Reviews and Such
Well, I promised a review of the new Sonic Drive In near Teterboro airport. Note that when the Good Nurse and I ate there, it was day 6 of operation. In spite of being open less than a week, it earned a grade of A-minus. Impressive! I had a bacon-cheeseburger, onion rings and sweet tea. The Good Nurse had chili-cheese tater tots, a hamburger and diet-Coke. It tasted as good as I remember having back in Scottsville, Kentucky, as a child. The only reason that they earned the "minus" in their grade was because the beef in my burger was only luke-warm. A hot burger is important! The Good Nurse allowed that his burger was hot and as delicious as he was expecting.
The good:
-sweet tea was perfect. Just like Mom's!
-chili-cheese tater tots are addictive and served perfectly.
-service was friendly and they even sent around a person to check on every car to make sure everything was good. He carried around a condiments tray, too! Very thoughtful.
I believe the luke-warm burger was due to the sheer volume they were hosting that day. It was truly a busy place. But we will be back. I had to address the hesitations of Marc and Jess, two of my favorite people and also Sonic veterans. You fellas should give this Sonic a shot! As promised, below are some pictures of the adventure.
Me. The afterglow.
The Good Nurse in eager anticipation.
I think I was the only anglo visitor on this day.
A business just before the Sonic entrance. A sign they have been busy!
The good:
-sweet tea was perfect. Just like Mom's!
-chili-cheese tater tots are addictive and served perfectly.
-service was friendly and they even sent around a person to check on every car to make sure everything was good. He carried around a condiments tray, too! Very thoughtful.
I believe the luke-warm burger was due to the sheer volume they were hosting that day. It was truly a busy place. But we will be back. I had to address the hesitations of Marc and Jess, two of my favorite people and also Sonic veterans. You fellas should give this Sonic a shot! As promised, below are some pictures of the adventure.
Me. The afterglow.
The Good Nurse in eager anticipation.
I think I was the only anglo visitor on this day.
A business just before the Sonic entrance. A sign they have been busy!Finally, two other quick reviews--or consider them warnings.
LAND OF THE LOST: without a doubt, the worst movie I can ever remember seeing. The acting wasn't bad. In fact, some of it was pretty damn good. But whatever committee wrote this film dropped the ball and never found it. It ruined the film. I will never get back that 97 minutes.
HAWTHORNE: again, I can't fault the acting, for the most part. But for a drama, this is about as believable as George W. Bush becoming a Rhodes Scholar. I speculate that Will Smith must have told TNT to give his wife (Jada Pinckett-Smith) a series or they could never show his movies again. How else would this waste of celluloid wind up on television? When I say that I couldn't fault the acting, for the most part, Pinckett-Smith is the weak link. She may not be a bad actor, but this is not the right vehicle for her. Believable? Imagine a nurse (even a head nurse) telling off the Chief of Surgery at a major hospital. Her job would last no longer than I expect this series to last.
I hate to end two with two reviews that are so very negative. So I will add a positive. "The Closer" is one of the finest series ever and I am delighted and excited to watch it every chance I get. You should watch it, too! The writing, the acting, the cinematography...THIS is what good television drama is all about.
Happy Independence Day!
LAND OF THE LOST: without a doubt, the worst movie I can ever remember seeing. The acting wasn't bad. In fact, some of it was pretty damn good. But whatever committee wrote this film dropped the ball and never found it. It ruined the film. I will never get back that 97 minutes.
HAWTHORNE: again, I can't fault the acting, for the most part. But for a drama, this is about as believable as George W. Bush becoming a Rhodes Scholar. I speculate that Will Smith must have told TNT to give his wife (Jada Pinckett-Smith) a series or they could never show his movies again. How else would this waste of celluloid wind up on television? When I say that I couldn't fault the acting, for the most part, Pinckett-Smith is the weak link. She may not be a bad actor, but this is not the right vehicle for her. Believable? Imagine a nurse (even a head nurse) telling off the Chief of Surgery at a major hospital. Her job would last no longer than I expect this series to last.
I hate to end two with two reviews that are so very negative. So I will add a positive. "The Closer" is one of the finest series ever and I am delighted and excited to watch it every chance I get. You should watch it, too! The writing, the acting, the cinematography...THIS is what good television drama is all about.
Happy Independence Day!
posted by Michael Vernon at Friday, July 03, 2009
2 Comments:
Thanks for the review, handsome. We'll have to make our way over there one of these days. We just need to combine it with some other reason for the trip (I mean, from here that's a long way to go just for lunch!). ;)
And The Closer is a very good show, indeed. I don't watch it often--since I don't watch many TV shows often--but I do like it when I see it!
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