{"id":250,"date":"2009-01-28T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2009-01-29T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T13:42:23","slug":"dinner-at-the-dinosaur-and-the-house-in-hydesville-at-geva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2009\/01\/28\/dinner-at-the-dinosaur-and-the-house-in-hydesville-at-geva\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner at the Dinosaur and The House in Hydesville at Geva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali and I braved the snow and cold to get dinner at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que<\/a><\/strong> (99 Court St.<\/a>) It was nice to get there when it was quiet. The food, of course, is very good. Personally, I prefer Sticky Lips Pit BBQ<\/a><\/strong> (625 Culver Rd.<\/a>), but to be honest, they are both very good.<\/p>\n

The real point of this trip, though, is that we bought advance tickets to see The House in Hydesville<\/strong> at Geva<\/a><\/strong> (75 Woodbury Blvd.<\/a>) and they never close due to weather, at least according to the person I talked to at the box office earlier today. Indeed, it was performed (although lacking the after-play discussion as the lecturer was stuck in Livingston County.)<\/p>\n

As for the play itself, well, it was kind of disappointing. I guess I was expecting it to be more spooky. The scenes that were supposed to be spooky were indeed spooky, but it was more a tale of a family struggling to stay together. Blah, blah, blah — I've seen that many times before, and with more richly drawn characters to boot. I will say the set was fantastic (although not as impressive from the balcony), and the acting was generally good (but not exceptional).<\/p>\n

It seemed to be written from a skeptic's perspective. So rather than playing with the heat generated by the mysterious circumstances and lack of verifiable factual information, it quenches all the fun. It was extra disappointing because a great amount of tension developed during the first half that was wasted in the second. In all it was a shrug-inducing experience. \"Eh.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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