Archive for July, 2005

It was a very happy Saturday.
Anabela was kind enough to invite a few of us over to her house for some BBQ and a Cranium Smackdown that promised to be bruising and destructive…just the way I like it! I knew it was going to be a fantastic BBQ when, a week ago at Bar Rouge [...]

Spent the afternoon with friends at Anabela’s BBQ and a serious Cranium showdown, followed by a night at Cash Box singing with Peter and friends. (I just realized that I labeled all the pics in here as a Saturday in June, but it really happened in July…too lazy to fix. I hope you can forgive [...]

There are things that I left behind in the States that I don’t miss at all. Some of them are: paying for gas, $10 watered-down gin and tonics, stuffy old Republicans.
Then, there are things that I miss so much that after nearly two years away, my body still craves them: carne asade burritos, poker nights [...]

David Ansen is one of my favorite movie critics, and he’s written this piece in Newsweek about how much historical presence our current movie stars will have in the grand scheme of things. It’s a totally fun read, and at the end of it he’s surprised himself at who he concluded may leave the longest [...]

Isn’t this supposed to be bad for the kittens? Who cares though about animal cruelty, this is too cute to pass up, isn’t it?
Maybe if we crammed them in a box so they could grow up all square. Little blue square kittens…so magical!

Happy Independence Day! I spent it hiding from unbelievable heat, and then attempting to lose some weight so I can look good in my bikini for the summer by going to the gym. Man, am I out of shape! By the time I walked the two blocks there I was panting and out of breath, [...]

I’m watching Ocean’s Twelve — again. When I first saw it my initial reaction was that it didn’t measure up to the first one, which I physically went to the theatre to see about 5 times (record is still 9 for Crouching Tiger, of course). But the sequel has grown on me, and for the [...]