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January 20, 2008
The year of doing new things
I've declared the year 2008 as the year I will get to better know Boston and all it has to offer. Along with that, I've decided to try to do new things and not keep reverting back to the same old patterns (such as Netflix every Friday night). So last weekend we got some good Mexican food in Eastie, and this weekend we went to the North End to eat at the legendary Pizzeria Regina . The pizza was good, and as we expected the wait staff was rude and pushed us in and out of there in about twenty minutes. (That's the way they roll there, apparently.) We got dessert at Modern Pastries, an alternative to Mike's, and then hopped over to the Improv Asylum for a few laughs. We saw a guest troupe there from Chicago, three women known as Switchboard. Their accents were impeccable, and they had a strange way of transitioning from one sketch to the next that I never quite figured out. We plan to go back to the Improv Asylum for their mainstage show. Also, they do corporate training: sounds like David Brent/Michael Scott's dream.
In other news, we saw Sweeney Todd last night. Ya can't really beat Johnny Depp singing. I loved it. (We actually meant to see There Will Be Blood, but it was sold out! Guess that's what we get for going downtown.)
Also, Nicholas Kristof is back. It sure is nice to see his name once again on the sidebar of the New York Times website. It does seem like Brooks/Kristof/et al are acting like megaphones for Mr. Obama right now, but I suppose they're allowed an opinion on these matters. According to his blog, Kristof's book is coming out in a year, and it's about women in developing countries. I'm going to put it on my list; perhaps 2009 will be the year of reading books as they come out.
| By heiders | 09:54 AM
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you meant to see There Will Be Blood and there was blood . . . haha, okay, bad joke. I need to see No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood before the Oscars, but it will be hard finding someone here to drag to see them. Atonement, though, was pretty amazing, I suppose Boston probably got it months ago . . . that's one thing I miss, although it did increase pressure to go see the movies.
Posted by: linnea at January 23, 2008 07:43 PM
