Month: August 2007

Top Chef: Restaurant Success

Top Chef: Miami Second Helpings The teams had a second shot at their restaurants. They were handed the bloggers comments as constructive feedback on how to improve on their second try. Howie kept going off on the feedback, but Sara seemed to take it to heart. Hung jumped in...

MWG: Summer School

I have picked the next movie for our Movie Watching Group (MWG) as Summer School from 1987. I loved this movie when it came out, recorded it off of cable, and watched the video copy of it very many times. It introduced me to high quality films, such as...

Top Chef: Restaurant Mess

Top Chef: Miami Restaurant Wars In the past seasons and past episodes, there has been many times where Tom has pointed out that it is not Top <insert clever phrase here>, but Top Chef. The restaurant wars challenge confuses me. While I know a chef that owns his/her own...

Click

Click Directed: Frank Coraci Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken Adam Sandler gets a hold of a universal remote that controls everything in his universe, but it starts going wacky and he can’t control it. I didn’t go out of my way to see this movie. I didn’t...

Top Chef: Fancy Late Night Treats

Top Chef: Miami Guilty Pleasures Ah the poor contestants thought they would actually get a night out to enjoy themselves, but none of them seemed to think it might be a trick? Why would cameras follow them around at a night club? Do they think they are that interesting?...

Top Chef: Individually Frozen

Top Chef: Miami Freezer Burn Reality shows love their sponsors, and Top Chef is no exception with their longing camera glances at the Glad plastic containers. This episode was apparently brought to us by Bertolli Mediterranean Style Frozen Dinners, since the product was mentioned a million times. It is...