We caught an early show of the new Coen brother’s film last night. It was very good, definitely their best work in years. You could almost call it a Fargo set in West Texas, but this version is grimmer and much more of a thriller/chase movie than Fargo.
Afterwards we tried to get a table at Elemental. Just a warning to those readers trying to search out this restaurant: it has no street access or sign. Its on the ground floor of a new-ish condo building across from Gasworks park, up some steps on the eastside. There is really no other businesses around there open at night so if there is a light on that should be the place. (Or someone’s ground floor condo.) As with most new small hip restaurants they do not take reservations, but they also did not hire a host. We showed up at 7:30 and were greeted with an unfriendly sign saying: “Sorry but we are full and can not help you right now. Usually tables are available after 8:30.” With no place to wait for an hour we took about appetites to Pair instead where the friendly host quickly found a seat for us at the bar. Maybe we will try for Elemental again on a slower week night.
After much debate we finally purchased a cat tree for Monty last weekend. It is quite possibly the ugliest piece of furniture I will ever buy but it should facilitate Monty’s love of looking out the window without him sitting on our furniture. It took him a while to show interest in it but once he realized it was not a carpeted cat trap he started napping in it. Now he can enjoy the mid-day sun perched on top of it with a view of the front yard, living room and kitchen.