Archive for December, 2007

Winter day trips in VA
December 31, 2007

Virginia is a state with a lot of diversity:
Hot Springs and Warm Springs: Some small towns with natural hot springs founded by Thomas Jefferson and a nice resort called the homestead which has activities in the winter and summer
Shenandoah/Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah Valley
Williamsburg, Va
Monticello/Charlottesville, VA-See historic UVA, Monticello, the mountains are very beautiful there. [...]

Couldn’t get into Into the Wild the other night
December 29, 2007

You know what? If this will keep me out of being in the upper echelons of film critics so be it, but I have a nasty habit: I usually won’t watch a film just because it’s important, or because i should see it or because I’ll only be in a position to comment on the [...]

Bars in Arlington being cleaned out
December 24, 2007

It’s somewhat sad for me that Dr. Dremo’s is closing it’s doors in about a month. I’m not too much of a bar hopper but I used to work across the street from Dr. Dremo’s at the movie theater and they have always been a great place to come to when I get off from [...]

Morning report in front of the TV
December 20, 2007

This morning I turned on the Today show and there was a 10-year old prodigy playing the piano and singing. She was incredibly good, but I was kind of expecting that. They’re not gonna book a mediocre talent on the Today Show. In fact, I think 10 is pushing it if you want to be [...]

Still rooting for Frank Calliendo
December 5, 2007

So one of the biggest interviews I’ve ever had in reporting was Frank Calliendo. I interviewed hiim for the DC Scene. (In case you’re curious, the other famous poeple I’ve interviewed include the other people someone who the 1988 movie Stand and Deliver was based off of, Wynton Marsalis, and the No. 14 pick of [...]