Your holiday feast

Cleveland's West Side Market does things old school. It is indeed where I went to purchase my leg of lamb for Sunday's feast. Of course a few snaps were in order during my shopping excursion.

Let's start off on a sweet note ...

... before we visit a school of fish.

Per the butcher, behold, "The south end of a northbound lamb."

Perhaps the north end of the same lamb? Dunno, but I'm guessing his destination was different.

Bone for dog or bone of dog? Either way, all I can say is woof.

Less traditional options abound.

And lastly, a bevy of bunnies.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

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Happy Easter

Eggshelland 2011

In between Earth Day and Easter

Carts of Darkness simply captivated me. It's an hour long and if you can wiggle it in sometime between the egg coloring and ham, you will not be disappointed. Carts could have easily slid into the depths of sanctimonious liberalism, but it never even gets close to that edge. The men of Carts speak for themselves with razor-sharp clarity.

Carts has something loud to say, but it never shouts.  And it is not possible to imagine a film more perfect for this in-between Saturday. You'll not find a more subtle nod to yesterday's Earth Day or a more evocative pose for the WWJD? set just in time for their holiest of days.



Jesus Christ? If you've got your ears on, brother, give this one a look and then tell me: what the hell would you do?

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Yul makes me drool

Easter means God-squad flicks, which mean The Ten Commandments, which means Chuck Heston and (heaven help us) Yul Brynner.

Brynner is the subject of my favorite male nude photograph of all time. Out of respect for the holiness of this day, however, I have used advanced computerized techniques to alter the image and make it family-friendly.

For those mature adults who'd like to see the untouched photo and learn exactly why I want to sit on Brynner's chest, I offer this post.


I'm ready for my egg hunt, baby.

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Egg hunt

Oh dear. Upon Erin O'Brien the Lord hath bestowed a camcorder.

Eggshelland

Eggshelland is the front yard of a house in Lyndhurst, Ohio (the same CLE suburb where the Goat grew up) that's full up with colored eggshells for Easter every year. The Goat mandated that we visit Eggshelland yesterday. It's just across town.



Animals were the theme this year.



Enameled eggshells are available for sale.



The Goat enjoyed Eggshelland.



Some of the eggshells break.



This is part of an eggshell butterfly wing.



The Manolios (creators of Eggshelland) also display their vintage DeSoto.



Eggshelland is the feature of a full-length film of the same name that debuted last night at a local theater.



Have fun in your own Eggshellands everyone. Enjoy plenty of Jelly Belly jellybeans (but not too many) and be good to the other bunnies.

Erin bunny '08

Last year, at least I had the cat.



To hell with the snow. We colored eggs anyway.