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The Hobbit

  • Film

    February 28, 2013

    Fee-Fi-Fo-Fun

    A giant adventure's old-fashioned spirit

  • Film

    December 20, 2012
  • Blogs

    December 18, 2012

    7 Songs About Hobbits NOT By Leonard Nimoy

    I'm keen to catch The Hobbit soon. If nothing else, the Seventh Doctor apparently goes full-on wizard battle against the Witch-King in it, and I would have paid just to see that scene alone. The rest of it looks cool too, though. In the meantime, I have to wait for an overnight babysitter to free u ... More >>

  • Film

    December 13, 2012

    Slouching Toward Erebor

    The Hobbit gets neither there nor back again.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    4 Fictional Rainstorms That Royally !@#$-ed Someone's Day

    If you're like us you woke up yesterday thinking that you'd set your alarm for the wrong time because the sky outside was as black as Satan's colonoscopy. The clouds had that look your drunken uncle gets when someone argues with his political views, and then the heavens opened up. Texas has been st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Vegan Dreamquest Dinner 3: Soy Burger at The Hobbit Cafe

    Photo by Joanna O'LearyActual burger bigger and tastier than may appear in this photo.​On Day 3 of Vegan Dreamquest 2011, I decided to round out my vegan dinner experiences (takeaway burito, home-cooked beetloaf with gravy), by going out. Radical Eats was my first choice, but they aren't open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Expedition Egg Salad: DaCapo's Pastry Cafe

    Expedition Egg Salad has taken me to Nielsen's, Barnaby's, and Brown Bag Deli, all of which offered satisfying, albeit ultimately unremarkable, takes on the egg salad sandwich. At the urging of Jelmore4 and Early Cuyler, I visited DaCapo's Pastry Cafe last weekend to try their much touted egg salad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Expedition Egg Salad: Barnaby's Cafe

    Joanna O'LearyBacon. Who knew?​I've become obsessed with egg salad, which is a little weird, because I can remember a time in my life when I hated both eggs and mayonnaise. Go figure. My post on The Far Down at The Hobbit Cafe prompted a reader tip about Nielsen's, purveyor of another praisew ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011
  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011
  • Dining

    October 28, 1999

    Dish

    Hobbit's New Hole

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