The Nose suggests some songs for City Club
In this morning’s Tribune, The Nose suggested that instead of adapting Beatles songs for our 25th anniversary last week, we should have adapted songs from the 80s. He then goes on to suggest a few. My favorite suggestions were “Billy B.” to the tune of “Billie Jean” and “Every Meth You Bake” to Tacoma’s most “recession-proof product.” (I hope the tune is obvious for that one.) Funny stuff!
Shadow of a Doubtful Foreign Correspondent
When Mary's mom was in town this past weekend, we watched two old Hitchcock films: Shadow of a Doubt and Foreign Correspondent. I'd never seen either. Both of these were made well before Hitchcock really hit the height of his talents, but each have all the same undercurrents of his future films. Shadow of a Doubt was just plain creepy. A character driven piece, it was a "psychological thriller" (or, as much of a thriller as a film can be from 1943). There are elements of future films–the sexual creepiness of Vertigo, the woman under cover, in danger, and with Read more…
What a dinner!
So when a friend calls you up and says, “Would you be interested in going to a sake night at Two Koi? Oh and it’s already paid for!” here’s my advice: say yes!! Our friend Aaron called me just two hours before the 7-course 7 sake meal started and asked if we wanted to take his place for reservations for 2 that he couldn’t use. It turned out to be an incredible dinner, lasting 4 hours. I learned so much about sake. 3 sake masters from Japan were on hand to share their sakes. And the pairings! What wonderful cuisine. Read more…
Remaking the bills
Here's an interesting collection of some proposals to remake the bills. My favorite is the "cultural" figures. Though Lady Liberty looks pretty great too.
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