Triple Threat....

Well were to begin....there has been alot going on in the past few days. The activities began on Thursday, we went to the Taste of the Cultures sponsored by Cub Foods. It was held at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Saint Paul. The venue was a typical motel ballroom, with great views of Kellogg Park (very pretty with the x-mas lights on the trees). The room itself had the different food booths along the perimeter and in the center a stage were different cultural performances were taking place thru-out the evening.


The food samples being handed out, tasted good, and covered all the different continents. My favorite was a suprise....Russian.....prepared by the Moscow on the Hill restaurant. It was a chicken blini (ground chicken with spices wrapped in a crepe) served warm. Beautiful!!! I think I ate 4 of them. Of the rest of the food samples there was nothing out of the ordinary nor was there anything that made my palate remember it later on.


Friday night...Tracy's Holiday Party for work was held at the Varsity Club in Dinkytown. It was a great time! For starters the venue happened to be my favorite place to see a show and I was excited to see how it would be decorated and laid out for a non-musical event. After first glance, I wasn't disappointed, it was decorated with the typical holiday decor, but in a formal, quirky way (nice job!). They also had an old fashion photo booth that we were able to take several pictures in (see left). I thought that was an innovative way to remember the evening and event, I am sure that it was a crowd favorite.



The food options available were "heavy" appetizers that were catered by The Loring Pasta Bar (average). The entertainment was a cover band named Orange Whip, I was surprised by them. They had a nice sound and covered alot of different musical bases. All in all it was a fun time and it was nice to meet some of Tracy's co-workers. Thanks Weber Shandwick!

Sunday....British Commercials....Thanks to Tracy's parents they invited us to the Walker Art Center to watch the commercials. My take on the commercials were that they were not all that funny, as I first thought before the showing. (Of course there were a few, but nothing different then watching the half time show during the superbowl. ) But I thought that the majority of the commercials were more serious in nature. The type that may cause a smile or chuckle now and then. I was also surprised by the length. Many of the commercials were more of a short film about a product they were advertising. Very well directed and performed.
My final though was that I enjoyed how brutally honest they were. In particular, one about anorexia, or driving a gas guzzler vehicle or another about the repercussions of drunk driving and the people it effects. They leave nothing for the imagination. Well done.