Oh…you thought you would not have a year-end list containing all of the film, music, food, odds, and ends that we love? Sorry ’bout it because it’s a little late, but we’re still making it under the January wire.
High end Chinese food is a WINNER in our book
Winners:
- Do nothing Sunday – Nothing will ever top a rainy Sunday with the person you love. 2 PM PJs + and some funny banter = EVERYTHING
- The musical sequences in Bohemian Rhapsody – The third act of this movie is great!!! The rest of the movie had its flaws but the Live Aid sequence is nothing short of perfection.
- Joey Purp “:24K Gold” – A song that I still get hype about everytime I hear it, but the rest of the album is trash.
- Kanye West’s Music – All 5 albums he produced this year were fire, my personal favorites were Pusha T’s “Daytona” and Teyana Taylor’s “KTSA”
- Keeping Steaks Classic – All a steak needs are salt, pepper, and garlic anymore than that is unnecessary.
- Letterkenny on Hulu – This Canadian GEM finally made its way to the U.S. and sure as God’s got sandals, we were hooked instantly. The dialogue in this show has filtered itself into my actual day to day vernacular.
- Science Fair – The most kind, most polite, most important film I saw all year.
- The final episode of the Romanoffs – This felt like GOOD Mamet to me. This could have been a theatrical release outside of the show. Also, the entirety of the series was pretty much worth the watch.
- High-End Chinese Food (Shout out to Rainbow Palace) – Damn, I will never settle for a 3-star Chinese food experience again.
- St. Paul and The Broken Bones – You want to hear a man who used to be a preacher, but now has the voice of an angel get down? This is your guy. Full of flair and just unbridled talent. Give ‘em a listen!
Photo courtesy of: ABC/Craig Sjodin
- The Goldbergs – OK. We both fought watching this for SO long, for reasons we now don’t understand. If I say it made us feel like we were right back in the ’90s, with our crazy Jewish moms and living our best lives – that’d be an understatement. The entire cast is perfection, with Wendi Mclendon-Covey as the most perfect matriarch I’ve ever seen. Every single episode we laugh until we think we can’t – then laugh some more.
- Adam Sandler’s 100% FRESH Special – Old school Sandler with a new school twist. And although we lie and say we’re related (there could still be a chance, who knows), we’re still proud of our fake Uncle Adam for bringing back everything we love about him. Hilarious start-to-finish.
- Cooking on a grill. We know it’s great. We just…forgot HOW great.
- New Jobs – We both made improvements to our work // life balance by upgrading our job situations – hallelujah.
- Adopting dogs who really need homes – It’s no secret we’re HUGE dog lovers. We lost our little Fozzie Bear this year, but the Universe sent us someone who really needed us – Betty White, the American Bulldog // Lab mix. She and her brother Mr. Jack the Boston Terrier, remind us that there’s always room for a little extra love, snuggles and unfortunately – dog hair – in the house.
- Lizzo – This unapologetic, badass boss lady is killin’ the music scene right now and rightfully so. If you’ve not given her a listen, or aren’t following her on insta (@lizzobeeating) you’re missing out BIG TIME.
- How Did This Get Made (Podcast) – this podcast lets me indulge all of my love for awful movies.
Losers
We went to the Voodoo Music & Arts Festival in NOLA – NEVER AGAIN
- Festival Concerts – Made me feel super old and impatient. Plus, if your idea of a good time is wading up to your calves in what COULD be dirt, poo, or a combo of both – you need to get your life right.
- Movies I compared to Hot Pursuit (the barometer of BAD in my book): Venom, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Hurricane Heist, The Equalizer 2, Mid 90’s, Widows (Ben Really LIKED IT, Allyson did not)
- Craft Beer as a whole – So much of it is just bad, give me a miller light and call it. Except for “I’m So Excited,” from Funky Buddha. THAT I can get DOWN with.
- Everything that comes out of Kanye West that isn’t music (and even some of the music)– Nuff Said
- Watching Football – Still don’t know how anyone makes it through a whole game without being bored.
- Edibles from Colorado – Guess I can’t hang anymore (Ben only – Allyson is fine to get paid in them if need be).
- Murder Documentaries – I keep watching but I’m beginning to think it’s just giving us instructions.
- Taco Tuesday – I need 0 excuses to eat tacos where and when I want. Stop putting tacos in a “box.” Especially associated with the worst day of the week in my opinion.
- Sean Williams Scott on Lethal Weapon – Get your shit together and hire back Clayne Crawford. Sure he may be a psycho but hell he added so much more to the show. (Note: Allyson thinks SWS is doing a FINE job. In fact, she thinks it’s the writers and Damon Wayans starting to act like a baby back bi&*h.)
- Lindsay Lohan – Stop giving her shows. Stop it. Just freaking stop it.
- Shonda Rhimes – I can’t with her shows anymore, they were once delightfully trashy but now I don’t even know how to describe them…
- The Actual Beach – Red tide, algae blooms, sharks and sand in my ass crack. No thank you.
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