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Wednesday 1:08pm] |
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"NOOOoooooo reservationsssssssssss" |
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(Photo credit to DCist)
Tony Bourdain's in town filming an episode of "No Reservations" for DC.
I cannot tell you how excited I am by this.
So far, he filmed a segment with Jose Andres at the Penn Quarter Farmer's Market and at Andres' restaurant Cafe Altantico. (I love Andres' "Jaleo" in Penn Quarter, myself) Also looks like he'll hit Ben's Chili Bowl (no surprise there) and a variety of other spots around the city.
More at DCist here.
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[July 22nd
Tuesday 9:58am] |
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New Pornographers - Challengers |
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Well, it's hot as hell outside. Has been for the past few days. Saturday it was 95 degrees, but the humidity was very low and that made it okay. But yesterday and today have been sweltering and disgusting every time I've had to venture outdoors. I talked to my buddy Jenn at the Costco Customer Service office in Canada this morning. She was telling me how cold it is up there. Oh, how I envy that.
It's been a quiet few days, really. Saw The Dark Knight on Friday with Sean and Joe. Yes, it's as good as everyone says it is. I could honestly go see it again in the theater, which is something I haven't been able to say about a movie in a long time.
Saturday I just hung around College Park and hit the comic store. Picked up a few books, including:
"Gear School"
This is a very purty book that looks to have a fun sci-fi story to it. Plus, the price tag of $7.95 for full color art was nice.
"The New York Four"
Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly's Minx book about a girl going to college in NYC. The same crew that did "Local" for Oni on a self-contained full length graphic novel. You can't go wrong. (And I know you can't because I read it yesterday and it was fantastic.)
"Contraband"
This sounded like an interesting concept and I'd heard some good buzz about the book online. It basically takes place in a near future where broadband mobile technology has birthed a renegade network called "Contraband". People are obsessed with posting and viewing extreme videos of violence, fetishes, etc. I've only read a little ways into it, but it's both interesting and slightly hard to follow so far. We'll see how it works out in the long run.
"What If Wolverine Was an Agent of Shield?"
I also picked up an old issue of What If? that was one of my favorite comics as a kid. It's amazing what a difference Scott Williams' inks make over Rob Liefeld's pencils. This actually showed me just how much Scott Williams' inking plays a part in Jim Lee's art. The back issues are on sale for 70% off, so this little gem cost me a whopping $0.90. hehe
Sunday was breakfast at Old Country Buffet and some shopping at Target. I also picked up some games at Gamestop, including Final Fantasy XII (finally!), Galerians: Ash and Unlimited SaGa. I had a coupon for 20% off any used game, so I got a metal-box Limited Edition version of FFXII for $12.50. That was pretty sweet. Also, the other two RPG's were only $4.00 each, so I figured it was worth checking them out. No big loss if they end up sucking.
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