Today I finally decided that I should wake up and go have breakfast at Ann Sather. Ever since I have been in Chicago I have wanted to go to the restaurant cause it never seemed as if it was open except for in the morning. I never got it.
I had the Southern decadence, which is eggs over sausage over biscuits with gravy over it all. It was good. But the best part of the experience was ordering two sides to go with it. I ordered cinnamon rolls and hashbrowns. The hashbrowns were ok but the cinnamon rolls were amazing. I have never had rolls that good. I really recommend going there and ordering them. When I go home I think I will order some and take them back home with me.
The meal was good but the rolls were great. They give you two and it is like you might not need anything else. I got the rolls early and first and I was stuffed. But if I went back I think I would just get the rolls cause they are the best thing that I had. That is why I give the restaurant only 3 stars.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Oprah Party.
Today is the Oprah Party for her 24th season hear in Chicago. She has Michigan Ave closed off if you can believe it or not. Right in front of the Wrigley building, where I just so happen to work right now they have a stage. They have James Taylor, Jennifer Hudson, Black Eyed Peas, and Rascal Flatts preforming. Right now they are going through rehearsals with the bands so they can have sound checks before 5. It seems pretty cool. They have been sounding alright, I have gone and watched them all day.
I am hoping that when I go to the lobby that I might be able to catch a glimpse of someone famous. That is because they are using our lobby as a staging area where they all sit and get their makeup on. It is really interesting. I have heard the girl I want to see Fergie is suppose to be really small. I want to see her and some of the flatts so I can brag to my girlfriend that I saw them and she didnt.
One interesting note, if you watch the concert and they show you this girl dancing the entire time in front of the stage with a blue shirt know this, she is a payed dancer. Her and her group behind her have their own little bared section so they can go through their own dance ruttiness. They are ok but I dont want people to think that they actually came and danced like that. They have a pretty big area that they took over right in the center so they can be in the middle of everything, kinda BS right?
Another thing about those dancers is that they spent the entire day trying to teach people what to do during certain songs. so the entire crowd can have the same dance. It is cool but lame at the same time. It is cool for the fact that if everyone does it it is very visually cool, but lame for the fact that they have been teaching the crowd since 11am today. It is also lame that one of the guys in charge got on the mic and said, "If you don't dance the way we say when the camera is on you we will not film you, if you jump up and down when you see the camera we will not film you, if you dance like we tell you to we might film you." But then they have a camera man right in front of the dance group so what ever, they are going to be all over that telecast. The more I write about it the more I hate it, Let people enjoy themselves at a concert dont tell them what to do. Where is the fun in that? Let them be themselves not what these dancers want, dance your own way people stick it to Oprah's people. And I will probably be killed for saying that.
(UPDATE)
I went to ground level to check out the beginning performance by the black eyed peas and the crowds dance moves, it gave me chills it was so cool. I could feel Michigan ave bouncing up and down. It was so cool what a great way to start it all off. Unbelievable.
I am hoping that when I go to the lobby that I might be able to catch a glimpse of someone famous. That is because they are using our lobby as a staging area where they all sit and get their makeup on. It is really interesting. I have heard the girl I want to see Fergie is suppose to be really small. I want to see her and some of the flatts so I can brag to my girlfriend that I saw them and she didnt.
One interesting note, if you watch the concert and they show you this girl dancing the entire time in front of the stage with a blue shirt know this, she is a payed dancer. Her and her group behind her have their own little bared section so they can go through their own dance ruttiness. They are ok but I dont want people to think that they actually came and danced like that. They have a pretty big area that they took over right in the center so they can be in the middle of everything, kinda BS right?
Another thing about those dancers is that they spent the entire day trying to teach people what to do during certain songs. so the entire crowd can have the same dance. It is cool but lame at the same time. It is cool for the fact that if everyone does it it is very visually cool, but lame for the fact that they have been teaching the crowd since 11am today. It is also lame that one of the guys in charge got on the mic and said, "If you don't dance the way we say when the camera is on you we will not film you, if you jump up and down when you see the camera we will not film you, if you dance like we tell you to we might film you." But then they have a camera man right in front of the dance group so what ever, they are going to be all over that telecast. The more I write about it the more I hate it, Let people enjoy themselves at a concert dont tell them what to do. Where is the fun in that? Let them be themselves not what these dancers want, dance your own way people stick it to Oprah's people. And I will probably be killed for saying that.
(UPDATE)
I went to ground level to check out the beginning performance by the black eyed peas and the crowds dance moves, it gave me chills it was so cool. I could feel Michigan ave bouncing up and down. It was so cool what a great way to start it all off. Unbelievable.
Blue man group.
This past saturday my girlfriend took me to the Blue Man Group. They were a lot of fun and I really recommend going to see them when ever you can. They are not just a musical group but they also do a lot of funny bizarre things that entertain their packed house. It is amazing how many marshmallows a man can catch in his mouth without swallowing them. He only missed two of them out of an entire bag, that in it's self was amazing. They where even rapid fire to him.
They were really cool I really suggest seeing them. They where really funny and really good at what they do. I recommend not coming late though they stop the show for you and video tape you getting your seat.
I didn't get to see it on a big stage like this only the stage that they have shows in chicago which is an awesome building, really wacky and cool.
I give it five out of five stars.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
cute and funny
French Bulldog Can't Roll Over - watch more funny videos
Yeah yeah it has been a relitivly slow day, I am actually working and kinda forgot about posting things for a while, or I didnt have anything to post. I havent put up a video for a while so here is one.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
pretty cool stuff.
Just found this on Youtube and thought I would share it. It is very interesting, I haven't heard this sound come out of a guitar besides just messing around on one by accident.
Inglorious Bastards
Awesome title to a movie in my opinion. But did it live up to the hype?
Last night I went to go see the new Quenton Tarantino movie and this is my review. I must say first and foremost that I am not the biggest Tarantino fan in the world, most times I try to stay away from his movies at all cost. But this one I couldn't stay away from because it is a movie that is set in one of the most interesting times in my opinion, WWII. I am a sucker for things about the war, Allies versus the Axis, how the powers at be became who they are and how they were able to influence so many people on their rise to power. But I can talk your ear off about that another day.
The movie opens up and although I think it is very unique how Tarantino opens his movies and cuts in them I dont like them. I dont like to read that it is Chapter 1, 2,or 12, honestly I dont really care, just tell me the story. I will say that the first scene was a really good one. A dairy farmer in a house that has people hiding and living in it. This to me showed the tough time that people had trying to hid people that the Nazi's where looking for. I really liked it. But it really left me wondering about more. After the Nazi's killed the people hiding did they turn their guns on the people in the house, my vote, yes, but then again they never showed it.
There is a very interesting character in the first scene. He is very convincing and how couldn't he be, he is a man from the SS. It is just amazing how smart that character is, I mean look at him he speaks three languages in the first fifteen minutes of the film, he later speaks another one. He has the diplomacy of a gentleman but the ruthlessness of a man on destructive mission.
The first scene with Brad Pitt and his Bastards was also pretty cool. He laid out what they where going to do and how. He said "Each one of you owes me 100 Nazi scalps, and I want my scalps." That was pretty cool how ruthless he really was. I also thought it was interesting the marking on his coat. It is a big red arrow head, that looks as if it says Canada on it. which is funny cause there was a battalion I think it could have been Canadian that did very intense training out in the wilderness, I forget there names but they would go out at night and go over enemy lines and cause havoc. Leaving their symbol in places where the Germans where located to cause hell.
But other than the first couple of moments I thought the movie became slow and bogged down. I really thought that there was going to be more action with the Bastards since that is what every preview really focus's on. I didnt think that there was going to be three different stories going on at the same time. It really disappointed me. I went in to the movie to see the Bastards Kick some ass. Some of the stories were interesting as well. The escaped jewish girl from the first scene makes her way back into the film and is one of the stories, it was interesting. She has a theater that a German guy who is in a movie looks to put his premiere in. She shows no interest but he persists on chasing her. His character does a drastic change at the end, it surprised me. But then the movie that he was in portrayed an act of valor when he was a soldier so whatever.
There was a one scene that was completely unnecessary, it spent all this time introducing this character that gets killed 30 min later. His character was very dull and boring. He actually sucked in my opinion. And I sat in the theater saying why did you waste my time with some english toff that you are going to kill in the next scene. Was it so you could just show that he knows his German movies? That is boring. Show me the fighting of the Bastards, that is what I want to see. You could have summed it up for when he meets up with the bastards, all he would have to say is "I am here to meet a German movie star and escort her to a movie that we are going to sabotage." Simple and easy enough. Cause we went from 1941 to 1944 in a scene and you wonder if all of the bastards are still alive or if any get picked off, well they are all alive but they grow by getting other people. My question kinda was why didnt they form with some french resistance members or anything?
I might be going way to indepth with my analysis but thats fine, I hope. That is really all I am going to give away about the movie. I was a very entertaining movie non the less but it wasn't that action packed. I found the middle was very slow and boring, and it is like all of the other Tarantino movies that I have watched. Starts fast, gets you attention and drags it out for a couple of hours, then it ends fast. For me it is like he can cut out the middle and still have a good movie.
I give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. It was funny and entertaining exactly what a movie should be, just a little too long.
Last night I went to go see the new Quenton Tarantino movie and this is my review. I must say first and foremost that I am not the biggest Tarantino fan in the world, most times I try to stay away from his movies at all cost. But this one I couldn't stay away from because it is a movie that is set in one of the most interesting times in my opinion, WWII. I am a sucker for things about the war, Allies versus the Axis, how the powers at be became who they are and how they were able to influence so many people on their rise to power. But I can talk your ear off about that another day.
The movie opens up and although I think it is very unique how Tarantino opens his movies and cuts in them I dont like them. I dont like to read that it is Chapter 1, 2,or 12, honestly I dont really care, just tell me the story. I will say that the first scene was a really good one. A dairy farmer in a house that has people hiding and living in it. This to me showed the tough time that people had trying to hid people that the Nazi's where looking for. I really liked it. But it really left me wondering about more. After the Nazi's killed the people hiding did they turn their guns on the people in the house, my vote, yes, but then again they never showed it.
There is a very interesting character in the first scene. He is very convincing and how couldn't he be, he is a man from the SS. It is just amazing how smart that character is, I mean look at him he speaks three languages in the first fifteen minutes of the film, he later speaks another one. He has the diplomacy of a gentleman but the ruthlessness of a man on destructive mission.
The first scene with Brad Pitt and his Bastards was also pretty cool. He laid out what they where going to do and how. He said "Each one of you owes me 100 Nazi scalps, and I want my scalps." That was pretty cool how ruthless he really was. I also thought it was interesting the marking on his coat. It is a big red arrow head, that looks as if it says Canada on it. which is funny cause there was a battalion I think it could have been Canadian that did very intense training out in the wilderness, I forget there names but they would go out at night and go over enemy lines and cause havoc. Leaving their symbol in places where the Germans where located to cause hell.
But other than the first couple of moments I thought the movie became slow and bogged down. I really thought that there was going to be more action with the Bastards since that is what every preview really focus's on. I didnt think that there was going to be three different stories going on at the same time. It really disappointed me. I went in to the movie to see the Bastards Kick some ass. Some of the stories were interesting as well. The escaped jewish girl from the first scene makes her way back into the film and is one of the stories, it was interesting. She has a theater that a German guy who is in a movie looks to put his premiere in. She shows no interest but he persists on chasing her. His character does a drastic change at the end, it surprised me. But then the movie that he was in portrayed an act of valor when he was a soldier so whatever.
There was a one scene that was completely unnecessary, it spent all this time introducing this character that gets killed 30 min later. His character was very dull and boring. He actually sucked in my opinion. And I sat in the theater saying why did you waste my time with some english toff that you are going to kill in the next scene. Was it so you could just show that he knows his German movies? That is boring. Show me the fighting of the Bastards, that is what I want to see. You could have summed it up for when he meets up with the bastards, all he would have to say is "I am here to meet a German movie star and escort her to a movie that we are going to sabotage." Simple and easy enough. Cause we went from 1941 to 1944 in a scene and you wonder if all of the bastards are still alive or if any get picked off, well they are all alive but they grow by getting other people. My question kinda was why didnt they form with some french resistance members or anything?
I might be going way to indepth with my analysis but thats fine, I hope. That is really all I am going to give away about the movie. I was a very entertaining movie non the less but it wasn't that action packed. I found the middle was very slow and boring, and it is like all of the other Tarantino movies that I have watched. Starts fast, gets you attention and drags it out for a couple of hours, then it ends fast. For me it is like he can cut out the middle and still have a good movie.
I give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. It was funny and entertaining exactly what a movie should be, just a little too long.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
It's my Birthday.
I have officially been on the planet for 26 years as of today. Wether that is a good or bad thing is up to you. I feel like I am getting older and older. It use to not bother me because I was in the prime. Now college has come and gone and I have to join the real world so I am starting to feel a little older and older. It is ok cause now I can maybe enjoy some of the finer things if I ever get a job.
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