Folklife Festival
Jul/01/2007 23:12
Sunday we braved the high tourist turnout and
went down to the Smithsonian Foklife Festival at
the Mall. This year they featured Northern
Ireland, Mekong River and Roots of Virginia. Joe
had read about a band from Ireland called Four
Men and a Dog (pronounce "Dag" like Brad Pitt
pronounced it in "Snatch"). We got there in time
to catch the end of their set. The kids and
adults dancing were as entertaining as the band.
(There was no dog). and
We then saw a young song and dance troup from China, a barbershop quartet type group from Tibet.
Then the Vietnamese opera performed.
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The food lines at the folk life festival were way too long so we headed to the food court at the Old Post Office. First we had to get masala dosas at the Indian Kitchen. I almost tried the Coconut Bharfi and Thums Up soda.
And we could not leave without a visit to Larry's Cookies.
Some more movie/DVD reviews
We've been renting some cable TV series
Dead Like Me
Paula recommended this series about the dead walking among the living acting as grim reapers. We've seen the pilot. The cast is interesting and we are interested to see how the story develops.
The Wire Season 2
Started off a bit slow but the action is picking up. The first season was all about the drug dealing gang in the Baltimore projects. This season the story continues in the projects but there is also a murder investigation in the Baltimore Port. I still can't get enough.
Entourage
Another great series - a young actor makes it big in the movies and moves from Queens to Hollywood with his childhood friends. Jeremy Piven plays his intense agent. It's light and fluffy and fun with cameos here and there. Joe's favorite so far is Jessica Alba. Mine is Mark Wahlberg.
We then saw a young song and dance troup from China, a barbershop quartet type group from Tibet.
Then the Vietnamese opera performed.
\
The food lines at the folk life festival were way too long so we headed to the food court at the Old Post Office. First we had to get masala dosas at the Indian Kitchen. I almost tried the Coconut Bharfi and Thums Up soda.
And we could not leave without a visit to Larry's Cookies.
Some more movie/DVD reviews
We've been renting some cable TV series
Dead Like Me
Paula recommended this series about the dead walking among the living acting as grim reapers. We've seen the pilot. The cast is interesting and we are interested to see how the story develops.
The Wire Season 2
Started off a bit slow but the action is picking up. The first season was all about the drug dealing gang in the Baltimore projects. This season the story continues in the projects but there is also a murder investigation in the Baltimore Port. I still can't get enough.
Entourage
Another great series - a young actor makes it big in the movies and moves from Queens to Hollywood with his childhood friends. Jeremy Piven plays his intense agent. It's light and fluffy and fun with cameos here and there. Joe's favorite so far is Jessica Alba. Mine is Mark Wahlberg.