Friday and sat Nathan and Emily from GW were in town! It was so great to see them, and I spent a majority of the time trying to convince them to move back. We went to the dulles air and space museum, the natural history museum, and the brickskeller.
Peter's friend from college moved in with us temporarily till he gets his own place, but he's really nice. The three of us went out to wolf trap to see Lord Of the Rings: the two towers, in HD projection accompanyed by a live symphony and vocalist. It was awesome!!! I cant wait for the third installment next year.
I completed my weekend watching Back to the Future Part II. I still love this series!! People say the third one isnt very good but i'm too into the series not to watch it. My Tivo is set to record it later this week! cant wait!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Restaurant Week
If any of you have had a restaurant week conversation with me, you know its a difficult experience for me. I have to find the menu in advance and make sure they actually offer a vegetarian option, and that its NOT mushroom.
I called around and found a suitable restaurant. Il mulino. They were supposed to have vegetable minestrone and pesto gnocci. perfect.
We get to the restaurant and they start off by putting a plate of salami on the table. Gross. Next they offer us "fried zuccini" which were just room temperature greasy smooshy things. The brucetta and bread was good though.
The menu arrives and its totally changed!! For the appetizer, while they still offer the minestrone they also offer what looks like an awesome salad with my personal weakness...hearts of palm. I got the salad, but was disappointed because the bed of weeds it was on instead of lettuce was not that enjoyable. Peter still got the minestrone and i tried it and it was awesome.
The main course has had the veggie option switched out with mushroom ravioli!!! BAIT AND SWITCH! THOSE JERKS. Since that was the only vegetarian option i got it. It wasnt even like regular mushroom ravioli, there was no cheese in there, just entirely packed with mushroom bits. GROSS. I hollowed out all the ravioli and are just the pasta shells. it was alright, but certainly not something i'd get again.
The dessert was a weird cheesecake which was alright. I enjoyed the fruit and whipped cream on the plate :)
Lastly they gave us each a glass of grappa. I've never had that before, but it was a raspberry flavored liquor shot. A nice restaurant tradition :)
So in summary, Il mulino might have potential, but thier mushroom ravioli is the worst
I called around and found a suitable restaurant. Il mulino. They were supposed to have vegetable minestrone and pesto gnocci. perfect.
We get to the restaurant and they start off by putting a plate of salami on the table. Gross. Next they offer us "fried zuccini" which were just room temperature greasy smooshy things. The brucetta and bread was good though.
The menu arrives and its totally changed!! For the appetizer, while they still offer the minestrone they also offer what looks like an awesome salad with my personal weakness...hearts of palm. I got the salad, but was disappointed because the bed of weeds it was on instead of lettuce was not that enjoyable. Peter still got the minestrone and i tried it and it was awesome.
The main course has had the veggie option switched out with mushroom ravioli!!! BAIT AND SWITCH! THOSE JERKS. Since that was the only vegetarian option i got it. It wasnt even like regular mushroom ravioli, there was no cheese in there, just entirely packed with mushroom bits. GROSS. I hollowed out all the ravioli and are just the pasta shells. it was alright, but certainly not something i'd get again.
The dessert was a weird cheesecake which was alright. I enjoyed the fruit and whipped cream on the plate :)
Lastly they gave us each a glass of grappa. I've never had that before, but it was a raspberry flavored liquor shot. A nice restaurant tradition :)
So in summary, Il mulino might have potential, but thier mushroom ravioli is the worst
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Just my luck
Yesterday I got the call from the VW place that they figured out the problem with the car was my oil pump which needed to be replaced and my warranty would cover both that plus 2 days of car rental.
I went to pick up my car rental (thanks to my ride from chris yesterday). The car looks fine. Its a toyota camry just like half the taxis in virginia (the other half are corollas).
I get in, and the "maintenance required" light is already on. Awesome. I am also allergic to whatever smell is in the car. I don't know if its the cleaning stuff, or the last person's perfume, but i have to drive with my windows open at all times. And lastly, every time i break or drive up hill my car squeaks like crazy!
Looking forward to getting my car back
I went to pick up my car rental (thanks to my ride from chris yesterday). The car looks fine. Its a toyota camry just like half the taxis in virginia (the other half are corollas).
I get in, and the "maintenance required" light is already on. Awesome. I am also allergic to whatever smell is in the car. I don't know if its the cleaning stuff, or the last person's perfume, but i have to drive with my windows open at all times. And lastly, every time i break or drive up hill my car squeaks like crazy!
Looking forward to getting my car back
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Usual Suspects
Since i range from one to two decades behind the movie curve I just saw the usual suspects last night for the first time.
I went into the movie knowing nothing except that just about everyone loves this movie.
For the first part of the movie I was confused. The whole time line was a little weird, but eventually I got it straightened out.
The movie was overall enjoyable, but i particularly liked the last scene when the detective sits back and looked at the bulletin board and figured it all out.
Also, the "twist" didnt shock me at all, infact I had come to that conclusion on my own about half way through the movie.
Anyway, I liked the movie.
I went into the movie knowing nothing except that just about everyone loves this movie.
For the first part of the movie I was confused. The whole time line was a little weird, but eventually I got it straightened out.
The movie was overall enjoyable, but i particularly liked the last scene when the detective sits back and looked at the bulletin board and figured it all out.
Also, the "twist" didnt shock me at all, infact I had come to that conclusion on my own about half way through the movie.
Anyway, I liked the movie.
Still no car
Friday, on my way to work, the car "engine oil pressure" light went on just as I was dropping peter off on capitol hill. So i pulled over and got my car towed....again.
By the end of the day the car place finally called to tell me that it was an engine oil pressure problem (thanks i knew that) and they'd wait till monday to find out more. So here I am on monday, carless. We'll see what today brings. Luckily chris was nice enough to drive me to work though :)
Also p and i went with joe and kate to see 500 days of summer and it was pretty good. I like both the main characters as actors, so that was good to see them together. some of the movie was super cute too...some tried a little too hard. but overall it was enjoyable and i'd recommend it.
By the end of the day the car place finally called to tell me that it was an engine oil pressure problem (thanks i knew that) and they'd wait till monday to find out more. So here I am on monday, carless. We'll see what today brings. Luckily chris was nice enough to drive me to work though :)
Also p and i went with joe and kate to see 500 days of summer and it was pretty good. I like both the main characters as actors, so that was good to see them together. some of the movie was super cute too...some tried a little too hard. but overall it was enjoyable and i'd recommend it.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
caberet
Peter made me watch caberet the other night believng i would love it based on the fact that i love many other musicals including mama mia, rent, sound of music, king and i, the list goes on.
I very much did NOT like caberet
1. Liza Minnelli is SO annoying. Her voice mainly. I understand that the character is supposed to be like that, but i just wanted her to shut up after like the first 20 minutes.
2. The songs suck. There is not a single song that I wanted to download later, which if you've seen my itunes playlist says a lot.
3. None of the other characters were likable. The one bisexual guy was mildly likable, but totally boring and lame.
4. The story was boring. I mean this is a pre ww2 berlin story, so much could have happened. none of which did. Maybe it would have been "original" if i watched it in 1972 when it first came out, but in 2009 it blows
5. the dancing to the songs was weird and creepy.
I very much did NOT like caberet
1. Liza Minnelli is SO annoying. Her voice mainly. I understand that the character is supposed to be like that, but i just wanted her to shut up after like the first 20 minutes.
2. The songs suck. There is not a single song that I wanted to download later, which if you've seen my itunes playlist says a lot.
3. None of the other characters were likable. The one bisexual guy was mildly likable, but totally boring and lame.
4. The story was boring. I mean this is a pre ww2 berlin story, so much could have happened. none of which did. Maybe it would have been "original" if i watched it in 1972 when it first came out, but in 2009 it blows
5. the dancing to the songs was weird and creepy.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Moving offices again
My project decided they wanted us all to sit together, so i've been moving offices...but just down the hall. simple enough right? wrong! It took them nearly 24 hours just to switch my ip address down the hall and get my computer working again, and it will take at least a week (if i'm lucky) to move my phone down the hall.
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