Funny or Die’s The Wire: The Musical (starring actual castmembers of The Wire, including Michael Kenneth Williams, who played “Omar” in the series) does a stunning job of pointing out how cliche-ridden the musical format has become and how the typical musical works so poorly for modern urban settings. If you sat through Rent and couldn’t wait for it to be over (its heart was in the right place, but song and story-wise, its head was up its own ass), this one’s for you.
Richard Paterson is Whyte and Mackay’s Master Blender, and he knows his scotch and how it should be drunk. Watch, learn and be entertained.
Here’s a public service announcement for those of you who make YouTube videos with mobile devices and point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras: don’t make vertical videos!
…someone took this stunning photo from the islands:
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The Great Summer Vacation continues!
Yesterday, Anitra and I headed to Gulfport for some walking around. Before that, thought, we went to nearby South Pasadena, where our dinner destination was Ted Peters, an open-air place that specializes in smoked fish.
They smoke their own fish on the premises, of which there are four different varieties: mullet, mackerel, mahi mahi and salmon.
I had the mahi mahi dinner, pictured above. In addition to a very generous serving of fish, the dinners come with German-style potato salad (complete with chunks of bacon), coleslaw, slices of tomato and sweet onion, a pickle spear, a wedge of lemon and two kinds of horseradish sauce: plain and with pickapepper.
With dinner done, we made our way to Gulfport’s Beach Boulevard:
Beach Boulevard is a Floridian counterpart to Toronto’s Kensington Market: home to a lot of artists, with many houses painted in offbeat colours and housing businesses. Unlike Kensington, it’s close to the water and populated with a lot of retirees.
We decided to get a closer look at the Art Village Courtyard:
Massage, tea and an art studio — none of these would be out of place in Kensington Market:
Although it’s not evident in these photos, Florida gets a lot of sunshine, so a lot of houses here are brightly-coloured. However, in Gulfport, they take it to a whole new level:
Here’s one of the local art shops:
Here’s a clothing store:
And here’s a realtor’s office:
I love these “There’s Something About Mary” apartments that are pretty common round these parts:
Here’s my favourite sign on one of the local eateries:
We went out for a quick look on the pier before the storm came in:
Tanned, fit and rested, that’s me:
On the way back to shore, a couple of great blue herons decided to take a perch on the railing. They’re probably used to getting scraps from people fishing off the pier, because they showed no skittishness around humans. I was able to get some great up-close-and-personal shots of these birds as a result:
We could see the clouds coming in, so we made a dash back to the car, ending our visit to Gulfport. I’d like to see what this place looks like when it’s sunny!
