It's no secret that FH and I like a lot of the less mainstream TV shows. I mean, I still like to watch my occasional episode of ER or Law & Order SVU, but I don't go out of my way to find them. The only regular TV I go looking for on purpose anymore is Amazing Race and I think that's just out of habit and a slight interest in some of the cool places they go.
Anyway, we've burned through all of the most recent episodes of Entourage, Dexter, and True Blood (man do we love Video on Demand)...and the most second season of Mad Men isn't out on DVD yet....so we were looking for something to fill the gap. Conveniently, Movie Central offered up something new at just the right time!
United States of Tara
Love it.
Toni Collette stars as Tara (and others) in this great new show created by Diablo Cody (you know her from such gems as Juno). Tara is a seemingly normal wife & mother...but with a twist...well, three twists actually. Alter egos. Three completely different additional personalities that arrive at the damdest of times depending on her stress level and current situation. Alice gives June Cleaver a run for her money. Buck is a man who loves his beer and boobies. T is a teen who'd rather show you her thong than make meaningful conversation.
Collette makes each personality totally believable and gets you invested in each one as though they are all separate characters. Really, they are...just played by the same actor. She's great.
And who doesn't love a little (big!) John Corbett playing her amazingly understanding and supportive husband? Not to mention her two oddball teenage kids having good storylines of their own, and her attention seeking sister who offers up the option that multiple personalities are bullcrap that Tara has made up and could do away with at anytime.
If you haven't seen it, you should. I bet you'll like it.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Restaurant Rave
Attention Haligonians! It's my turn to recommend a restaurant. If you have never been to Mezza Mediterranean Grill on Quinpool, get your asses in gear.
Living on the outskirts of town, we use Quinpool Road a lot, and have driven by this place many, many times since moving here. It stood out as something to check out because it has a classy, modern exterior...which most of the restaurants along that stretch of road don't have. Lots of Greek and Mediterranean type eateries, but most of them are of the traditional or greasy spoon variety (not that I don't love those too!).
My girlfriend and I decided we wanted to go to a movie...then decided to make it dinner and a movie....so instead of sticking to the huge-ass Empire theatres that are both in suburbia with no decent restaurants nearby, we opted to hit the Oxford Theatre which gave us the option of trying Mezza for dinner. Boy are we glad we made that decision!
The restaurant wasn't overly busy or anything for a Thursday night, which was fine by us for our chitchat. The interior decor is modern, yet still obviously middle eastern. Warm oranges and brown, wrought iron art, dark linens on the tables, incredible wooden ceiling with carvings. The menu offered a wide selection of Lebanese cuisine...everything from kabobs to salads with fresh mint to kebbe and manouche. So many things I had never heard of, but with full descriptions everything sounded wonderful. We settled on the Mezza Sampler Platter (mezza means tapas) for two, which had portions of 2 salads, 2 dips and 4 tapas.
The hummus and baba ganouche were both creamy and delicious. They brought us a basket of warm pitas and I honestly just wanted to dive into the platter with my hands...but thought better and used my knife and fork. :) The phyllo cheese rolls were freaking fantastic...good thing there were only two of those! And I've had stuffed grapes leaves before that I didn't much care for, but these Warek Enab were super yummy. There was a kebbe and a vegetable kebbe...we didn't realize they were different so we each grabbed one....mine was with the lamb and beef and it was pretty tasty. The center of the platter was piled with taboule salad filled with minced fresh herbs and also fatouche salad that was to die for.
Can you tell I liked it?
The platter was $25 and more than enough for both of us. We paired it with a bottle of New Zealand Sauv Blanc, and finished with a slice of Bailey's cake (holy freaking good!). Oh, and they had these yummy little pretzels sticks instead of a bread basket....toasted with sesame seeds, I could've eaten a whole bowl.
DBF isn't a huge fan of such stuff, but I'm hoping I can get him to live on the edge a little because it was sooooo good. If anything, it would be a nice romantic little date night to sit at the bar for a bottle of wine and some dessert.
I highly recommend!
Living on the outskirts of town, we use Quinpool Road a lot, and have driven by this place many, many times since moving here. It stood out as something to check out because it has a classy, modern exterior...which most of the restaurants along that stretch of road don't have. Lots of Greek and Mediterranean type eateries, but most of them are of the traditional or greasy spoon variety (not that I don't love those too!).
My girlfriend and I decided we wanted to go to a movie...then decided to make it dinner and a movie....so instead of sticking to the huge-ass Empire theatres that are both in suburbia with no decent restaurants nearby, we opted to hit the Oxford Theatre which gave us the option of trying Mezza for dinner. Boy are we glad we made that decision!
The restaurant wasn't overly busy or anything for a Thursday night, which was fine by us for our chitchat. The interior decor is modern, yet still obviously middle eastern. Warm oranges and brown, wrought iron art, dark linens on the tables, incredible wooden ceiling with carvings. The menu offered a wide selection of Lebanese cuisine...everything from kabobs to salads with fresh mint to kebbe and manouche. So many things I had never heard of, but with full descriptions everything sounded wonderful. We settled on the Mezza Sampler Platter (mezza means tapas) for two, which had portions of 2 salads, 2 dips and 4 tapas.
The hummus and baba ganouche were both creamy and delicious. They brought us a basket of warm pitas and I honestly just wanted to dive into the platter with my hands...but thought better and used my knife and fork. :) The phyllo cheese rolls were freaking fantastic...good thing there were only two of those! And I've had stuffed grapes leaves before that I didn't much care for, but these Warek Enab were super yummy. There was a kebbe and a vegetable kebbe...we didn't realize they were different so we each grabbed one....mine was with the lamb and beef and it was pretty tasty. The center of the platter was piled with taboule salad filled with minced fresh herbs and also fatouche salad that was to die for.
Can you tell I liked it?
The platter was $25 and more than enough for both of us. We paired it with a bottle of New Zealand Sauv Blanc, and finished with a slice of Bailey's cake (holy freaking good!). Oh, and they had these yummy little pretzels sticks instead of a bread basket....toasted with sesame seeds, I could've eaten a whole bowl.
DBF isn't a huge fan of such stuff, but I'm hoping I can get him to live on the edge a little because it was sooooo good. If anything, it would be a nice romantic little date night to sit at the bar for a bottle of wine and some dessert.
I highly recommend!
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