Anyway - last night I went to a new restaurant with a new friend and after? we went to an oldtimey type play. Two good decisions!
The new friend? Ruth - mom of my son Sam's girlfiend! she's really nice and I am looking forward to more visits with Ruth!
The restaurant? The Napoli Villa Italian Restaurant - Main Street..Beech Grove. I had a bowl of really good soup - Pasta e Fagioli - something i think i could make with little trouble for Saturday afternoons. hmm, i just searched for a recipe similar to what i ate - and wow - lots of versions! this looks most similar - http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/02/italy-nduja-pasta-e-fagioli-recipe.html Doesn't come with a specific recipe, but I betcha I can figure it out.
anyway - then we split a pizza...it was noted as a Margherita pizza on the menu and it was good...but nothing like the margherita pizza i had when in Italy. (ah well, the search continues!)
The oldtimey type play? It's a Wonderful Life , presented as a Live Radio Play, by the Spotlight Players... yes Beech Grove, Indiana has a community theatre group ...The Spotlight Players... which comes complete with an oldtimey, small town theatre "the cultural hot spot of Beech Grove."
It was very good - altho i have to admit, that now and again, due to my FULL stomach, I had to shut my eyes...yes, i was only shutting my eyes. I was NOT catnapping...i wasn't. No way I could have fallen completely unconscious, because of the uncomfy chairs AND it was just a little cold in there.
HOWEVER, the play itself, was excellent. As noted, it was presented as if it was being aired on the radio. The players played different characters - occasionally even changing character in mid conversation and having a conversation with himself! AND with a couple of guys making the sound effects, like plunging a toilet plunger into a bucket of water to make the sounds of Clarence splashing in the water, and George Bailey jumping in to save him...opening and shutting a door to make the sound of ...well, the opening and shutting of doors :)... and things like that.
Anyway - good time! I'll post a recipe for the Pasta e Fagioli if i find a good one...
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