of the weekend. I walked TEN miles this weekend. I know, you are all shocked that I got out of my car and walked farther than to the metro stop. Of course it was broken up into three trips.
1. Saturday we went to Roosevelt island for a picknick lunch and a two or so mile walk. (this party i dont know exactly) It would have been 1.6 miles, but anytime we saw a sort of path that kinda looked walkable minus the log we had to climb over, peter thought it was a good idea to take that path. There was sooooooo much poison ivy that at one point we looked up and realized we were totally shaded by giant poison ivy leaves. Thank goodness I have no itches today. (pictures on my flickr site, but you have to ask for them)
2. After another fun night at the bars we decided it was a really nice night out and we'd attempt walking home and at some point we'd get in a cab and finnish the ride. Eventually, to my surprise, we made it all the way home! This one was 5 miles. I'll probably do that walk again sometimes, its a good way to get near the end of an evening.
3. Sunday morning we wanted to meet chris and annie for brunch, but annie was still sick so it was just us and chris. We walked to meet him at whitlows, but it wasnt over then, we continued on to the ballston mall to see stepbrothers without checking to make sure it was playing at that mall (it wasnt). that was 3 miles, we did NOT walk home.
Anyway I am going to try and walk more places now, its good for me, its good for the environment, and its fun. So we'll see what happens with that.
Happy Monday!
1. Saturday we went to Roosevelt island for a picknick lunch and a two or so mile walk. (this party i dont know exactly) It would have been 1.6 miles, but anytime we saw a sort of path that kinda looked walkable minus the log we had to climb over, peter thought it was a good idea to take that path. There was sooooooo much poison ivy that at one point we looked up and realized we were totally shaded by giant poison ivy leaves. Thank goodness I have no itches today. (pictures on my flickr site, but you have to ask for them)
2. After another fun night at the bars we decided it was a really nice night out and we'd attempt walking home and at some point we'd get in a cab and finnish the ride. Eventually, to my surprise, we made it all the way home! This one was 5 miles. I'll probably do that walk again sometimes, its a good way to get near the end of an evening.
3. Sunday morning we wanted to meet chris and annie for brunch, but annie was still sick so it was just us and chris. We walked to meet him at whitlows, but it wasnt over then, we continued on to the ballston mall to see stepbrothers without checking to make sure it was playing at that mall (it wasnt). that was 3 miles, we did NOT walk home.
Anyway I am going to try and walk more places now, its good for me, its good for the environment, and its fun. So we'll see what happens with that.
Happy Monday!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Birthday Recap
I had the best birthday yesterday. It started off relaxing at the pool, then my new camera and I went to the national cathedral gardens. Then peter took me out to dinner and accompanied me to mama mia (which he was not thrilled about).
Mama mia was......terrible. absolutely awful. But I loved it anyway. The movie was still fun, but if you havent seen the stage performance, chances are you wont like the movie.
as peter says, whoever made this movie HATES movies. The actual editing blew, and they were a little over eager with the slow mo function. Oh look she's happy lets show it in slow motion! Oh, now she's sad...slow motion again.
They had some other super cheezy effects.
The crowd was rolling with laughter every time pierce brosnan attempted to sing, and on top of that they ADDED an extra song just for pierce! wtf. Did the director honestly thing he was that good that he should get one more?
Anyway I had a good time, but it was clear that not a single guy in the theater liked it, while all the girls were dancing along with the songs.
Mama mia was......terrible. absolutely awful. But I loved it anyway. The movie was still fun, but if you havent seen the stage performance, chances are you wont like the movie.
as peter says, whoever made this movie HATES movies. The actual editing blew, and they were a little over eager with the slow mo function. Oh look she's happy lets show it in slow motion! Oh, now she's sad...slow motion again.
They had some other super cheezy effects.
The crowd was rolling with laughter every time pierce brosnan attempted to sing, and on top of that they ADDED an extra song just for pierce! wtf. Did the director honestly thing he was that good that he should get one more?
Anyway I had a good time, but it was clear that not a single guy in the theater liked it, while all the girls were dancing along with the songs.
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