Sunday, February 5, 2023

Missing, Pathaan, EPCOT Festival of the Arts, Mammoth Oak Brewing Company & Deadwords Brewing

There isn't too much to say this time; however, as the rest of the month will be busy (for reasons I'll elaborate upon next time) I might as well mention the few things I've done in the past two weeks.

I'll mention two movies I saw. First was Missing; it was similar to Searching from a few years ago where the movie is focused on an investigation done by an amateur into the disappearance of a loved one, and the perspective is online sleuthing done on the Internet. This time the scope is broadened a bit but the idea is the same. Searching is a bit better yet both movies are quite interesting. Entirely different is the Indian movie-in the Hindi language-Pathaan; that part of the world usually has bonkers movies melding together various genres and being completely OOT. While not as awesome as RRR, Pathaan is like the 5th to 7th Fast & Furious films with some Mission: Impossible moments mixed in. Gleefully absurd and bonkers action scenes, yes... thus, I found it to be fun.

On a random Thursday, I had to be in Leesburg for something; thus, dinner was had at a random small brewery with basic yet acceptable décor in a shopping plaza known as Mammoth Oak Brewing Company. The chicken & fries I had were fine. Another day I was in Orlando so food was had at Deadwords Brewing; the name refers to how recipes for beer were first devised in languages that don't exist anymore. If it wasn't apparent, the place is totally hipster in décor; after all, the bar is right in front of a bookshelf containing random bric-a-brac that doesn't just include books. Be that as it may, their “Neo-dough and cheese curd bites” were definitely tasty. Sure, the place is on OBT (Orange Blossom Trail) but it isn't the worst stretch of that infamous road...

Finally, I renewed my Annual Pass at Disney by visiting EPCOT, where their Festival of the Arts was taking place. The Food & Wine and Flower & Garden Festivals are of more interest to me yet it isn't bad by any means. Relatively new is their Connections Eatery (not to be confused with the Connections Cafe that serves Starbucks) so for the first time I had a meal there. I had two large slices of pizza for what wasn't a bad price, at least by Disney standards.

To reiterate, I'll be back later in the month and I should have more than a few things to discuss.