Brooke and I saw Young Frankenstein at the Kennedy Center last weekend at it was fun. All the jokes from the movie, plus ridiculous song and dance numbers. While there, I made my next purchase with my Christmas gift certificate, so I will be seeing the Mariinsky Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty in February. Yay, culture ( Read more... )

Lot 1: Last Friday, I met up with some hilarious women from the Shapely Prose website. After I went to a bar with one of the women and her husband to hear accordion bands. This is possibly more awesome than it sounds, but I doubt it. The opening act was a sword swallower and a fire eater. They were really entertaining. Unfortunately I hadn't worn ( Read more... )

We have it. Brooke's dad was kind enough to use his credit card points to buy us a year's subscription to Tivo. We've been having fun playing with it. The slow motion button renders everything hilarious. It's also very nice to be able to record shows that I decide to nap through and watch later. I do think this will lead to more tv watching, but I ( Read more... )

I did laundry, cleaned the apartment, and cooked. Three day weekends are great for cooking extra stuff. I made a delicious chicken pasta salad which I will have to eat all by myself since Brooke doesn't like mayo. I hope I don't get tired of it before it goes bad. If so, I'll know to halve the recipe next time. I also made a delicious cheesecake, ( Read more... )

I made cookies for work yesterday, Chocolate Chip Allspice. That's not the name they have in the cookbook, but it's a much more descriptive term. They're pretty tasty, but I don't know that I'll make them again. People at work appreciated them; all the cookies were gone before lunch. I made awesome progress on one of my surveys and actually ( Read more... )