Weekend in Review
I spent last weekend up in Chicago with Marc again, perhaps at an inopportune time Eve-wise (more on that later), but it was definitely worth my while. Aside from just being able to spend time with Marc, we managed to squeeze in a fair bit of fun stuff to the weekend.
- We went to another Wolves game on Friday, this time the first game of the conference championships against the Toronto Marlies (yes, that is a really silly name). Unlike the last time I saw a Wolves game, this game was much cleaner and better played, and resulted in a pretty strong Wolves victory. I had a lot of fun and am definitely looking forward to seeing more games next season, assuming I can fit them in (and that I am still living around here). The Wolves do seem to have a problem with consistency though; you could tell during the game they swung between playing good hockey and just sort of lazing around on the ice, not challenging for the puck or bunching up.
- Saturday we saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, another Judd Apatow production, and we weren't disappointed. It was very funny, though I don't think it was quite as accessible or "friendly" as 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up -- closer to the level of Superbad. Not sure it really needed that much Jason Segel full frontal, though. Still, it did a good job of not going overboard with cheap laughs and having some serious heart to it, so it keeps with the other three movies I mentioned in that vein. It also seemed to be longer than I expected, but not in a bad way; the story just seemed to keep going. I wasn't annoyed with that so much as just surprised. It's also impressive how the old Judd Apatow players are turning out to be good writers in their own right.
- We also started watching Firefly, which was probably long overdue; I'm not a completely rabid fan, but it is one of my favorite shows and a good reference for taste. We've watched all the way up through "Out of Gas" now, and Marc seems to like it, which is good. I wasn't sure at first, because he seemed awfull quiet during "Serenity" and "The Train Job," and he finds River annoying (which I suspect is going to make the movie a little less enjoyable to him), but the fact that he kept wanting to squeeze in extra episodes makes me a little less nervous that he's just doing it to mollify me. I suspect we'll probably finish up the series this weekend when he comes down to visit.
- Sunday afternoon we had dinner at the Weber Grill Restaurant. I'd seen the Indianapolis location when I was at GenCon (it's on the way from the hotel I usually stay at to the Convention Center), and I'm a big fan of the Weber cookbooks, so I have been wanting to try it out, but I've just never had the chance. We thought about hitting it on Saturday, but it was a bit far from the theatre we went to, so we hit it Sunday. I wasn't sure what to expect, but holy smoke (no pun intended) was it good. The rolls they start you out with are awesome -- they call it pretzel bread, and it really is just like a roll made from soft pretzel dough, from what I can tell. I had the herb-marinaded flank steak, and Marc had the tomato basil chicken, and both were, quite frankly, mindblowingly good, and the garlic mashed potatoes with both of them were delicious. I can't speak highly enough of the place, which has a great atmosphere in addition to the food, and I will definitely be trying to stop at the one in Indy this year. Even the prices were not that out of whack with what I'd expect -- a bit expensive, but not really disproportionate with the quality. If you get a chance to visit (I just found out they are only in Chicago and Indy), I highly recommend stopping by.
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I don't think you have to worry about Marc not liking Firefly. If he bothers being annoyed by River (and I can see his point about her), I think that means he likes it at least a bit. I don't think people have that many feelings about characters in shows they don't like at all, even if they do watch them - in that case I think more than one character would be annoying enough to mentio. At least, that's the way it is for me (and when I like a show, I can hate characters so much it scares me sometimes, like Dr. Cameron).