REIFF 2012 - Day 2

With the thermos? Are you kidding me??

As is so often the case at Rivers Edge, the story of Saturday was food and films. We watched hours and hours of movies and consumed more goodies than should be humanly possible.

We awoke bright and early, scrambling to get ready and out the door in time to get our annual hot chocolate from Etcetera 2! This savory cocoa topped off by a mountain of whipped cream is as much a tradition for us as Kerchoff's sandwiches. It should have been commemorated with a photo but none of us could let go of our cups long enough for that to happen. Saturday morning the filmmakers meet at Etcetera/Kerchoff's for some more meeting and greeting, so we spent most of the morning meeting the very friendly Ryan Brod who hails from Portland, Maine. Ryan is half the filmmaking duo that produced a documentary about ice fishing called Hard Water. We're hoping to see it today but, if we don't get the chance, you better believe we'll procure a DVD. Ryan recently quit his job to pursue filmmaking full-time and we wish him runaway success!

The bull/buffalo (beefalo?) followed Todd inside.
Last year we transitioned straight from the breakfast meet and greet to lunch at Kerchoff's. I mean... you're already there, so...  Don't judge us. But, this year we watched a film block before returning for sandwiches, chili, and pasta salad. Kerchoff's, we love you. (But, you break our hearts on Sunday by shutting us out.)

I won't bore you with all the details. Like I said, it was a ton of flicks and basically just enjoying the outstanding weather we've had down here. Possibly the biggest highlight of the day happened when we perusing Lowertown Paducah and Todd found one of the greatest vintage lunchboxes of all time. Fallguy is one of the handful of shows that heavily influences what we're trying to do with Space Cops.

Today we're feeling the tug of home, so it's yet to be seen how much we'll accomplish before hitting the road. Here's one teaser I can guarantee: "burgers and cream."