Every Monday night Hamburg's English theater, Streit's, offers a totally unique movie experience called Sneak. Sneak is a movie event with a catch--you don't find out what you're watching until it starts. Yep, that's right--Streit's Sneak is the ultimate risk-taking experience for the movie lover. For 5€ (purchased one week before the movie otherwise you'll never get a seat) you get your ticket with assigned seat. Once in the theater doors you're smack in the middle of a massive herd of anxious patrons drinking beer and coffees from the stocked bar, downing sweet (never salty) popcorn, selecting sweets, and lounging in chairs more comfy than anything I have ever seen in a theater lobby.
Once inside the theater a comedy show and welcome speech is presented-in English (phew). Snacks are then thrown out from every corner and more of the theater. Yum. When things settle, the fifteen minutes of previews begins. The previews act as clues to the feature presentation (we didn't know this at the time and couldn't figure out why 'Stuck on You' and 'Traffic' where just now coming to Germany). After the loooong display of previews subsides the presenters reappear to present an award to the audience member who guessed the feature presentation correctly after watching the previews online. Not even the winner was lucky enough to get buttered, salty popcorn.
Then, finally, the movie begins. Our feauture presentation was The Adjustment Bureau-not what I would have guessed had I had any idea the previews were there to help me, but we accepted it happily nevertheless. We enjoyed the movie amidst random spurts of inexplicable clapping from our fellow Sneak lovers.
The Adjustment Bureau is good. Couple it with the fantabulously fun experience Sneak offers and it gets bumped to a great.
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| Any movie ticket other than one for Sneak gets you a free coffee or adult beverage from the fully-stocked Streit's bar. |
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| Though not much cheaper than in the US, the snacks collection at Streit's is much more orginal and cute than anything I'm used to. |
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| Love seats. |
On a recent walk home from the gym Reggie and I came across a teensy diner boasting a 'Best burgers' sign. Because advertisements never lie, we made a beeline for the prospect of comfort food. I am happy to report that Hollywood Canteen did not disappoint.
The burgers, wraps, and sandwiches are named after American oldies music artists. The milkshakes are huge and delicious, and if I closed my eyes while eating the twister fries I would have thought for sure I was at Arby's. Even the salads are tasty. While enjoying our meal we were entertained by La Bamba on VHS, oldies on the radio, and the comforting feeling of home, sweet home.
The differences between hockey in Hamburg and hockey at home are minimal--and most importantly, going to games in both places is a ton of fun. When Holger and Claudia asked us to join them at the Hamburg Freezers game we jumped at the chance. Lights, music, and, of course, fire made for one spectacular hockey spectacle.
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| Nichts for sussies = not for sissies |
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| Blurry, I know, but if you look reeeeeally hard you'll see a Detroit Red Wings jersey. |
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