Plays, Festivals, Camps..

Some weekends are more packed than others.. twas a great weekend @ home..


Friday night started off with our neighbor Christine hookin Jam and I us up with front row tickets to see the play "Nighthawks", a drama/comedy whose set is based in the 1942 painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper. Can't say that I cared too much for the play, in fact I think the ratings were quite bad:), but it was free and it took place in the Culver City Kirk Douglas Theatre. The best part was the chef guy was played by Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson..;) D'OH!



Saturday we rolled over to the Greek festival to eat the [AMENDED] 2nd best food on earth [AMENDED] (after Turkish) and get all stupidly Greek. The best part was making a retarded wreath and spilling Ouzo all over myself when I saw Tom Hanks/Rita Wilson with MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA!



Of course, who cares about being 5 feet from Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson when Mayor Villaraigosa is there! Way to go, mayor!

Next off, Jam and I attended "Sunday School"/Wine Camp on Sunday. Dios mio, there is a lot to learn about wine, so much so that I could have sat there for another 3 hours and drank another 6 glasses:) I can begin to see how people turn into Paul Giamatti's character in the classic "Sideways". Wine is like traveling, there is so much misinformation out there, and everybody thinks its for the "elite" class. It's really all a bunch of BS (or grapejuice;), and it's good to hear that from the experts. Anyway, Ian Blackburn, was a pretty good instructor, and I'm quite jealous that this man gets to drink wine for a living:). Sauvignon Blancs, Chardanoys, Pinot Noirs, Cabernets, Merlots, Burgundys, Meritages, Zinfindels, all of it is good stuff (are my days of 2 buck chuck done)? The best part was learning about all the different wine industries throughout the world, and not just in Europe, but Mexico, NZ, OZ, South America, etc. Time to put this knowledge into action! Look out, wine countries!



The best cheese I've had in a long time:


Caved Aged Gouda. Check it out. It's so old, it's orange. Cutting it was like trying to cut a rock. The French have a right to be crazy about their cheeses. This stuff was out of this world.