So far, so good
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Well, it was a busy long weekend with
ron_drummond. There has been beer and pizza at the Big Time, which was something we used to do a lot when he lived in Seattle. There was shopping at Northgate Mall (woohoo!) and burgers at Five Guys. There has been a visit to Elliot Bay Book Company and various CD shops hither and also yon. (I found a Marianne Faithfull CD I was looking for because it isn't available on Amazon as MP3s.) There has been a viewing of The Tempest (my second) and of Tron: Legacy.
We saw the latter in 3D at the Pacific Science Center Imax. I didn't think the 3D added much to the story, but the Imax format is still a great way to see visual spectaculars. Visual spectacle is about all that Tron has to offer, and I'm not just talking about Olivia Wilde. The Tempest, on the other hand, as I said on Facebook, is one of my favorites of the year. The first time I saw it I was bothered a bit by a transition in Prospera's attitude toward the end (in the middle of the truncated betrothal ceremony), but this time it made more sense to me, even though it still seems abrupt. Prospero is a difficult character, and Helen Mirren does very well with it. The film is worth seeing for her performance alone, although it's worth seeing for far more than that as well. I love the songs, and the desolate landscapes. "How camest thou in this pickle?"
What else? We went to the Science Fiction Museum, where there was a Battlestar Galactica exhibition. Probably more interesting to fans of the show, although even Ron (one such) didn't want to spend a lot of time lingering. More disappointing was that the SF Museum itself has been cut in half since the last time I was there. The lower level seems to be gone, or at least it was blocked off. One person we talked to said the music and SF museums are being merged. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I do know that one of my favorite parts of the original SF Museum was the room of original paintings by the likes of Paul and Powers on the lower level. I'm not sure I can really recommend it any longer, although the remaining part of the museum is still really well put-together and still covers a wide territory, including fanzines. It was also the first time I looked at the music museum at all, and the Jimi Hendrix exhibit was actually very cool, as was the Northwest music exhibit. Lots of memories there, including posters for shows I went to.
We've eaten Thai food at two different restaurants: Kaosami in Fremont and Bahn Thai on lower Queen Anne near the Seattle Center. Bahn Thai was a discovery of Ron's on a solo expedition, and it is very good indeed. Apparently the panang is to die for, although we had other good things last night.
And more, and more. A busy weekend. There will be even more, no doubt. Ron is here for three more days, and we are hatching other plans.
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We saw the latter in 3D at the Pacific Science Center Imax. I didn't think the 3D added much to the story, but the Imax format is still a great way to see visual spectaculars. Visual spectacle is about all that Tron has to offer, and I'm not just talking about Olivia Wilde. The Tempest, on the other hand, as I said on Facebook, is one of my favorites of the year. The first time I saw it I was bothered a bit by a transition in Prospera's attitude toward the end (in the middle of the truncated betrothal ceremony), but this time it made more sense to me, even though it still seems abrupt. Prospero is a difficult character, and Helen Mirren does very well with it. The film is worth seeing for her performance alone, although it's worth seeing for far more than that as well. I love the songs, and the desolate landscapes. "How camest thou in this pickle?"
What else? We went to the Science Fiction Museum, where there was a Battlestar Galactica exhibition. Probably more interesting to fans of the show, although even Ron (one such) didn't want to spend a lot of time lingering. More disappointing was that the SF Museum itself has been cut in half since the last time I was there. The lower level seems to be gone, or at least it was blocked off. One person we talked to said the music and SF museums are being merged. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I do know that one of my favorite parts of the original SF Museum was the room of original paintings by the likes of Paul and Powers on the lower level. I'm not sure I can really recommend it any longer, although the remaining part of the museum is still really well put-together and still covers a wide territory, including fanzines. It was also the first time I looked at the music museum at all, and the Jimi Hendrix exhibit was actually very cool, as was the Northwest music exhibit. Lots of memories there, including posters for shows I went to.
We've eaten Thai food at two different restaurants: Kaosami in Fremont and Bahn Thai on lower Queen Anne near the Seattle Center. Bahn Thai was a discovery of Ron's on a solo expedition, and it is very good indeed. Apparently the panang is to die for, although we had other good things last night.
And more, and more. A busy weekend. There will be even more, no doubt. Ron is here for three more days, and we are hatching other plans.