Our last night so we both agreed to go to the Heartland Brewery - we even found one very near to us as it was raining again! On entering the bar we thought we'd be waiting for hours, it was heaving but a good atmosphere on such an awful evening.
I have to say this is the best meal of the trip. I had mustard crusted beef tenderloin with balsamic onions and homestyle potatoes (oh god how I love what the Americans do to potatoes!) It was so good I ate every scrap which is unknown in the US - they meals are always too large. I then tried something I've wondered about for ages - red velvet cake, something that doesnt exist here. It was lovely, I am now surfing the internet to find a recipe!
....and as a footnote. On the way back to our hotel room, we spotted (or at least Alan spotted) some very expensive and exclusive cars parked (under cover) in the street ju
st down from the Heartland Brewery. It turns out if was a Nicholas Cage film - and a stunt that went wrong due to the appalling weather conditions. The Photo tells it all but this is what someone put on their blog - sums it all up really!
A driver for the upcoming
Nicolas Cage flick "
The Sorcerer's Apprentice" crashed a
Ferrari F430 while filming a chase scene in New York's Times Square. Two were injured. Sadly, Cage's career will survive. Video below. The incident was captured on amateur video and shows two cars weaving through NYC traffic before the stunt driver of the Ferrari lost control on the wet streets and jumped the curb, crashing into a Sbarro's. The car struck a pedestrian directly and knocked down an electrical post which fell onto another. The worst part? One of the victims was not associated with the film so that'll be a nice lawsuit. Both were taken to Bellev
ue Hospital where their injuries are considered not life threatening. Thank goodness, especially as we laughed at the guy flailing his arms and legs underneath the electrical pole. We feel much less like horrible human beings now.
