Daily Archives: August 7, 2010

Step Up 3D

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Step Up 3D is not going to win any critical awards, for either the story-line or the acting, but it certainly was an entertaining movie and will have its fans amongst those of us who love dance and good music. The fantastic thing about these new breed of musical is that like the other movies in the franchise, Step Up and Step Up 2: The Streets, it opens up opportunities for the kids in dance and for choreographers to really show their stuff.

In Step Up 3D we are brought to New York. This alone would have probably had me walking in the door. I love New York and I love nothing better than going into a movie and recognising where aspects of the movie were shot. It’s the underground street dance scene and, staying true to the formula, there are dance battles, showdowns and romance. The good guys of course end up on top. My favourite character had to have been Moose, as played by Adam Sevani, as a totally adorable hip nerd!

Just like the other dance movie I saw just a couple of months ago (Streetdance 3D) visually the movie is a feast to the eyes and accompanied by bangin’ soundtrack I could watch this movie over and over again without getting bored. As an aside the 3D aspect of the movie wasn’t totally necessary though it did add that bit of flair or spark for the huge dance mashes.

Bring on Step Up 4Ever!!

Museum of Childhood

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Since we were in the area, after brunch we dropped in to the Museum of Childhood. Part of the V&A, the Musesum of Childhood is, well, a museum of stuff from our childhood!

Its not only a place for the young ‘uns as you could spend an age looking at the dollhouses, puppets, teddy bears, games etc. in the collection – we certainly had fun identifying all the stuff we used to own!

I could think of worse ways to spend an hour or two.

Bistrotheque

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Laney and I walked past this alleyway several times before realising that our brunch venue, Bistrotheque, lay within. Located in an ex-factory building in amongst business and residential buildings you would think this an odd spot for a dining, drinks and show venue. Perhaps that is the charm of the place!

Brunch fare at Bistrotheque includes the usual breakfast suspects (porridge, pancakes, egg dishes) with the addition of more lunch-time dishes like burgers, roast (Sundays only), puddings and cocktails! We resisted the cocktails though, opting for a more traditional breakfast. I had the eggs benedict with a side of sauted potatoes. Both were good without being exceptional.

But we weren’t at Bistrotheque for the food – we were there to listen to the piano man – who was pretty awesome playing a range of pieces from more classical to the more modern pop stuff. The coolest part was I don’t think he was even looking at sheet music!

When we walked in at about 11 today the Bistrotheque was fairly quiet with only a few other tables occupied though it steadily filled up over our brunch. However, I kind of liked this – there was none of that too busy feel that you get at a lot of other brunch places. The vibe was very relaxed and with the piano man tinkering away in the background it was a very pleasant way to spend the morning.

If you have time, check the toilets out. Really reminded me of being back in school again!

Croatia Trip Reunion – Just an excuse to eat Cath’s Lasagne

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So when we were in Croatia Cath made a pretty big claim .. that she makes the best lasagne in the world! I of course immediately demanded that she must make it for us. Heh heh. It was a good excuse as any to get together and have a reunion for our Croatia trip which, even now, seems so long ago when really we only came back last week. Gotta love those summer holidays.

Except for Daryl, we all made it over to Cath’s and Nige’s place. They have a gorgeous apartment kind of overlooking the Thames.

Location is a bit far away from underground transport for my comfort but the apartment itself is gorgeous – modern and spacious and great views. They even count Andy Murray as one of their neighbours (I think) and also some cricket guy whose name escapes me …

Much fun was had reminiscing tonight about our trip (mainly at the expense of Daryl who was too busy to come because of “work” – ha ha) and more importantly much lasagne was eaten! Cath wasn’t too far wrong – her lasagna was pretty awesome. She even went to the trouble of making a vegetarian version. There was some leftover (to my surprise) and if it wouldn’t have looked so greedy I would have snatched it all up to take with me! LOL!