The Vegas Four, a.k.a. BriDawg,
Edouardinho, the Mad
#@$!ing Hungarian, and I, went to see
Iron Man after work today. Since it was Edouardinho's first day of (long-deserved and much needed) vacation, he made a special trip into the city to see it with us. (The 15-second review: It was a good movie, but we all would've liked a better villain.)
We went to
Buca di Beppo for dinner, and in effect, stuffed ourselves stupid on calamari, fried mozzarella, veal parmesan, pizza, and the Dolce Platter:
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That's right, boys and girls: apple pie, cheesecake, chocolate cake and tiramisu (hidden behind the hand). The plate itself was two and a half feet long - really. We managed to get through about two thirds of this mountain of delight before succumbing to
the Itis.
It was also a good night for signs. I have no idea what Sexpress or Sefficiency is, but it caught my eye...
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And if you're going to open a soup kitchen, you might as well be passionate about it...
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Finally, this was an interesting series of paintings on the wall of the Metreon food court. Apparently, food courts and public eateries are going upscale!
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In other news, we finally completed the fourth (and hopefully final) release candidate (RC4). This has been a remarkably painful release, going 6 weeks beyond the end of the project. The term "
death march" comes to mind... But if this RC is good enough, we might be able to move on to better things shortly!