Choice City Is The Top Choice For Me

When it comes to making a choice on where to eat in Fort Collins, a city of endless eateries, I have two words for you....Choice City. I would further like to present you two more mouthwatering words....Colorado Reuben. Yes, Colorado is the place to be to find one of the tastiest Reubens in America.

Located in quaint downtown Fort Collins, Choice City Butcher & Deli has taken the city by storm with its high quality products, delicious handcrafted sandwiches, and its warm and fuzzy atmosphere. The deli serves the finest meats from your signature turkey meat to various selections of salami. On top of that, choose from their display case your favorite artisanal cheese. From here you are now able to create, if you wish, your ideal sandwich concoction. However, if you are in a lazy mood, choose from the menu a classic sammie to satisfy your appetite.

Let me do you a favor and suggest the ever popular Colorado Reuben. This is not your typical Reuben. This is the Reuben of all Reubens'. The Reuben that every other Reuben wants to be. The one and only Reuben. Women long to be with this Reuben, while men dream of some day being as amazing. No it is not American Idol hearthrob Reuben Studdard. It is unlike any Reuben before. It replaces the boring Corned Beef with its much cooler and fancier cousin Corned Buffalo. With this meat, add a little sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and homemade 1000 island sauce. Along with that, you get a choice of one side. There are a few options, but now do yourself a favor and indulge in some garlicky mashed potatoes. 'Nuff said! Oops! I forgot to mention these halves of heaven come grilled on real Jewish rye bread. Unfortunately, to all you Menorah lighters, this lunch or dinner may set you back a few dradles.

Here is where I present my only qualm with the restaurant. A whole sandwich is $$$$. If you are on a Sean Hulings budget I suggest a half order. In these economic times, some may say, and I don't want to call out any particular group, this place is a little pricey. Do what most Americans are doing and drown your monetary problems with a nice and refreshing beer or two or maybe even ten. Yes! Beer! New Belgium beer to say the least (a future Le Critique subject).

So, forget your money problems and come enjoy a great sandwich. The Choice is yours!

I give Choice City four Eiffel Towers. Awesome Food:) Iffy Prices:(






www.choicecitybutcher.com

Pretty Lights are pretty darn bodacious

In no way am I trying to claim that I am tight with Pretty Lights. I went to high school with the man behind the mystery, Derek Smith, and we did hang out even after high school for a while. I am also not going to claim that I am his numero uno fan/groupie, but I have been lucky enough to see him progress from the band Listen (also a great band) to what is now Pretty Lights. Fortunately it appears that my tastes in music have grown in a similar fashion.

Ironically, I had not been keeping tabs on Derek and while staying at Monsieur Louvre's house his brother told me about Derek getting some recognition for Pretty Lights. Two nights later I was at a house party where dancing was abundant and all these kids were going nuts about Pretty Lights. It took me a day to make the connection in the brain, but ever since I have been hooked.

The song that opens with the web page is Pretty Lights' Hot Like Sauce. It is the second track off the two disc album: Filling up the City Skies

You can get the album for free here. Download it, love it, then throw some $$$$ back at the artist.

The album works on so many levels. Crank up the volume and you have some beats that are just begging for your Derriere to start bouncing. Keep the volume low and it is perfect baby making music, especially when you have to sneak into the parental units house like you are 16.

Most songs are just happy uplifting get you dance on beats, often there are small samples, but the music is definitely original and doesn't give you that recycled feeling.

I have been bumping this non-stop now and it keeps getting better and better. Check Derek out, with Corey Eberhard at Red Rocks on July 25th. They will be opening for Sound Tribe Sector 9. Nice work Derek, you deserve it.

Overall, I give the Filling up the City Skies 5 Eiffel Towers

Transformers 2

This movie sucks more than all the vampires combined in True Blood ( a review we will get to). What can I say. The comedy is shtick and I wanted to about kill the mom and the twin robots. The fight scenes were so fast moving that I couldn't even see what was going on. I even had good seats in the overly packed theatre. No one should have been in there yet the movie has somehow grossed more millions than many countries' GDP.

DON'T EVER have Optimus Prime combine with some old ass robot. He is a Prime, he doesn't need that. It is like adding diet coke to a 12 yr Islay single malt scotch. Apparently Micheal Bay (synonymous with crap) figured this out right at the end because the final fight scene which one would expect to last pretty long since it was a 2 1/2 hour movie, only last about one minute. Guess ol' Prime couldn't handle Megatron, but Megatron's boss is no problem.

Hey, since when do human weapons have effect on Decepticons? I thought that that was why we needed the Autobots? If a simple rail gun can shoot from miles away and absolutely destroy the biggest damn Decepticon I have ever seen, why the need for the Autobots?

Where is Megan Fox? The only saving grace is getting to see her having her ass hang out over a motorcycle, if it was 2 1/2 hours of that I would give the movie five Eiffel Towers.


Finally, if I was a parent and took my kid to see this I would have been pissed. Granted it is PG-13, but so are Harry Potters. This is catered to young kids and there was quite a bit of cussing and sexual innuendo, that was not very innuendoish. I am pretty sure I caught a F-bomb in there as well. Was that really needed?

Overall I give the movie one Eiffel Tower, and it get one just cause it is called Transformers and I still own my more than meets the eye sheets from when I was five.