Why are season finales happening already??

Last night, two season finales took place on television, which is sad considering it's only December. The first was the new HBO show, "Boardwalk Empire." This show focuses on Atlantic City on the time of the Prohibition and mobsters. I think it's great and would recommend that anyone without HBO add this to their Netflix queue. Steve Buesemi is fantastic in it (as is Michael Pitt and Gretchen Mol) and Martin Scorsese directs a couple episodes and is executive producer on the rest. I can't wait for the second season!!

The second finale was the 6 episode first season of AMC's "The Walking Dead." The show was signed on for a second season two episodes in. What "True Blood" does for sex, "The Walking Dead" does for gore. You're guaranteed to see several zombie heads bashed in per episode. This is definitely not for the queasy. The lady who plays Sarah in "Prison Break" is in it. I get a little annoyed by the main character, who everyone follows without questions, even though he woke up from a coma in the middle of the zombie apocalypse and feels the need to wear his sheriff gear every day.

Love & Other Movies

With all the snow this weekend, it was the perfect time to burrow in and watch some movies. We did brave the roads one night to go to the theater. Here are my movies reviews for the weekend:

In theaters, we saw Love & Other Drugs. I was pleasantly surprised! Finally a romantic comedy that breaks the standard plot mold and actually delivers a little substance as well. Jake Gyllenhal and Anne Hatheway are charming and have great chemistry, which is good since they spend a lot of the movie being naked. My boyfriend even enjoyed the film, showing that if romantic comedies actually work on having a plot, they'd be a lot more appealing to both sexes.

Friday night I watched the French film Priceless (Hors de Prix). It stars the always adorable Audrey Tautou, from Amelie fame. She stars as a gold-digging woman who falls for a hotel worker. It was charming, light, and funny, with lots of great scenery shots from the French coast. 

Saturday I watched The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call- New Orleans. I thought it might be a decent movie since it was a remake and directed by Werner Herzog. I was wrong. It was horrible. All the acting was horrible. The plot dragged on. Nicolas Cage's face creeps me out. Ugh. A waste of two hours. Herzog should stick to documentaries.

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Brrrrr.... it's time for boots!

With massive snowfall fast approaching, it's time to bust out the winter boots. Now, I am not a huge fan of Uggs, but I give them props for upping their game by adding some serious sparkle to this winter's collection.

Food & Fun at Keegan's Irish Pub

Last night I went to Keegan's Irish Pub in Nordeast Minneapolis. It's the perfect place for the holiday season, with a warm and inviting atmosphere. I had the St. James Gate, the irish version of a French Dip. It was delicious and the potato wedge fries were perfectly seasoned. My boyfriend got a burger with cream cheese and jalepenos on it that he was quite the fan of. Tuesdays and Thursday Keegan's features trivia twice a night. The questions are very random and from every genre imaginable. The announcer makes it fun, but there are some regulars who basically dominate. The evening's highlight for me? The bloody mary, complete with a pickle, olive, celery, bacon, and a hard-boiled egg!

Lunch at Kindee

I went to lunch at Kindee, a Thai restaurant in Minneapolis near the Guthrie. The ambiance was very bright and cheery, but the food was sub-par. The fresh springrolls were so cilantro-heavy (and I love cilantro), that it killed a lot of the other flavors. The sauce on the Pad Thai was very weak and did not have the signature peanut sauce taste. There was also zero spice to the Pad Thai. Overall, very boring food.

Barrio Review

A friend of mine was in town from Chicago last night and had a hankering for Mexican, so I took her to Barrio in downtown Minneapolis. We split the guacamole, which was chunky and flavorful, and the ceviche, which was very citrusy and one of the best I've had in a while. The shrimp and beef tacos each had a unique flavor and were very good. The highlight for me was margarita I had, which had tequila, passionfruit, orange juice, and cava. I'd never though about adding cava to a margarita. It added a perfect light and bubbly touch that was reminiscent of a mimosa. Yum!