Archive for January, 2007

Days three and four still forthcoming…

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

There was a day three and four. I'm just a little behind. I was able to get tickets to screenings of Grace is Gone, No End in Sight and The World of Sound on Sunday. Unfortunately, for various reasons I ended up missing the screening of Grace is Gone. I was about seven people away [...]

Sundance 2007, Day Two

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Q & A Session with the producer of Waitress.  We caught a screening of Waitress tonight in Ogden. Ogden is about 65 miles from Park City. We made the mistake of thinking it would only take us an hour to get there. A semi-trailer jack-knifed on the expressway in the canyons between Salt Lake City [...]

Sundance 2007, Day One

Friday, January 26th, 2007

  I don't mean day one of the festival. I mean day one of the festival for my friends and me. The festival has been going strong for several days now. We arrived in Utah yesterday afternoon. This marks my third consecutive year at the Sundance Film Festival. We arrived yesterday in time to catch [...]

Oh, the Audacity of Hope!

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Barack Obama has long avoided any talk about a possible bid for the presidency. However, lately, he's been entertaining the idea a bit more openly. This morning he's gone one step further and filed papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. He plans on publicly announcing his decision to run (or not to run) on [...]

Start saving your pennies

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Some of Chicago's priciest restaurants have just gotten pricier. The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Alinea and Tru have raised their prices. The Sun Times is also quick to point out that there are still pricier meals in town courtesy of Charlie Trotter's and Tru. [via Chicagoist]

The O.C. canceled

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

First it was Marissa. Now it's the whole show. It's sad, but apparently true. I guess it's too late for another Chrismukkah miracle.

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