American Gangster

American Gangster may have made $43.6 mil and topped the box office charts, but none of that money came from me. Last night, Orion, Wolf and Christi and I went to the Grove at 6:45 pm to catch the 7:00 pm showing. We figured if we missed the 7:00 pm, we could go to the 7:45 pm as fall back. What did we see after twirling around the parking structure, sardining ourselves into the elevator and weaving through people to get to the theater?

American Gangster
7:00 pm -- Sold Out
7:45 pm -- Sold Out
8:25 pm -- Sold Out
10:35 pm -- Sold Out

Not to be detered, we backtracked and headed to Century City. Same deal -- confusing parking structure, escalators up and up, hike to the theater. And what was revealed to us as we waiting in line?

American Gangster
8:00 pm -- Sold Out
10:40 pm -- Sold Out

Yes, defeated by the movie, we took a big detour and went bowling instead. Here are Wolf and Christi. They should do dentist commercials! Look at those smiles!



Orion dropping some pins.



Oh yeah. . .and a picture of my TURKEY and a 187. Yes, stellar game. Feels good to be so awesome. My only regret, not doubling Wolf's score! After he rubbed my nose in BC football lose, he deserves a whooping.



Lastly, we had the delight of bowling next to U-Turn. If you watch Weeds on Showtime, then you know how super amazing that is!

Double Date

It is once again KBBQ season. With a nip to the air, nothing is better than to sit over hot coals and cook some meat. Friday, we joined newlyweds Kim and Andrew at Soot Bull Jeep. On the Yelp reviews at the attached link, there a lot of haters who whine about the smoke and the lack of service. Personally, I feel that that's all the charm. No one can deny that the meat is divine, but throw in some head ducks and dodges while hot, thick smoke floats by your head and that's fun times. And some people could take offense to the poor service, although I find it to be a cultural thing. The wait staff definitely recognizes me and most times remembers my order, my add-ons, and leave offs. Yet getting a smile out of them is near impossible and often I am snapping away (something I loathe doing) trying to get their attention. My theory? If you shout "Wheeeee" after hitting a bump in the road, life's annoyances become sheer pleasure.



I would like to add that during a twisted, morose conversation at dinner, Kim said that if anything were to happen to her, (please heavens above, don't let it for another 75 years) I get all of her clothes and purses, while her sister gets the shoes. This blog may not be as official as notarized will, but once it is out there on the web, it automatically make it real, right?!

Scavenger Hunt

For Halloween, we went to the massive parade on Santa Monica Boulevard. Thousands of people were trolling about and checking everyone else out. We decided to make it a little more interesting and participate in a scavenger hunt. We were given 2 pages of items to find and here are some of our successful ones.

Here's our team, Team Wolf. From the left, me, Dave, Jo, Orion, Wolf, Courtney and Carly.



Check botched plastic surgery victim off the list!



Here's the entire Wizard of Oz gang ready to be somewhere over the rainbow.



Not only divas, but extra points for TWO divas, and extra extra points for 2 divas fighting. Marilyn is giving Anna Nicole the smack down!



Two women dressed as "Dick-in-a-box" with extra points for teammates reaching in!



We couldn't find Brangelina or Ellen DeGeneres, but hopefully our other accomplishments will makes us WINNERS!