KC...again!!!

October 24, 2010

After we got into KC, we stopped into O'Dowds for a bite. The Irish stew was tempting with it's puff pastry, but we went for the shepherd's pie with Duchess potatoes. YUMMY!!

(One of these days I'm going to make Yorkshire pudding. :)

We love this place and with good reason-it's one of the top ten Irish pubs in the country!! It really feels like a true Irish pub with its decor straight from the mother country, traditional fare, and one of the few places to get a decent cider in our neck of the woods! (Yes, MO is close considering good cider has been found--and then lost!--in AR. :(). We did have a burger the last time we were here, which isn't necessarily Irish, but it was MUCH better than a fast food Angus burger from McDonald's. ;)
Then Terry tried to teach Zach how to tie a tie, and how to coordinate an outfit. They also went underoo shopping. Not weird at all. ;)


Terry gave up (and did it for him)!

A Could-Be Tunie reviews The Town

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September 29, 2010

Affleck-Damon movies about Boston make me never want to go there. Ya know what I mean?
But Ben is sure talented; he wears so many hats well. :)

This movie was amazing. How can I tell I was mesmerized? For one, I didn't touch my popcorn and Coke after the movie started. And B) I stuffed my face with Haribo Happy Cola and put off going to the loo until.I.got.home. AFTER we stopped for free hot chocolate at McDonald's and a wreck occurred right as I stepped out of the car in the drive-thru. I felt like I was in a State Farm commercial.

I'm still not quite sure where I would place my compassion and sympathy. I kinda wanted them to get it--I couldn't believe how Claire was betrayed--I mean that was a one-of-a-kind betrayal...and what about how Blake Lively's character was treated? Sheesh. (Wasn't her name Christina? *lol*) I'm still not sure what her daughter's name was...and I actually heard her name said.

Zach could point out places that he had been when he was in Boston last spring.
From Wikipedia: At the movie's premiere, Affleck made a similar statement: "Charlestown isn’t full of bank robbers and Dorchester isn’t full of bad guys and Southie isn’t full of math geniuses or bad people."
Well, thank goodness for that, Ben.
That means I can go someday. ; )