When did I become such a Top Chef/Hell's Kitchen/Chopping Block/Kitchen Nightmares junkie?
I find it funny, since I am not a foodie by any stretch. I can understand that I like the competitive element of the first three. Winners and Losers, achievement and failure. That's some of the best drama out there. It's why this country watches the Superbowl, the Stanley Cup, the NBA Finals and the World Series every year. It is why the world stops every four years to watch the Olympics.
I did notice that I enjoyed watching the food being plated on Top Chef, and I wanted to eat them.
Kitchen Nightmares is like a warped Extreme Makeover with restaurants. Oddly enough I don't like watching Extreme Makeover, but I like Kitchen Nightmares. Much like the movie American Gangster, there are lessons hidden here and there amidst the bleeps and beeps. I will write a series of blog posts about them later.
The Chopping Block is a little bit like Hell's Kitchen meets Kitchen Nightmares, but with a French man instead of a raving Scot. I found it was interesting that Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay were once friends.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
March Madness 2009
It's March and I'm watching the tourneys.
This has been a tough year for me since I have no real clear favorite. I have my stable of favs that I like to go as far as they can. This year they are: Arizona, Duke, Memphis, Syracuse, Kansas (defending champs), Michigan State, UCLA, Gonzaga, UConn and North Carolina.
There are two "villains" or teams I will not want to make it: Villanova and Louisville. I still am not ever forgiving Villanova for their 1985 win over Georgetown, which cost hometown favorite Patrick Ewing his second NCAA ring. As for Louisville, though I was never a huge Boston Celtics fan until the arrival of Doc Rivers (who incidentally as a coach did right by the aging Patrick Ewing), Rick Pitino's tenure was not one that left warm and fuzzy memories in the hearts and minds of Boston fans-even casual ones, like myself.
If Georgetown had made it, they would have been my overall team to get behind. As it was, I pulled for UCLA so that the Wizard might live to see one more Championship, but somehow knew they were weaker this year and was not surprised to see them go.
I confess that I am for either Arizona, Duke or Michigan State because these are programs that are winning programs, but have faced trouble. Arizona of course lost Lute Olson, but the team that is in the tournament have members that were molded under his tenure and the new coach is doing okay. Both Coach K and Coach Izzo have some dust on their last NCAA wins. Something tells me that if they don't go all the way, they may face some of what Tubby Smith faced with the University of Kentucky.
This year is also different because I have cable, so I can watch the women more closely and because I am a more active Twitter user.
Currently I am tweeting at March Tweetness: http://marchtweetness.com/ as @ladyday93. It's been a little weird because it's a bit like live blogging, a skill that I wish to develop more.
I am also hoping for a school sweep, which is what happened in 2004 when UConn prevailed during both the men and women's tourneys.
This has been a tough year for me since I have no real clear favorite. I have my stable of favs that I like to go as far as they can. This year they are: Arizona, Duke, Memphis, Syracuse, Kansas (defending champs), Michigan State, UCLA, Gonzaga, UConn and North Carolina.
There are two "villains" or teams I will not want to make it: Villanova and Louisville. I still am not ever forgiving Villanova for their 1985 win over Georgetown, which cost hometown favorite Patrick Ewing his second NCAA ring. As for Louisville, though I was never a huge Boston Celtics fan until the arrival of Doc Rivers (who incidentally as a coach did right by the aging Patrick Ewing), Rick Pitino's tenure was not one that left warm and fuzzy memories in the hearts and minds of Boston fans-even casual ones, like myself.
If Georgetown had made it, they would have been my overall team to get behind. As it was, I pulled for UCLA so that the Wizard might live to see one more Championship, but somehow knew they were weaker this year and was not surprised to see them go.
I confess that I am for either Arizona, Duke or Michigan State because these are programs that are winning programs, but have faced trouble. Arizona of course lost Lute Olson, but the team that is in the tournament have members that were molded under his tenure and the new coach is doing okay. Both Coach K and Coach Izzo have some dust on their last NCAA wins. Something tells me that if they don't go all the way, they may face some of what Tubby Smith faced with the University of Kentucky.
This year is also different because I have cable, so I can watch the women more closely and because I am a more active Twitter user.
Currently I am tweeting at March Tweetness: http://marchtweetness.com/ as @ladyday93. It's been a little weird because it's a bit like live blogging, a skill that I wish to develop more.
I am also hoping for a school sweep, which is what happened in 2004 when UConn prevailed during both the men and women's tourneys.
Monday, February 16, 2009
It's so cute...
It's so cute when comment spam thinks its going to get through but it ultimately fails.
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