Chicagoistas, I could get together the afternoon of the 27th (drinks? coffee? coffee drinks?) if you guys wanted! Email me and we'll make a plan.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
lisah - Dec 04, 2008 8:12:15 am PST #7413 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Kathy A - Dec 04, 2008 8:14:13 am PST #7414 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
If you want to have some Polish food, I can recommend Podhalanka on Division, where MFNLaw, Shrift, Tommyrot and I had brunch back in March. Nice and cheap, and really excellent comfort food.
brenda m - Dec 04, 2008 8:31:52 am PST #7415 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, and I missed that one due to sick or something. I'd be down for that.
Some other recommendations for the area - the Violet Hour [link] is a sort of speakeasy environment with incredible cocktails or the Paramount Room [link] which is kind of similar but more laid back. Both have great food too.
lisah - Dec 04, 2008 8:32:56 am PST #7416 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
the Violet Hour [link] is a sort of speakeasy environment with incredible cocktails or the Paramount Room [link] which is kind of similar but more laid back. Both have great food too.
Oh, yeah, I've been wanting to go to the Violet Hour!
victor infante - Dec 04, 2008 12:58:55 pm PST #7417 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
She really bugged me when she was saying over and over how much she wanted to be there. Who cares?!
Was there anybody else who, when she first popped up on the confessional segments, wondered, "Who the hell is that?" Seriously. I totally forgot she was on the show.
Tom Colicchio in the middle of the afternoon is a completely different audience than Kathy Lee Gifford at 6 in the morning. His dish didn't stand a chance in that venue no matter how well executed it was.
A-yup. Totally agree with this. That being said, the challenge pretty much screamed: BE MAINSTREAM! DO NOT CHALLENGE THE DIM TV PEOPLE!!!! Which may be good advice, but it wasn't something I look to "Top Chef" for.
Also, I thought Tom's comment about Jamie's dish being "almost there" was telling. In reality, even on TV, there would have been a couple factors that would have salavaged the situation for her. Not so much with the undone desert. (Although I think it's interesting that only Stephan seemed to have a swap plate handy. Hasn't EVERYBODY seen TNFNS by this point?)
megan walker - Dec 04, 2008 1:10:04 pm PST #7418 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hasn't EVERYBODY seen TNFNS by this point?
Or, say, any cooking show at all?
Vortex - Dec 04, 2008 1:43:55 pm PST #7419 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
A-yup. Totally agree with this. That being said, the challenge pretty much screamed: BE MAINSTREAM! DO NOT CHALLENGE THE DIM TV PEOPLE!!!! Which may be good advice, but it wasn't something I look to "Top Chef" for.
In all fairness, they didn't know that they would be cooking for the mainstream.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2008 2:26:32 pm PST #7420 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In Jeff's defense, they did wind up picking the salad as the winner.
Meredith or someone said something like, "It's not interesting, but at least it tastes good" or something.
In all fairness, they didn't know that they would be cooking for the mainstream.
It was sold as a tv demo -- I think that calls for mainstream, even if you DON'T assume there's some twist.
Fabio has totally grown on me.
Scrappy - Dec 05, 2008 7:22:55 am PST #7421 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Survivor--Another great ep. I am totally Bob's bitch right now. I love that Mrs. Bob is as charming as Bob. Her telling the camera how good he looked and smelled was so adorable.
brenda m - Dec 05, 2008 7:47:55 am PST #7422 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
And yet? I was glad when their wacky plan failed. Maybe now that Corrine's gone I can root for him, but Sugar still has my heart.