We are always happy when our actors get great jobs! Alexis DeLaRosa (he plays Toby in Control Freak) is in a new video for NFL and it's great! Check it out HERE, it's called GO DEEP.

P.S. stay tuned because the first episode of Control Freak will be released on Monday August 11th!

Take a look at the CONTROL FREAK micro-site ... very cool.

Park Bench episode 1 (Tested) was chosen as a finalist in the NewTeeVee Pier Screenings event. We are very excited to have Tested projected on the big screen in SF. I will post a URL for the live web screening as soon as NewTeeVee posts one. It is this Thursday July 31, 2008.

What are Pier Screenings?

The Pier Screenings, a series of four summer events, bring together content creators and online video aficionados in a casual setting. These events are live tests of how well online video survives the move from the PC to the gigantic screen, accompanied by entertaining commentary from our judges and informative talks by relevant, successful online video entrepreneurs. Past themes included episodic content, parody, product placement and user-generated advertising, and citizen news.

This month's topic is PILOTS.

To find out more info CLICK HERE

 

 

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So I finally went here with my Aussie friend and a friend of hers for lunch. Let me just say that it's a good thing we didn't really eat breakfast. We're stuffed at the end of our meal. Here's what we ordered: - Sweetbreads with fennel al Mono - Foie Gras with Cinco Cebollas - Duck Egg with Mojama - Cock’s combs with cepes - A side of sugar snap peas - Fideos with Clams & Chorizo Of the dishes we've ordered, I love the foie gras (and admittedly, the cute presentation). The crunchy, balsamic vinegar saturated toast with the foie gras on top, tasted wonderful. I just wish I had that entire plate to myself, but I had to let my friends try it since they've never tried foie or any offal (they're not really adventurous but willing to try stuff once). The sweetbreads were unexpected in terms of how it's prepared. It looks breaded but it wasn't crispy (as in fried). The fennel flavor worked well with the creamy sweetbreads. My second favorite dish there. The duck egg with mojama was quite awesome in terms of the duck egg just pan fried to perfection - the egg barely set and the yolk just oozes at the prick of the fork. Probably the most noticeable thing when we received this dish was the heady scent of TRUFFLES. The truffle vinaigrette and what looks like at least half a black truffle was shaved, chopped and mixed around that dish. The other components of the patatas bravas and the large shavings of mojama with that egg, worked pretty well. The cock's combs tasted like mushrooms to me with the texture of stiff gelatin. I wouldn't say pig's feet silky but I might agree with chicken feet (despite it's been ages since I've eaten it). I like it, not love. The fideos with chorizo and clams were pretty much the "safest" dish of the bunch. It's very delicious but I was so stuffed at this point since my friends didn't like the taste/texture of the cock's combs earlier and let me have the rest of it. For photos and my post please follow the link: http://thewanderingeater.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/tapas-at-casa-mono/

Have you ever really wanted to like something and tried hard to appreciate it but despite all your best efforts and considerable pain, found it entirely disappointing and even revolting? At the tender age of 25, I can report two such things: Moby Dick, and Durian. Durian tastes like oniony gym socks that have spent too much time next to the underwear in the laundry basket and the texture of mucousy goo isn't helping things. Don't feel uncultured if you don't like it. It's just one of those things.