Film Weekend

This weekend, we went to the Mad Greek with the gang. The Mad Greek serves greek and indian cuisine...interesting, right? I thought it would be a fusion of greek and indian but it's basically a menu that contains greek dishes along with indian dishes. Still, the food was rather good.

Afterwards, Shaggy wanted to check out the 1st annual Oscar Micheaux Independent Film Festival at the Musuem of Contemporary Art. The program included 2 shorts and one feature-length film about Afro Punk. We sat on the lawn of the musuem and watched the films outdoors. Although we didn't stay for the entire program, we at least gave it a shot. It was nice to do something different than the usual Friday night dinner and I'm glad we're out there experiencing some of the culture that Cleveland has to offer.

On Saturday, Mr. Moc and I went to Crocker Park about 45 minutes away. It's essentially an outdoor shopping center that reminds me a lot of the Grove (in Los Angeles) or Santana Row (in San Jose). People stroll around shopping and there are a lot of restaurants with outdoor seating. We grabbed some lunch and did some light shopping and then headed back to the city to meet Shaggy at the one and only independent movie theatre in town to watch Mad Hot Ballroom. Shaggy and I have been wanting to watch this movie for a while but no one else seemed too enthusiastic about it. I've tried to explain the movie to some friends and everyone assumes that paid actors and actresses are in the movie. However it's a documentary that follows the kids in NYC's 10 week ballroom dance class and the city-wide dance competition that follows. For those of you who haven't seen it, I highly recommend it as it's very heart-warming and inspirational. Now I want to go take ballroom dancing lessons with Mr. Moc. :)

After the movie, the 3 of us headed to downtown and went to Sushi Rock for dinner. The sushi was relatively fresh but everything was made with their red spicy sauce. A little too much spicy even for me, Tabasco girl. Our waitress was Korean so I asked her about Korean restaurants in the local area. She said there was only one - if she wants Korean food, she usually makes it at home. And then she went on to tell us how kim-chee gives her "stinky mouth" - you know, all that garlic & green onions gives me stinky mouth. The customers complain. Great - thanks, lady - we really didn't need to hear about your halitosis issue created by the eating of kimchee.
--MM