I want to first off, take time to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day and that you take some time to remember those who gave their lives for our country over the course of our history.
Secondly, Time-Warner finally came through and took care of my cable/Internet woes this morning. They were scheduled to come by between the dreaded 8am-12noon time block. Fortunately for me, they arrived on the early end of the time block, showing up at around 9am. As I mentioned before, apparently someone cut our lines on the roof, thus knocking out power in our building. The Time-Warner tech guy was very nice and took care of the problem in about an hour. Now that I am back up and running, I can get back to the important things in life- like blogging!
Last week, it was reported here that yours truly made TIME OUT NY magazine (again). This
time, I vented about the lack of coverage by the magazine of the other wonderful neighborhoods in NYC, since they always seem to cover the same old small group of "trendy" nabes, such as Tribeca, The Meatpacking District, LES and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You can read all about my rant HERE.Bar will be open today at 4pm, just in time for DOLLAR DRAFT MADNESS!!! Don't forget to catch Game 2 of the STANLEY CUP, featuring Detroit (up 1-0) vs Pittsburgh tonight at 8pm! You can also catch the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA tonight with Boston holding a 2-1 lead over Detroit. That's an 8pm start as well.
Since I had no access to cable yesterday, I finally got to check out the much-ballyhooed "Iron Man" at the Kips Bay Movie Theatre. First of all, I was not a happy camper when I found out that the price of admission had gone up to $12.00!!!! TWELVE BUCKS for a friggin' movie??? This is getting crazy. First you have to pay an extra $15.00 for your first piece of luggage when you fly; now you gotta pay $12.00 for a movie ticket. When does the madness
end???In any case, I went into this movie feeling a bit skeptical, much of it due to the fact that most comic heroes don't seem to translate well onto the big screen. And growing up, I was never much of an Iron Man fan (I was a big fan of the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man and Sub-Mariner back in the day). Then when I heard that Jon Favereau was directing the film, all I could think of was "camp". Didn't expect much at all.
However, I have to say, I was very impressed. Impressed with the way the introduced the characters; Impressed with the way it attempted to stay true to the character; Impressed with the casting of the main characters (really liked Jeff Bridges and Gweneth Paltrow, btw). And finally, kudos to Robert Downey, Jr. who did a great job with the lead character. Very likable. If you haven't seen it (though I think I may be the only one in America who hadn't seen it yet), definitely worth a look. Very entertaining.
Hope everyone had a good weekend and look forward to seeing everyone back in the Big Apple!
Nuff Said
2 comments:
not exactly the best murray hill press. they showcased the wrong bars...
"twentysomethings hoping to avoid the frat-tastic bars along Third Avenue. Instead of Bud Light, mozz sticks and a bad juke, Vig 27 boasts CosmoPomitans, baked-Brie poppers and DJs"
Yeah, I pretty much stopped going to the movies after I found out John Travolta has his own friggin airport along with a fleet of planes and that Mel Gibson made $500 mil on that stupid Jew-boy movie.
I still rent movies but probably only twice a month. Eats in to the beer drinking time.
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