I hope you're having an exquisite evening. What a great week this has been! It's been very cold in Philadelphia. We didn't end up getting that warm day the weather men promised on Saturday. We had a great weekend, though. I hope you did too. Friday night we went to see Kate Winslett in "The Reader." It is an amazing movie. We loved it. I definitely recommend you check this one out, whether it be in the theater or on DVD when it's released.
Saturday, instead of going to the Reading Terminal
for produce, we decided to go to the Italian Market. For those of you who don't know, the Italian Market is the largest open-air market in the United States - and it's only five or six blocks away from our front door! The produce is top quality, and the prices can't be beat. We walked away with three bags full of produce, and only dropped fifteen bucks. It was amazing- except for the moment when I got involved in a screaming match with one of the grocers because I accidentally stepped behind the counter where he was working. I'm sure it was entertaining for the other shoppers, though! To cool down from the confrontation we stopped into a delicatessen for lunch, where we enjoyed a fabulous Caprese sandwich. For a moment we felt like we were dining on the streets of Rome again. No grumpy, ol' grocer could take that away!On Saturday we also took Galileo to
Pampered Pooch to get his monthly grooming. I've attached some before and after pictures. What do you think of his new do? Saturday night Kelly and Ed came into town to do some site-seeing. We met up with them in Chinatown for dinner at Vietnam Palace. It was good, but the service was lousy. We decided to never go back there again. Can you believe they tried to charge us a $12 corking fee for our bottle of wine! What a rip off, especially when the Zagat lists them as a B.Y.O. Later that night I met up with my friend Tim for karaoke at a restaurant/bar called Elephant and Castle. We had a great time. One of the highlights was when they drew my name out a raffle for a $50 gift certificate to dine there in the future. I love winning things!This afternoon Jude came by to for a visit.
We had tea and chatted about what's been going on in our lives over the past few weeks. I love spending time with Jude, her presence always leaves me feeling inspired! She's a gem. Tonight for dinner Alan tackled a new recipe we found in a quarterly Whole Foods publication. It was Winter Squash Stuffed with Lentil Pilaf. I love winter squash. It was delicious! We've really started to explore new options in the kitchen, and no I don't mean that in a kinky way! We've found some amazing recipes over the past couple of weeks. Salmy Sunday is under a few renovations!Now the time has come for us to plop down on the couch in our lounge around clothes. I think we're going to watch a lifetime movie we DVR'd last night called "Prayers for Bobby," starring Sigourney Weaver. Have you heard about it? It's about an overly religious mother who gives her teenage son a difficult time for being gay. I don't want to give away anything, but I think the pressure leads him to drastic, unfortunate measures. It's gotten a lot of hype. I look forward to seeing it.
I hope you guys have a great night. Have a great week too! I'll chat with you soon.
Love, Josh
7 comments:
first of all.... i love kitchen sex!
secondly.... galileo's new do is so cute! he looks more a kitty cat than a doggie
i had a busy weekend just working on projects for class. i'm so tired. i'm ready for bed right now.
have a great week!
ohhh i'm loving the middle-eastern style head dress pic!
i saw that movie previewed and so wanted to watch it and then forgot all about it later. how was it??
the pup is adorable with the new hair cut!!!!
Galileo's new "do" is adorable. Quite a cutie, he is. =)
That was a very moving movie. You should do some googling and see the real mary griffith speak out. It is nice and warm here. Wouldn't it be fun to take a trip down here for a long weekend? I hope your having a great start of the week.
Charlie
Sounds like a fun weekend. I sooo wish the confrontation at the market would have been recorded for us.
Galileo looks adorable either way, but he looks extra cute when groomed.
We also have "Prayers for Bobby" on DVR. I'm anxious to watch it.
Have a good week!!!
I love Kate Winslett and Sigourey Weaver.
Clips for terriers can be difficult. Generally, they always have to grow out. Gary has cut our group since we have had them (too many to have groomed by pro). He is actually very good at giving our terriers cuts, tho as I say some dogs (esp. the Cairn Rocky, who is not with us any more) were harder then others.
How did you get the duotone in the head shot?! Girl, I have been striving for duotones (two colors only) in Photoshop for years. Seriously, I can't do it.
Glad you screamed at that grocer. I had a screaming match once (publically). It was the only way I could work out "mah raaaage." Anyway, glad to see he did not spoil your important first impressions of the Italian Market. I have never been, despite my years in Phila (I didn't cook then ... I didn't eat then).
Gary's 4-yr-old grandson is visiting and I am going nuts. Cute, but ...
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