The Beantown Bloggery

If you know me, you know I love to eat. That's why this calorie counting thing that I'm doing now is causing me to die a little bit each day. But on the flip side, like I posted a few weeks ago, I am down 20lbs, so at least it's working.

Coming up this Friday at BOKX109 is their "First Frost" Belvedere Vodka Dinner. And I'm telling you guys about it for a couple of reasons. First, I like vodka. My first choice is Chopin, but Belvedere's pretty good too. Second, the menu includes a lot of things that I hold dear to my heart like: scallops, wagyu beef, and Hudson Valley duck.

WHAT: BOKX 109 American Prime and Hotel Indigo are being iced over by the “First Frost” Belvedere Vodka Dinner on November 13th. BOKX 109 invites you to bundle up and enter their Winter Wonderland where guests will enjoy food stations perfectly created by Executive Chef Evan Percoco, chilled Belvedere vodka concoctions and music by DJ Sensae.

RSVP REQUIRED: For reservations and more information call 617.969.5300.

WHEN: Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 6:30pm
COST: $25.00, excluding tax and gratuity.
WHERE: BOKX 109 American Prime
399 Grove Street Newton, MA 02462 (Located inside Hotel Indigo)

I try to stay away from the casinos in Connecticut. Everyone time I go I leave poorer. Then again, that's really the story with almost all casinos in my case. But those of you who want a chance to be in Ben Affleck's latest movie, CP Casting is doing a casting call for extras.

Then again, if they promised me that I'd get to meet Blake Lively, I'd do it. Here's the details:

The movie “The Town” based on the book “Prince of Thieves” by Chuck Hogan is filming at MOHEGAN SUN CASINO in CONNECTICUT on Monday, November 16, 2009.

The movie stars and is being directed by Ben Affleck.

C.P. CASTING, Inc. of Boston is seeking ADULT MEN and WOMEN, 21+
who are interested in WORKING as BACKGROUND EXTRAS in the movie
on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009.

Extras would need to provide their own transportation to MOHEGAN SUN
and may be asked to arrive, ready to work, as early as 6:00am.

IF CHOSEN to work, these will be PAID JOBS.
Union members are paid the SAG rate for 8 hours plus overtime.
All others will be paid $100 for 11 hours work, and time and a half for overtime.
ALL extras hired will need to provide identification and documentation,
that enables them to work in the United States.
You will be paid by mail and taxes will be taken out.

You must be available ALL DAY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
-- from early in the morning until late in the evening.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR WORK

YOU MUST SEND AN EMAIL TO: thetowncasino@gmail.com

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In the EMAIL, be SURE to include:

[1] A SMALL, RECENT PHOTO OF YOURSELF

AND YOUR

[2] NAME
[3] TELEPHONE NUMBER
[4] AGE
[5] WHERE YOU LIVE

AND YOUR

[6] AVAILABILITY ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Click (here) for more info.

Sorry to all of you that were looking forward to seeing Kim Kardashian this weekend (here). I have bad news. I just got an email that she has canceled due to a filming conflict.

Due to a filming conflict, Kim Kardashian will be rescheduling her Gypsy Bar appearance. Filling in for Kim at Gypsy’s anniversary bash will be New York City’s DJ Roctakon and Montreal’s DJ Yossi. Doors open at 9pm. Please arrive early, this event will sell out!

Unfortunately, I have not heard of neither DJ Roctakon nor DJ Yossi. Soooooo, looks like I'm going to be doing something else that evening. But for those of you that picked up tix already, it's still their Anniversary party, so I'm sure they'll have something special going on that evening.

I'm glad we were notified in advance, though. Nothing pissed me off more than the time I went to go see the Pussycat Dolls open for the Black Eyed Peas and they didn't announce that PCD had cancelled until we got to the concert. And to add insult to injury, they got Danity Kane to replace them. PCD > Danity Kane.

I got an email that Zipcar is looking for suggestions to name some of their new cars. And boy do I have the perfect name. There's a back story too.

So back in August, a big group of friends and I were headed to the Coldplay concert. We took two cars. My car was already at the Tweeter Center when I got a call from the other car. Their car broke down on the highway and they weren't sure they were gonna make it. Major bummer. Miraculously, 1/3 of the way into Coldplay's first song, my friends made it. How you ask? One person used his iphone to rent a zipcar at the nearest location they could find while another person called a cab to pick them up and take them there.

Name this Zipcar. Post your ideas for "M" names today and Wednesday. On Thursday, we'll pick ten of the best ones to grace ten of our Mazda 3's. Are those creative juices flowing yet? Okay, go for it.

Oh, so the name I'm thinking of? Monterey Jack (or Monty) after that dude from the Rescue Rangers. Because that zipcar definitely saved the day. Would have been even better if it didn't have to be an "M" name, then I'd suggest Zipper (the blue fly from Rescue Rangers). Anyway, if you'd like to make a suggestion of your own. Find Zipcar on Facebook and suggest away.

Click (here) to goto their FB fanpage.