{"id":1043,"date":"2009-02-01T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2009-02-01T10:03:24","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T18:03:24","slug":"a-great-movie-and-dinner-with-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/02\/01\/a-great-movie-and-dinner-with-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"A great movie and dinner with a friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-1043\">\n<p>We decided to see &#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&#8221; yesterday; that movie almost made me cry, its really moving (at least to me).\u00c2\u00a0 I loved the use of the questions in the game show as the driver of the action and ultimately the plot.\u00c2\u00a0 And the ending Bollywood sequence even worked for me.\u00c2\u00a0 You have got to go see this film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Ticket for \" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/02\/01\/a-great-movie-and-dinner-with-a-friend\/slumdogticket\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png?fit=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ticket for &amp;#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&amp;#8221;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ticket for &amp;#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ticket for &amp;#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png?fit=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1046\" title=\"Ticket for \\\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png?resize=300%2C192\" alt=\"Ticket for \\\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/slumdogticket.png?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we got some frozen yogurt (did I mention in this blog before that there are frozen yogurt places everywhere in the LA basin?) and drove down to Beverly Hills to meet up with Aviva&#8217;s uncle&#8217;s girl friend, who was down here preparing for a meeting in May.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Aviva picked Da Pasquale, which turned out to be a country-style Italian restaurant;\u00c2\u00a0 best of all, it&#8217;s really really good!\u00c2\u00a0 They had a special lamb shank with fettucini in a crushed tomato sauce that was wonderful.\u00c2\u00a0 The portions were large and we all cleaned out plates &#8211; &#8216;nough said!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Da Pasquale front of card\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/02\/01\/a-great-movie-and-dinner-with-a-friend\/dapasqualecardfront\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png?fit=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"172,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Da Pasquale front of card\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Da Pasquale front of card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Da Pasquale front of card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png?fit=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1045\" title=\"Da Pasquale front of card\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png?resize=172%2C300\" alt=\"Da Pasquale front of card\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png?w=172&amp;ssl=1 172w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardfront.png?resize=86%2C150&amp;ssl=1 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Da Pasquale back of card\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/02\/01\/a-great-movie-and-dinner-with-a-friend\/dapasqualecardback\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png?fit=173%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"173,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Da Pasquale back of card\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Da Pasquale back of card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Da Pasquale back of card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png?fit=173%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1044\" title=\"Da Pasquale back of card\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png?resize=173%2C300\" alt=\"Da Pasquale back of card\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png?w=173&amp;ssl=1 173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dapasqualecardback.png?resize=86%2C150&amp;ssl=1 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-1043\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 1043);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-1043\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-1043\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We decided to see &#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&#8221; 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