{"id":4575,"date":"2009-03-26T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T13:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2009-03-26T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:25:09","slug":"march-25th-2009-dinner-and-kodo-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/03\/march-25th-2009-dinner-and-kodo-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"March 25th, 2009: Dinner (And KODO Recap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys!\u00a0 Last night ended up being a late one. <img src='\/images\/eek2.gif' alt=':O' \/>\u00a0 By the time we were sitting on the couch in our jammies it was 11pm.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a late night for us old farts.\u00a0 But first, eats!<\/p>\n<p>Not that I was hungry but I just wanted some, I had a bit of yogurt with some granola.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4585\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4585\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4585\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_yogurt\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_yogurt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"comfort \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_yogurt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_yogurt.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">comfort <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Love yogurt + granola.\u00a0 Mmmm It helps my soul, I swear it!\u00a0 Then I blew off work and stuff to read in bed for a bit.\u00a0 I turned on the heating blanket and just chilled for about an hour or so.\u00a0 Thanks to<a href=\"http:\/\/caretoeat.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Andrea<\/a> for the Overstock suggestion!\u00a0 I totally forgot about them and I saw some desks that interest me, so yay!<\/p>\n<p>Dinner was simple.\u00a0 I pulled out some veggie shepherd&#8217;s pie for Scott and heated that up.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t feeling it though; seemed a little too heavy.\u00a0 Plus we were going to a show and high class civilized people eat things like truffles and goat cheese before their show.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have truffles and I don&#8217;t think I would eat some if I did (of course referring to the fungus and not the chocolate) but I do have goat cheese!\u00a0 So I went that route.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4583\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4583\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4583\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_salad\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_salad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"civilized bistro salad \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_salad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_salad.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">civilized bistro salad <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4578\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4578\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4578\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_crackers\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_crackers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"crispy \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_crackers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_crackers.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">crispy <\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had a small salad with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Mixed greens<\/li>\n<li>Cucumber<\/li>\n<li>Blueberry granola<\/li>\n<li>Cranberries<\/li>\n<li>Crushed walnuts<\/li>\n<li>Goat cheese (!!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drizzled with some balsamic and oil.\u00a0 On the side I had a three Raincoast Crisps crackers, so yummy! I love those things!\u00a0 After dinner it was time to get dressed for the show!\u00a0 High class civilized people always have a preshow drink.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;m battling the hacking cough, I went with a spritzer instead.\u00a0 High class civilized people don&#8217;t say fizzies, they say &#8220;spritzers&#8221;.\u00a0 So I had a POM spritzer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4579\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4579\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4579\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_fizzie\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_fizzie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"delicious \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_fizzie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_fizzie.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">delicious <\/p><\/div>\n<p>POM + seltzer.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure high class civilized people would have used tonic but I don&#8217;t have any and I like seltzer thankyou.<\/p>\n<p>While Scott was primping, I was trying to find something to wear.\u00a0 All my pants and skirts are too big on me again so I feel silly.\u00a0 It was pouring rain, so a skirt was out.\u00a0 And I remembered it was a bit tightly packed in the theater so I wanted to wear something comfortable.\u00a0 I chose pants that didn&#8217;t look too awful.\u00a0 I had chocolate brown cords on and that green shirt.\u00a0 It was okay but nothing fancy-schmancy.\u00a0 Then I had on brown shoes which I love but are more for going shopping then they are for going on a date to a show.\u00a0 Scott came downstairs looking all dapper and fancy with dockers and a button up shirt, suede jacket and dress shoes.<\/p>\n<p>I looked like his cousin Cletus dressed for Margarita night over at The Applebee&#8217;s.\u00a0 Especially since my hair was crazy flat because of the rain and humidity.\u00a0 And my clod-hopper shoes made the outfit.\u00a0 I need to drop some serious cash and go shopping.\u00a0 I need nice clothes and shoes.\u00a0 Good lord.<\/p>\n<p>Then we were off!\u00a0 We wanted to leave a bit early but somebody took a long time primping and dealing with facial hair.\u00a0 And no it was not me!\u00a0 If I had that much facial hair to deal with I would probably cry.\u00a0 So we left around 7:00pm and the route my date uses to get to the Palace Theater downtown takes us through the ghetto which doesn&#8217;t make for much date night fun.\u00a0 It does however provide discussion starters because you notice things while stopped at a red light.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hey, that bus bench ad is for a lawyer you can call when you get arrested.\u00a0 Do you think people write down the number to keep handy?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That said, I would like to try a different route that does not take me and my wee hobbit car through the ghetto.\u00a0 Thanks, Date!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4577\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4577\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4577\" title=\"ohc_03-25-09_program\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc_03-25-09_program-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Basic program which was more ads than info \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc_03-25-09_program-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc_03-25-09_program.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basic program which was more ads than info <\/p><\/div>\n<p>We parked and arrived a few minutes before 8pm.\u00a0 I was surprised how many people were there only because I didn&#8217;t think many people knew about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/index_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">KODO<\/a>.\u00a0 We were not allowed to take pictures but I took some anyway because I&#8217;m a rebel and I strive to only bring you the best recaps!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t take any of the performance though because that is very very wrong and I was watching the show.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace Theater is very old and just plain awesome.\u00a0 It&#8217;s beautiful inside!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4581\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4581\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4581\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside1\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View to the left \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View to the left <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4582\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4582\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4582\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside2\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Center stage \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_palace_inside2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center stage <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The seats are a little squishy though and people are way too far into my personal space.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a challenge to have to accept that for the evening but I managed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4580\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4580\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4580\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_me_scott\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_me_scott-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scott and Cletus \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_me_scott-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_me_scott.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott and Cletus <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s us being very uncivilized and waiting for the show to start.\u00a0 It&#8217;s okay though because once the show started I realized that we were not in civilized company.\u00a0 Oh Columbus. Twice I&#8217;ve been to the Palace to watch a show and twice I&#8217;ve been very disappointed by the audience.\u00a0 Where are your manners?!<\/p>\n<p>People&#8217;s cell phones going off with crazy ringtones despite the announcement before the show to turn them off.\u00a0 Screaming kids.\u00a0 I understand wanting to expose your child to different cultural things but a 2 year old at a taiko drum show that runs 2 hours probably won&#8217;t hold the kid&#8217;s interest.\u00a0 Just a hunch.\u00a0 Oh and the wolf whistles or whatever that very loud fingers-in-the-mouth (Dude, seriously how disgusting!) whistle is.\u00a0 Really?<\/p>\n<p>But aside from that the show was awesome!\u00a0 These folks have amazing skill along with strength and conditioning to be able to play those drums.\u00a0 The show was just short of two hours long and it was nonstop.\u00a0 I have no idea how they were able to do it without breaks.\u00a0 Sure some of them got breathers here and there, but someone was always doing something, it was never quiet.\u00a0 I would go see them again in a heartbeat!<\/p>\n<p>Once it was over we were able to make it to the car and out of the parking garage in record time.\u00a0 We got home around 10:30ish and changed into jammies.<\/p>\n<p>Civilized people after a show go out for drinks and dessert.\u00a0 We are old and slightly less civilized so it was home to have a bedtime snack in our jammies.\u00a0 But oh, what a glorious bedtime snack it was.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4584\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4584\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4584\" title=\"ohc-03-25-09_snack\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_snack-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"just what was needed \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_snack-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ohc-03-25-09_snack.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">just what was needed <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dark chocolate chip panettone.\u00a0 Oh yeah!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had this baby in my freezer waiting for the proper moment to indulge.\u00a0 Last night was it and I had two wonderful slices.\u00a0 It was so good!\u00a0 Three are on the plate because one is Scott&#8217;s.\u00a0 Plus some dried fruit for me some prunes and apricots.\u00a0 And some seltzer on the side.\u00a0 My throat was screaming for a drink.\u00a0 It was dry and scratchy because I didn&#8217;t have any access to a drink during the show.\u00a0 I did very well keeping myself from spiraling into a coughing fit.<\/p>\n<p>After my snack it was bedtime and I was wiped out!\u00a0 I wanted to get a picture of us in our jammies with our snack so you could see for yourself how proper (or unproper?) we are but I was too tired.\u00a0 Sorry, I know you&#8217;re disappointed at not seeing my plaid jammie pants.\u00a0 They are a sight to behold I promise you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys!\u00a0 Last night ended up being a late one. \u00a0 By the time we were sitting on the couch in our jammies it was 11pm.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a late night for us old farts.\u00a0 But first, eats! 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