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crafty_packratSpitzenburg apples (yay!), magness pears, shallots, 3 sloppy joe handpies, 2 spanakopita handpies, a walnut fig scone, an almond pillow cookie two-pack, pbj squares, a caramel apple stack, a chewy ginger stack, and a peanut butter cookie stack.
It's also the first weekend of Noir City DC, so I met up with a friend to see Shakedown. We were supposed to see The Dark Corner as well (Lucille Ball in a noir!) but the film hadn't arrived yet, so they had to substitute Naked Alibi -- which I've already seen before (it's not a great film, but the child actor playing Petey played John Harper in The Night of the Hunter the next year, and the cinematography - the framing and blocking of a number of shots -- is remarkable; the cinematographer did A Touch of Evil in 1958, so no wonder).
We swung by Loyalty Books, and discovered Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 3: Robert Smalls, who definitely deserves to have a movie about him. The first and second volume are about Bass Reeves and Bessie Stringfield, respectively, and I'm looking forward to stumbling across more of the series.
We went to Trattoria da Lina afterwards to eat -- polenta fries, tagliolini alla carbonara, and the lightest, fluffiest pistachio cake you can imagine. I definitely want to go back there!
It's also the first weekend of Noir City DC, so I met up with a friend to see Shakedown. We were supposed to see The Dark Corner as well (Lucille Ball in a noir!) but the film hadn't arrived yet, so they had to substitute Naked Alibi -- which I've already seen before (it's not a great film, but the child actor playing Petey played John Harper in The Night of the Hunter the next year, and the cinematography - the framing and blocking of a number of shots -- is remarkable; the cinematographer did A Touch of Evil in 1958, so no wonder).
We swung by Loyalty Books, and discovered Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 3: Robert Smalls, who definitely deserves to have a movie about him. The first and second volume are about Bass Reeves and Bessie Stringfield, respectively, and I'm looking forward to stumbling across more of the series.
We went to Trattoria da Lina afterwards to eat -- polenta fries, tagliolini alla carbonara, and the lightest, fluffiest pistachio cake you can imagine. I definitely want to go back there!
