Ethiopian and more

It was yummy. I think I mentioned you eat with your hands. It was different, but yummy. I’d go back again – don’t go it alone if you’re not brave. LOL

We had a nice time catching up; we always take forever to order. We spend at least an hour catching up and in that time our server always comes over like five times and we still can’t focus. What did I have, you ask? I don’t know, it was some chicken thing, you have it with a flat (almost tortilla like) sour dough bread and it also had some spicy lentils in something like a BBQ sauce, some spinach and potatoes that were yummy and mixed vegetables.

After dinner, we went across the street to Cold Stone and pigged out some more on ice cream. It was a good way to spend a rainy Monday night.

One Sunday I want to do Movie & Mimosas at Criterion Cinemas in New Haven. I was reminded of that when we drove by tonight. Last summer they had some great oldies playing including On the Waterfront, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Streetcar Named Desire, among other classics.

CRASH

LOS ANGELES – “Crash” pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, winning best picture Sunday over the front-runner “Brokeback Mountain.”

“Crash,” featuring a huge cast in crisscrossing story lines over a chaotic 36-hour period in Los Angeles, rode a late surge of praise that lifted it past the cowboy romance “Brokeback Mountain,” a film that had won most other key Hollywood honors.

“We are humbled by the other nominees in this category. You have made this year one of the most breathtaking and stunning maverick years in American cinema,” said “Crash” producer Cathy Schulman.

She was commenting on a year that saw the box office sinking, provocative independent films dominating big studio fare and a tiny-budgeted ensemble drama from outside Hollywood taking first prize.

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“Broken”

With everything ahead of us
We left everything behind
But nothing that we needed
At least not at this time
And now the feeling that I’m feeling
Well it’s feeling like my life is finally mine
With nothing to go back to we just continue to drive
Without you I was broken
But I’d rather be broke down with you by my side
I didn’t know what I was looking for
So I didn’t know what I’d find
I didn’t know what I was missing
I guess you’ve been just a little too kind
And if I find just what I need
I’ll put a little peace in my mind
Maybe you’ve been looking too
Or maybe you don’t even need to try
Without you I was broken
But I’d rather be broke down with you by my side
With everything in the past
Fading faster and faster until it was gone
Found out I was losing so much more than I knew all along
Because everything I’ve been working for
Was only worth nickels and dimes
But if I had a minute for every hour that I’ve wasted
I’d be rich in time, I’d be doing fine
Without you I was broken
But I’d rather be broke down with you by my side
– Jack Johnson (Sing-A-Longs And Lullabies For The Film Curious George)

Talk about a deep Lullabie! I love this song!