The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

Did you ever watch Saturday Night Live in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s? If so, then you are probably familiar with SCTV too. A set of characters from SCTV that I wasn’t aware of are the Shmenge Brothers, but thanks to my friend Aren (who is not from Leutonia), I’ve now seen the entire mockumentary. If you’re like me and Strange Brew is one of your favorite B-rate movies then you’ll probably enjoy this too, even though it’s quite a bit slower, but does have some good subtle humor in there.

Some Shmenge one liners I liked:

• “We didn’t have much, just music and cabbages”
• “The military needed jars”
• “Three microphones for three lovely ladies; the Lemon Twins”
• “How long can you sit around and do nothing? You get itchy to work and make the money”

The entire set of videos:

• Part 1/6:  http://youtu.be/1mvhDIr0wyc
• Part 2/6: http://youtu.be/R9ydKAHDIyo
• Part 3/6: http://youtu.be/gg3sRTeDigg
• Part 4/6: http://youtu.be/rM4yj9bz_Vc
• Part 5/6: http://youtu.be/pHT2jRz-Ydg
• Part 6/6: http://youtu.be/54nMpajB-LE

I have no idea why there is a fake moustache stuck to a Metro bus stop sign.

Time for another series of photos for 30ish days. This time the theme is Seattle in December.

		London–Nov 2011 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

While visiting friends and old stomping grounds were our highlights in London, we found something new: The wine card at The Sampler. We have bought wine and champagne from them before at their Islington store, but with a new store and sitting area in South Kensington, we tried out the card. It’s brilliant! Here’s how it works:

1. You put money on the card, just like a pre-paid credit card

2. Insert the card into a machine that has 8 different wines

3. Put your glass under the wine you want to try

4. Press a button to select your wine sample and size (from small to about a half-glass of wine)

5. Let the wine come out, which deducts the appropriate amount from your card

6. Taste, enjoy, repeat

We probably would have tired more wines, but Lorie tries to avoid wine due to migraines and I ended up working in the London office for 5 days while here. More to try next time I guess!