Booth Bijou Garage Theater

[MEB]

FWIW, the Booth Bijou Garage Theater has been on extended hiatus because the boss (my wife) had hip replacement surgery a few weeks ago. She's improving quickly but isn't yet ready for entertaining a large group of friends.

We hope to have the theater fired up again sometime around mid December.

Mark

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by MEB

FWIW, the Booth Bijou Garage Theater has been on extended hiatus because the boss (my wife) had hip replacement surgery a few weeks ago. She's improving quickly but isn't yet ready for entertaining a large group of friends.

We hope to have the theater fired up again sometime around mid December.

Mark

Hey Mark, my best to your wife on her recovery. My best friend just had that a few weeks ago, and has started to get up & about over the last couple weeks, & another friend had it a couple yrs ago, so I Know it's going to take a few weeks at Least for her to Not feel any pain.

Take care, & again, my best for your wife's recovery.

[MEB]

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

Hey Mark, my best to your wife on her recovery. My best friend just had that a few weeks ago, and has started to get up & about over the last couple weeks, & another friend had it a couple yrs ago, so I Know it's going to take a few weeks at Least for her to Not feel any pain.

Take care, & again, my best for your wife's recovery.

Thank you!

Mark

[MEB]

The Booth Bijou Garage Theater will be back in action next weekend! In preparation for a little film that debuts on December 18, we will be showing:








We just sent out our announcement email a few minutes ago. It will be interesting to see how many of our friends are interested in seeing films they've seen many times before. But, since we already have tickets for 'The Force Awakens' on December 18, we figured we'd enjoy seeing the original trilogy in the Garage Theater, even if nobody else shows up!

Mark

[Aerodude73]

I'm in Louisiana, how far away from you is that

[MEB]

We are in San Diego, so a far bit!

Mark

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by MEB

We are in San Diego, so a far bit!

Mark

[MEB]

Up next in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater (I LOVE this pairing!!)...






It's going to be a FUN night!!

Mark

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by MEB

Up next in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater (I LOVE this pairing!!)...

[Show spoiler]

It's going to be a FUN night!!

Mark

I heard the first one is pretty good - the 2nd IS very good, saw it in theaters, just watched it a day or so ago at home.
Killer DOLBY ATMOS audio track

[MEB]

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

I heard the first one is pretty good - the 2nd IS very good, saw it in theaters, just watched it a day or so ago at home.
Killer DOLBY ATMOS audio track

I've seen them both, they are both excellent. In fact, I just watched Rogue Nation last week. AWESOME soundtrack via Blu-ray, even with "just" a 5.1 system!

Mark

[MEB]

Up next in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater!






These showings are already "sold out" for this weekend. I'm particularly pleased that 'The Martian' earned a couple of Golden Globes because it is my favorite movie of 2015!

Mark

[MEB]

The Booth Bijou is hosting a mid-week movie night this week. We affectionately refer to them as "geezer" movie nights, because, generally, only our retired friends will make it on a "school night". We are showing:






I'm really looking forward to seeing both of these again. 'No Escape' is much better than the RT critic score suggests. In fact, when Cathy and were watching it in the theater, we agreed it was an excellent choice for the Booth Bijou. And 'The Intern' is absolutely hilarious!

Mark

[MEB]

Our guests loved 'No Escape' but they REALLY loved 'The Intern'! In fact, 'The Intern' generated more thank you emails than any movie we've shown prior! And justifiably so, it's a terrific comedy! Folks that haven't taken the time to see it don't know what they are missing!

Up next in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater.






Mark

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by MEB

Our guests loved 'No Escape' but they REALLY loved 'The Intern'! In fact, 'The Intern' generated more thank you emails than any movie we've shown prior! And justifiably so, it's a terrific comedy! Folks that haven't taken the time to see it don't know what they are missing!

Up next in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater.

[Show spoiler]

Mark

BoS is Excellent, loved it. Can't stand (sorry) Anne Hathaway, so unfortunately, I'll prob never watch The Intern

[MEB]

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

BoS is Excellent, loved it. Can't stand (sorry) Anne Hathaway, so unfortunately, I'll prob never watch The Intern

Dude, you are missing a VERY funny film in The Intern. And Anne Hathaway is terrific in the film!

Mark

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by MEB

Dude, you are missing a VERY funny film in The Intern. And Anne Hathaway is terrific in the film!

Mark

such is life

to Me, she always seems to be "Acting", if that makes any sense. I like more Natural actors/actresses, that style.

[MEB]

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted to my own thread!

Our Great Northern popcorn machine had an electrical short in July. The kettle somehow shorted out while making a batch of popcorn. The kettle was toast and, given the two problems I'd had with it in 3 or so years (thermal fuse failure and this electrical short), I decided the Great Northern brand isn't for me anymore. I spent some time researching various American-made machines and settled on the Gold Medal Lil' Maxx model #2389.



It's an 8-oz kettle (our Great Northern was 12-oz) but it has a larger bin than the Great Northern. I'll have to pop more batches, but there is more storage for the popped corn and I probably won't have to make additional batches between movies.

We we're on an extended road trip for most of September and, upon our return, I finally pulled the trigger on the Lil' Maxx. It's scheduled to be delivered next week. I ordered it from a Gold Medal Medallion dealer, which boosts the factory warranty from 6 months labor and 2 years parts to 1 year labor and 3 years parts. It costs more to get it from a Medallion dealer (generally speaking) but the service is excellent. They will deliver it to my garage theater, unbox it, inspect for shipping damage, place the popper exactly where I want it, then haul away the shipping materials.

The Booth Bijou Garage Theater has been on hiatus since mid-August. We will be showing our first movies of the Fall season ('Money Monster' & 'The Nice Guys') late next week. I'm really looking forward to making the first batch in the new popper!

Mark

[MEB]

Hooray! The Booth Bijou Garage Theater can make fresh popcorn again!!





Mark

[MEB]

Wow, wow, wow! Used the Gold Medal Lil' Maxx for seven 8-oz batches last night. It is amazing how much better it does at popping corn compared to the Great Northern machine it replaced! Wow!

1) Every popped kernel received some coating of the coconut oil/Flavocal. With the GN machine, the last half of the popped kernels came out completely white. And, yes, the amount of coconut oil and Flavocal was adjust appropriate to the size of the kettle. The Gold Medal machine simply allowed the popped kernels to receive a more even distribution of the oil!

2) Same brand of popcorn (same bag, in fact), the Gold Medal machine popped kernels were noticably more plump (larger) and more tender & crisp.

3) VERY few old maids! I mean, maybe 20-30 old maids total out of seven batches! The Great Northern machine left 15-20 old maids per batch!

4) Faster! The Gold Medal kettle heats faster and pops faster! The difference was quite noticeable!

I love this new machine!! Short video:

http://www.thephotobooth.net/Booth-B...PXZL/i-zmJmQJg

Mark

[MEB]

Lights, camera, ACTION! Coming this week to the Booth Bijou Garage Theater.






This event is already "sold out" with a waiting list.

Mark