is this a restaurant review column?

On the Gears of War front, we reviewed the PR calendar with Microsoft, and there's some very exciting events. Unfortuntately, it seems like everyone wants fifteen exclusive screenshots for each article -- people don't realize how picky we are. We've literally had an artist spend all day gathering over a hundred screen shots, and then rejected them all for one minor problem or another. It usually takes about thirty good shots before we find one that we consider ready for publication. So, we have to turn down more PR opportunities than we'd like, but I still think we'll have excellent coverage.

We're going to be running the Gears trailer in movie theaters now, that should start soon. I swear I think we're going to have to take a company trip in order to see that. There's something about seeing your game character 40 feet tall that makes a man happy :-)

But forget about work, I finally got to try Frazier's Bistro last night. Hurray for lawyers and expense accounts!

My appetizer, the Truffled Egg Toast and Asparagus Salad, was delicious but a bit of a mistake as it was a full meal in itself. The "egg toast" was a thick slice of texas or perhaps brioche toast with an egg fried in the middle, plus country ham and lettue and a vinaigrette. Excellent, but that plus the amuse bouche and some wine made for a heavy start to the evening. For dinner, three of us had the Pan-Friend Carolina Flounder, with a bacon and sweet corn succotash. It was essentially a crispy fillet served over corn chowder, with potatoes and mushrooms, quite tasty. I always fret when everyone at the table orders the same entree, but we were not dissapointed. We finished with a shared dessert of churros with a dulce du leche dipping sauce, and an excellent glass of beerenauslese whose name escapes me, though the honey and apricot flavors lingered for some time.