Catching up

A Very Long Engagement turned out to be very similar to Amelie in mood with the addition of a World War I track. The war sequences were absolutely unromanticised and almost cartoonish in their details. The contrasting vision was that of the beautiful French seaside village where the chief characters come from. Visual wittiness and quirky characters make the movie very entertaining. On the other hand there is not much else to the movie that I want to spend the time writing about! Oh, except an unexpected cameo from Jodie Foster looking older but so appropriate. They said she was Polish in the movie - maybe to cover up an accented French? Unfortunately that is not something I can proffer an opinion about.
My thai dinner at Sanamluang was not very good and it was all my own fault. I saw a restaurant full of happy diners eating noodle dishes and what looked like an appetizer plate of croquettes, and I ordered barbequed pork on rice. Well duh. Better to eat the Pad Sie Ewe the next time.
Wednesday evening was Shrimp Enchiladas at the West L.A. outpost of La Serenata De Garibaldi. Excellent food, I thought. And was told by people who know, that a. it tries too hard, b. its too expensive and c. its just not that cool. As the place was tastier, cheaper and cooler than any Mexican place I had been to before (weep, Chicago!) I felt suitably chastened and promised myself that I would seek out the cheaper, better and cooler places. Eventually.