Phoenix Rising

There’s a new-ish restaurant in town, Phoenix Rising. They serve traditional comfort foods like burgers, mac-n-cheese, pastas, etc. But two things make them stand out:

1. Most of their ingredients come from local farms.
2. They offer a 4 oz burger along with the more popular 8 oz burger.

For someone like me who simply can’t finish a burger at most restaurants, this is a wonderful feature. Most of the time I must either choose to leave half my burger uneaten or over eat and feel sick. Phoenix now gives me another choice. That’s really great.

They also offer a broad enough menu that almost anyone we take to dinner will find something to eat. I’m always a little cautious about restaurants with an overly wide selection, because I don’t think they can do everything good. On the other hand, comfort food doesn’t require a culinary genius.

Rhinebeck Democrats

While this isn’t terribly political, I just wanted to announce the Rhinebeck Democrats Web site. Some time ago, I volunteered to take over delivery of the Demogram, the monthly newsletter of the Rhinebeck Democratic Committee. I started talking about publishing the newsletter on the Web and things just grew from there.

Please stop by and let me know what you think. I’m trying out the new 3.0 version of MovableType, a newer version of the same software that runs this site. And I’m impressed with some of the capabilities. Mostly, I’ve found ways to do things that I’ve been longing to do here for some time. That probably means I’ll be redesigning metrocat.org soon…

The Corporation

If you haven’t already gone to see The Corporation, it’s playing at Upstate Films. I’m not entirely certain how I feel after seeing it. I’ll need to think about it some more, but I know for certain that we will only be buying organic milk from now on.

I’m certain Anna will have a more detailed review of the film soon.