Up in Ontario

Big Night IV report and website

While we were on holidays recently we missed Big Night IV.

Loyal readers of Up in Ontario, the blog, will recognize the name Big Night from previous gushes such as Big Night, la secondo, Big Night, la terzo and the fittingly titled Report on Big Night, la terzo. So they'll understand what kind of lack we suffered knowing we were missing perhaps the best social-gourmand event of the year.

If you aren't familiar with past Big Nights, try the movie, Big Night, on which the evening is modelled. Or, better yet, now that we have the Intermanet in all its glory, I present Big Night IV, the website, an incredible electrical homage to the event by the hypertalented Patrick Brealey.

After examining the menu, the Big Night slideshow (big file, let it load then let it rip) must be your first stop. I'll let it speak for itself.

The only consolation drawn from our absence was that the coup de gras of Big Night, the timpano, didn't get cooked on Big Night IV. It was too much. Is too much!

So 2 nights later we received an invitation to participate in the cooking and the eating of the timpano. And glory be, that was incredible.