Results tagged “davincicode”

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other.

We know that if you had any intention of seeing the Da Vinci Code you’ve probably gone already, but just in case you still care, we saw it opening weekend at a packed-to-the-gills Pacific Place (we knew it’d be popular, but we didn’t expect to see a line waiting for the theater when the film ended) (also, we didn’t expect such an Old Navy-clad crowd, or that anyone would think it was an appropriate movie to bring a 3-year-old to see, but then even now we’re not sure what kind of crowd we did expect), and there are a few things about it we’d like to get off our chest, if you’ll indulge us.

Seattlest has been a fan of the Hamilton Corner billboard (a.k.a. the right-wing Uncle Sam billboard) between Centralia and Chehalis since our first trip to Portland after moving here in the '90s. We love it in a "defend to the death your right to say it" sort of way.

In which Seattlest contributors divulge their weekend plans and disclose their favorite things to BBQ.

Seattlest has not yet read Elizabeth Kostova's highfalutin' vampire tale The Historian. (Our queue position at the library is still in the triple digits.) We're hoping for a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Neil Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, but we secretly fear that it'll turn out to be more like Anita Blake meets The Da Vinci Code.