Sixty! Sixty? Yes, sixty! We are old!
Tonight we discuss fine dining, poor cinema, and classic television. Also, more dining, but less fine. And a desert island question… because you knew we had to have one eventually!
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The only thing I ever saw the guy who played Balkie in other then Perfect Strangers was Hollywood Squares.
I was shown the trailer for the movie and I’m really not sure how I feel about it.
On the one hand, it’s a bit too slapstick. On the other hand the cast is good and some of the bits were actually funny.
I agree that it doesn’t look like a very well put together trailer
But on the OTHER hand I’m fucking tired of Johnny Depp in white pancake makeup.
I remember an interview with some guy who was recounting his experience going to a Dark Shadows convention in New York back in the 80’s or something… It was interesting. I should find it. I think it gives a good idea of how SOME fans of the show viewed it.
If you’re interested, Big Finish Productions does Dark Shadows audio dramas with some of the original actors.
http://www.bigfinish.com/hubs/v/dark-shadows
The tiny town thing was mine. This happened to me once when I was driving cross country with my family, I think I was like… 14.
The gas station had a mini-mart with food like hot dogs and burgers and stuff. Not truck stop food, it’s like 7-11 type hot food.
My Dad and I went into the mini-mart together. Dad asked the guy where the best place to eat was. and the guy picked up a pair of tongs that was sitting next to some rotating hot dogs and said, “Right here.”
We ended up going into a place called “Mizpah” and we all got food poisoning.
So the guy in the gas station quicky mart was right.
Apparently…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizpah_Hotel
It’s under new management. Though, I don’t think I would be able to convince my parents and sister to try it again.
Interestingly enough: the last romantic date I went on in Iowa City was to Brown Bottle, and there was a prom group there at the same time, so yes, prom kids go to Brown Bottle. I appreciated the sentiment of going out to a nice dinner, but Brown Bottle itself is not near the top of my list for romantic locales. I’ve been to 126 twice, but both times as a group, not as a date, and found the service to be uncomfortably slow (more than 45 minutes to come by to take an order and another hour to bring the food, then another hour to bring the checks (despite our asking for them before/as the food arrived). The food was fine, but not spectacular, and price was moderately high, and those factors have so far turned me off from trying it again as a date place. I have wondered if Joesph’s was worth the hype, I think I’ll suggest there for our next big date. We tried Giovanni’s a couple months ago, the food was alright, but it was a little pricy, and it was so loud that we couldn’t carry on a conversation. Devotay was ok, but also took a long time to take our order and bring our food, particularly since the only other people there was one party of 3. (As I reread my comments, it sounds like I’m a particularly stuck up diner, I don’t *think* that’s the case, I just think that if I’m going to spend more than $50/person on a meal, the food, atmosphere and service should be of the quality and type I cannot get at a restaurant where I pay less than $20/meal.)
We also really like Konomi, by the Marriott for date night. Most of the time we have been, we’ve had a tepenyaki table (and sometimes the whole room) to ourselves.
As for The Cove in Tipton, a friend of mine’s grandparents used to own it. I’m not sure how long ago they stopped owning it (the 2004-05 range rings a bell). I think it was closed before the flood. I’m supposed to be meeting up with this friend later this week, I’ll try to follow up and get the real story.
I think having ice cubes, shaped like little heads, is likely training people for the coming zombie apocolypse. In that if you see people gleefully chrunching on ice heads; they’re the ones most likely to become the undead, and hence will need to be put down first.
You have to be carefull with Moby; it’s not always so relaxing.
Tony: is your city built on rock’n’roll?
I’ve heard (second-hand info) that the Dark Shadows movie is nothing like the trailer makes it look.
If you want to include Cedar Rapids for restaurant fun: Daniel Arthur’s is a good/expensive place, Napoli’s has excellent Italian food (but more of a family atmosphere), Zin’s can be good but their menu changes so often you never know what you can get.
Gas station/best place to eat: The correct answer is obviously to keep driving.