Dinner and a Movie

Sarah was having an online dinner date with her California boyfriend, and so Vanessa and I followed suit with dinner and a movie. 

Vanessa

Two personalized vegetarian nacho platters, containing: chips, salsa, sour cream, cheddar cheese, black beans, corn, red pepper, red onion, serrano chilies (HOT!), and scallions.  We started with some grapefruit, watching previews while the cheese melted over the nachos in the oven.  Also we both had a beer.  Mine was a Raging Bitch Belgian Style Indian Pale Ale and Vanessa had a homemade Blackberry Wheat Micro Brew gifted to her by her friend who makes beer.

The movie we watched was The Lives of Others, which I must say, is an amazing film.  It won an Oscar in 2006 or 2007 for best foreign language film.  The story is set in East Berlin, in the height of corruption and government surveillance.  A writer who is a loyal communist and a good man becomes heavily scrutinized by the state for his associations with blacklisted artists.  The film develops around a Stasi (secret police) officer who is spying on the writer, and becomes witness to the corruption destroying his life.  It is a very powerful film about good people in bad situations.  It was really beautifully done, and clearly, was a wonderful pairing with nachos.  Here's the food:

Nacho Platters and Beer