So the above (slightly blurry) cheesecake came from Chocolata, a chocolate bar (heh) down here in the Woodlands where I've been for a couple of days of training. I'd say it's representative of yesterday's sensory overload. It's a chocolate cheesecake topped with bananas, Nutella, and powdered sugar (and more Nutella). I don't even want to think of how many calories I consumed in just this one desert. This was after having dinner and a couple of beers at 221B Baker Street.

Oooooh, the beers. Okay, if you're a beer snob this may annoy you. If it does, well I guess you'll live. The first was a "Black Castle", half Guinness/half Newcastle. It was good. The topper though and a beautiful thing indeed was the "Snakebite". It was Guinness floated on top of what I'm thinking was Woodchuck Pear Cider. Looooovely No other word for it. These works of beer art/science/mixology accompanied three great little mini-burgers with home made chips.

I needed all of this rib-stickingly good food, beer, and chocolate because I had witnessed something that blew me away. I saw Cloverfield. No, that's not right. I experienced Cloverfield. This isn't a movie you watch, it's a movie that rolls over you, stomps you flat, wrings you out. It's not the greatest film ever made. Truthfully it's a bit gimmicky. Blair Witch did it first (that I know of). Cloverfield, however, did it better. I won't tell you any more than that. Okay that's a bit of a lie. I do need to mention that this is the only movie I've seen in this decade that I can remember that caused me to stomp my feet, wring my hands, anything to bleed some tension out. When it was over I didn't really want to get up, almost couldn't. I was literally shaking. Now let me tell you that this isn't so much because the acting was fantastic (it was good though) or that the story blew me away (we've all seen very similar stories). It was because this movie overloaded my sight, hearing and yes even touch. I was a wreck. So, if you consider this a ringing endorsement, then go see it. If you suffer from motion sickness or don't like loud noises or bright flashes, do NOT see this.

I'll quite likely be seeing this again. Let me know what you think.