Noodle Lady Strikes Again

Three creeks hike

Happy Vernal Equinox everyone. It was sunny and 76
degrees here. Our equinox was vernalizing. How about
yours? We went for a long hike at Three Creeks
 Conservation Area today. Judging by Pat's smile, she
might have overdosed on vitamin D from the sunlight.

Since she has not yet gotten her spring buzz cut, Little
Roser over heated quickly. Fortunately, there were plenty
of mud puddles for cooling down.

There's the difference between our two dogs. Big Bo takes
the high and dry route, and Little Roser splishes and
splashes.

That's me, demonstrating my world champion rock
skipping form. I never met a rock that didn't need skipping.

Flowers and art thing

Pat coerced me into going to a flower and art event thing at the Mizzou art gallery this weekend. I negotiated a big country breakfast at D & D Cafe. After the bribe, I was glad to go. At least that's what I told Pat. Really, I blame Claire for this. It is just the type of thing that Pat and Claire would do together when Claire is in town. Here are some pictures of the flower arrangements inspired by art.

There were plenty more, but that's enough. You get the idea. Whoop de doo...  Next time, I am holding out for a big steak and a German sweet chocolate cake. 

Spring sprang sprung

Flick list

Here is the complete, sequential list of the movies Pat and I watched at the 2011 True/False Film Fest: Trees/Forest. I want to get this off my desk now, and go to work. In the next couple days, I might come back and share my thoughts about each film, or not. If you want to read a description of each film, please go here.

• Blood in the Mobile
• Benda Bilili!
• Zielinski
• North From Calabria
• Buck
• Foreign Parts
• Secret Screening White
• El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
• Page One: Inside the New York Times
• Hula & Natan
• You Are All Captains
• Birmingham Barber (short film)
• The Burger and the King
• Life in a Day

The Toughcats

If you want to see a band pour it all into each note, I
recommend you catch The Toughcats. This is the third year
in a row we saw them perform at the True/False Film Fest,
and we look forward to seeing them perform next year. If you
didn't know it before, about two bars into their first song, you
will discover music is in your soul, not the instruments.

Buck

Q & A after the screening of Buck at the
True/False Film Fest. I was pleasantly
surprised to find the real Buck Brannaman
wiser than the character created after him
in the book and movie The Horse Whisperer.
Teaching through respect, partnership and
trust is much more than a humane method
for training horses. It's a top ten life lesson.
Catch the film in a theater near you on
June 24.

Jubilee

Last night, we whooped it up at the 2011
True/False Film Fest Jubilee with Rotary
Youth Exchange student Anne. Then we
watched Benda Bilili! The movie is a great
testament to hope and perseverance. I'd
watch it again right now if it was playing.

Hickies

Wednesday, I ate lunch with Mike at Hickies
in New Boston. They boast the number 1
burger in the whole US of A. I could argue
with that claim, but why?  The burgers were
mighty tasty. And quite small. I ate three.
Next time, I will order four or six.

Thanks, Mike!

The Scioto Ribber

I ate dinner at The Scioto Ribber in Portsmouth, Ohio this
week. As you can see, I ordered Ribber fries, beans and
country ribs, based on the recommendation of my hotel
clerk. Everyone I talked to the next day said, "Man, you
shoulda had a steak. They have the best steaks." I saw the
steaks. Most of my canoes are smaller than those steaks. I
have slept on hotels mattresses thinner than those steaks.
The country ribs were each the size of a steak. I ate them
all, of course, and I still regret doing so. I cannot wait to
eat there again. I'll order a steak and the ribs.

Five 6-foot long smokers, and two log
splitters to to keep the wood coming. Now
that is my kinda restaurant.