Saturday is normally my bunny slipper day, so there’s nothing new there… This morning I wrote a review of 3 Penny Cinema for Centerstage. I will, of course, post a link when it’s up. I also reviewed the Field Museum this time around. Review seems like a weird word, because one doesn’t really review one of the country’s best natural history museums, but whatever. “Wrote a description of” is a little too wordy.
In case you’re wondering (because I did), the museum’s official name is the “Field Museum of Natural History” but the PR person there told me that they refer to it as “The Field Museum” for marketing and PR purposes. I think I’ll call it Bill.
Last night Jay and I went to Maza, followed by a trip to the 3 Penny to see “The Animation Show.” I had originally volunteered to review Maza for Centerstage, but someone claimed it before me, apparently. We went there for dinner anyway, because it sounded so good. Lebanese tapas. We were not disappointed. For $30 we got the Maza Deluxe, which is a 2-person feast of middle-eastern cuisine. I say “2-person” because that’s what the menu claimed, but really it could have fed 4. There were approximately 20 plates, and I have never had so many variations of chickpeas in one night. The manager seemed impressed with how much we were able to eat, although I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jay leave so much food on a table. They gave us complimentary orange rice pudding as our reward.
We headed over to 3 Penny and accidentally got there 40 minutes before showtime. Jay said he felt like he was in a cheap porno theater, and this morning I found out that 3 Penny was home to the Chicago premier of Deep Throat. I didn’t realize he was clairvoyent, but apparently he could feel the ghosts of all the leisure-suit clad swingers hanging around.
The Animation Show was… interesting. I thought most of the shorts were a tiny bit too long, but Jay only claimed boredom during 2 of them. However, Bill Plympton’s Guard Dog and Tomek Baginski’s Fallen Art (you can view the Fallen Art website in Polski!) easily made it worth the $7.50 admission price for me. Jay’s favorite was Hello, a sweet story about a guy who’s head is a tape player who is in love with a girl who’s head is a CD player. Also, 3 Penny is a brew-n-view, so we took advantage of the $2.50 beer. It’s hard to argue with $2.50 beer.