This is one of those legit Portland hot spots. The staff is young and hip, the food is dang good, they play great music (like Led Zeppelin), and it has that diner ambiance that I love – not the “am I risking my health by eating here” diner ambiance, but the “these people are all normal people with normal problems/and if they are weird, they aren’t any more weird than I am” diner ambiance. When you get there, you have to put your name on a clipboard and sometimes the wait can be kind of long. If you go alone or with one other person, you can sit at the bar, and as long as there is an open seat, you don’t have to wait.
Monday, May 28, 2012
The Galley - On Metairie Rd. in Metairie just outside of New Orleans, LA.
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My father and I have been to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival several times and we are always looking for new things to try, including new food places, since we both love food. This year we were talking to a local couple and they suggested The Galley. In turn, I would definitely suggest this place to anyone that is going to be in the area. The food was fresh and extremely delicious. The prices were reasonable and the staff was very nice. It’s worth noting that if you get a Po-Boy, they will let you do half and half – I got half catfish and half oyster.
FYI their Bread Pudding is amazing!!
FYI their Bread Pudding is amazing!!
As much as I love the different parts of New Orleans (the French Quarters, the Garden District, etc.), it’s nice to see other areas; and Metairie is a beautiful suburban area.
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Burrito Bar - On the corner of NW 9th and Hoyt in Portland, OR.
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This place is kind of the typical Fresh-Mex/Mexican American place. Don’t go expecting a culinary revelation and you should have a good experience. I thought it was much better than places like Baja Fresh and Taco del Mar; more on the level with Chipotle.
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Bangkok Duck and Chicken - Food Carts on 10th Ave. between Washington and Alder in Portland, OR
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I’m not sure what to say about this place. The food was pretty good but I doubt I’ll go back. It wasn't bad but it wasn't really great either. The quality of the ingredients was good, the guy was nice, and the price was reasonable, but it just didn't do it for me. I would like to talk to someone else that has been here to see what they thought.
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Sweet Basil - On the corner of NW Glisan and 17th Ave. in Portland, OR
Sweet Basil Website
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This place has good Thai food. I liked the combo plate because it comes with a small salad and the Jasmine rice, and I thought it was kind of a lot of food. It’s nicely decorated inside and I got my food quickly. It wasn't anything that I’m dying to go back for, but I would happily eat here again if I was close by.
Sweet Basil Website
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Movie - The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
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This is
one of my favorite movies. It takes place in a small village in Spain
in the 1940s. A little girl watches James Whale’s Frankenstein when a traveling
movie theatre comes to town. She becomes fascinated with the monster and sets
out to find it.
Wikipedia:
- The
disintegration of the family's emotional life is symbolic of the emotional
disintegration of the Spanish nation during the civil war.
- The
barren empty landscape around the sheepfold represents Spain 's
isolation during the beginning years of the Francoist regime.
- At
several points in the film Fernando describes in his writing his revulsion at
the mindless activity of the beehive, this is possibly an allusion to human
society under Fascism; ordered, organized, but devoid of any imagination. The
beehive theme is carried into the manor house which has hexagonal panes to its
leaded windows and a honey-colored light.
- At the
start of the film, the authorities are using the Frankenstein film as a warning
to the population about man's godless creations which have to be killed for the
safety of the public. This is a veiled propaganda attempt to justify the
violent overthrow of the elected government in the civil war by intimating the
monster to be the "godless" socialism of the Republic. This metaphor
is repeated later in the film when the hunted republican soldier takes on a
role similar to that of the monster in the 1931 film. When Ana calls on the
spirit of the monster to return, she is symbolically calling on the spirit of
the Republic to return.
- Ana
represents the innocent young generation of Republican Spain around 1940, while
her sister's Isabel deceitful advice symbolizes the Nationalists who are obsessed
with money and power.
- As the
film closes we see a warming of Teresa's feelings and the possibility of a
future revival of the family's emotional life and by inference the life of Spain .
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Movie - Arlington Road (1999)
This is a fantastic, action packed movie with an awesome ending! A college professor suspects his new neighbors of being terrorists. However, recent traumatic events in his personal life, and research into terrorist sub-societies may just be making him paranoid.
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This is a fantastic, action packed movie with an awesome ending! A college professor suspects his new neighbors of being terrorists. However, recent traumatic events in his personal life, and research into terrorist sub-societies may just be making him paranoid.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Nong's Khao Man Gai - Two locations: 10th and Alder or 4th and College in Portland, OR
Nong's Khao Man Gai's Website
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This place has gotten some really good reviews so I decided to give it a try. I liked it because it is simple, inexpensive, and delicious. The cut of chicken was moist and tender, and the sauce and rice were really good. There are at least two carts that I know of, one on 10th and Alder and one on 4th and College, but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are more around somewhere. This is definitely one I would recommend.
Nong's Khao Man Gai's Website
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Movie - 400 Blows (1959)
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If you
are looking to watch a movie like Transformers or Oceans Eleven, this is not
it. This is a deep and profound movie that follows a young boy that lives in a
rough world. Things never go his way and luck is not on his side. I really
liked it, the end was about as beautiful as it gets, but it was very sad in
many ways, and my heart ached for the kid. For me, the beauty was in the idea
that kids are extremely resilient to hardships, more that adults give them
credit for, but even so, everyone has their breaking point. Society should be
setting kids up for success and parents should be supporting and loving them,
but this movie shows just how much that is not the case. The other things that
I really love about this movie are the cinematography, the scenes of Paris, and
the way that it accurately captured the way that kids see the world – that kind
of spontaneity and responsiveness in the adventurous way that possesses qualities
of carelessness, irresponsibility, and a very non-adult kind of logic/reasoning
(which may be very illogical and unreasonable but seems perfectly logical and
reasonable to kids).
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Dosirak - Food carts on SW 4th between Hall and College in Portland, OR
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This cart is a great deal!! For $7 you get a salad, two gyoza, and teriyaki chicken with rice. I’m full when I’m done, it’s tasty, and it doesn’t break my wallet. I keep going back.
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