{"id":274,"date":"2009-02-13T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2009-02-17T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T23:04:48","slug":"eating-at-the-standing-tallstanding-strong-black-history-month-celebration-at-city-hall-then-the-thing-at-the-dryden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2009\/02\/13\/eating-at-the-standing-tallstanding-strong-black-history-month-celebration-at-city-hall-then-the-thing-at-the-dryden\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating at the Standing Tall…Standing Strong Black History Month Celebration at City Hall Then The Thing at the Dryden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Ali had other plans, Christina and I decided to head to City Hall<\/a><\/strong> (30 Church St.<\/a>) for the city's Standing Tall…Standing Strong Black History Month<\/strong> celebration.\u00a0 Well, actually we went because we knew there would be a food tasting featuring homemade dishes from City employees.\u00a0 As in past years, there's a huge line … and since we got there late, all the [presumably heavenly]<\/em> macaroni and cheese was gone.\u00a0 We were both very impressed by the Firehouse Meatballs<\/strong> by Carlos Manns<\/strong> and the Lasagna with Turkey Meat<\/strong> by Jeffrey Medford<\/strong>.\u00a0 Everything was great, though.\u00a0 Plus you can't beat the price.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately we had to leave early to get to the Dryden Theater<\/strong> at George Eastman House<\/a><\/strong> (900 East Ave.<\/a>) to see The Thing<\/a><\/strong> by 7. We got there a little bit late, but there was a huge line. Christina suggested we just watch it off her housemate's Netflix box so we did that instead.<\/p>\n

She maintains the film as one of her favorites, but I was not particularly impressed. I guess the whole futile, frenetic activity against an unstoppable force was just too much. I mean, what was the point of watching these people run around killing one another and stuff when their plight was beyond hope? Perhaps as a parable: how can you fight an enemy that can look and act exactly like you do? In that sense, I think the original version, The Thing from Another World<\/a><\/strong>, made more sense in the context of McCarthyism when your otherwise unsuspecting neighbor could be your sworn enemy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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