Weekend
I just thought I’d leave a smalll note about our weekend since it turned out to be a lot of fun. HB had been feeling sick, but on Friday night, we got into a really fun – and funny – discussion of a book he’d read called the 4 hour workweek. Some of the excerpts from it were just hilarious.
Then, on Saturday, he got better in time to go out a bit early. You see, we had a supper reservation at a nice restaurant in a town we’d never visited. And in this town, there are all kinds of shops for tourists. So, we went a bit early and looked in a few shops. One of them was either called Chef’s Gallery or Gallery for Chefs or something like that. It was really fun! You could really day dream of all kinds of ways to spend money on glassware and cookware in a place like that. It was like Crate and Barrel’s glass and dinnerware section on steroids.
We also visited a used/rare bookseller who had all kinds of neat prints on display in addition to the books. You can imagine what I spent my time doing. Yep, looking at all of the prints. Supper was at Luna Rossa (I say this for my own sake, so that I can look back on the name of the restaurant) and we sat back in the cave area. The restaurant is literally built into the side of a cave. The food was Italian and really terrific. We had this amazing dish of antipasto as an appetizer. I could’ve eaten just that kind of food for my whole meal, it was that good.
Yesterday, we went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I liked it. Some of the other ones stand out for me more as being more exciting or more plot twisting. But this one sets up some important themes that will be used for upcoming movies, so it is important in that way. I think, perhaps, one of the problems I had with it stems from the fact that I just re-read the end of the book recently. Usually, I go into a movie pretty ‘blind’ having not read the book for a couple of years. But this one I had, and I noticed the changes. Not that they weren’t necessary for turning the story into a movie, but they were things that I liked about the book and was disappointed to see changed.
Oh, and did I mention that I finally saw The Godfather? Yes, I finally watched it – for the first time. I liked parts of it. Other parts were pretty slow. All in all, I’m not sure what all of the fuss is about it…. but maybe that is the double X chromosomes coming out in me. 
All in all, it was a good anniversary weekend.
Squirl says:
I’m glad you guys got to have a good time. And it does sound like it was a good time.
I, purposely, didn’t re-read OOTP recently. I’ve read a few times, though, so I’m sure tomorrow will disappoint me in some ways. But, that’s okay, it’s just a movie. I really can’t wait to buy the book this coming weekend.
I saw the Godfather many years ago. It was okay.
Amber says:
I am glad that you guys got to go out and have a good time.
I tried not to think of the book while watching the movie, at all, so that I could find it more enjoyable. It helped that I saw it at midnight half asleep.
You have to admit, the movie is giggletastic in some areas.
What did you think of Umbridge?
It sounds like you went to Stillwater. That restaraunt name sounds familiar to me and I know that Stillwater has a bunch of antiquerian book shops. Fascinating, aren’t they? There is also The Valley Bookseller down the road from the antique books that has a slew of Harry Potter stuff.
Of course I could be guessing waaay off, as there is just so much to do in/around the cities.
But anyway, Happy Anniversary again!It is so good to get out and have fun, isn’t it?
jenski says:
Sounds like you guys had a great time!