October, 10, 2005 archives

the aristocrats is a very funny documentary. i think my favorite rendition of the joke is the one by the mime, although the south park version is also great.

you’ll have to dig for the info on the chinatown business improvement district website (stupid frames), but they have a monthly 2½-hour walking tour called “undiscovered chinatown” that sounds great.

it’s also booked up through the end of the year. something to keep an eye on for next year, i guess.

a couple of months ago, rafe passed along the clever idea of uploading wine labels to flickr to track wines you like (or don’t).

i’m not usually a huge wine fan, but this eagle & rose estate 1999 cabernet sauvignon was what i had with dinner last night, and it was tasty. i guess my “buy a random wine from trader joe’s” strategy was bound to pay off eventually.

i usually end up opening a bottle of red wine to make tomato sauce and then recorking it, keeping it around way too long, and then making more sauce with it. no such problem this time. (except now i’m out of wine.)

i was checking out the schedule of nfl games on fox 11 for the rest of the season, and when i realized that i was only going to get to see maybe three or four more vikings games this year, i decided i had to take drastic measures to rectify that.

time to stock up on cider.

smoosh is playing the el rey theatre on october 20.

this los angeles times article about the cost to invest in the new restaurants from nancy silverton and mario batali reveals how much a share in a top restaurant in los angeles goes for: between $25k and $50k. this is the exception, with shares going for $100k.

i also had to laugh at the concern about the names for the three parts of the restaurant all ending in del latte. it certainly is a big warning sign to this lactose-intolerant member of the public.