Thanksgiving role-playing

Random tidbits

- Sunshine - I highly recommend this book by Robin McKinley. I'm in the middle of reading it and it's wonderfully woven story placed in a futuristic United States-type place that is a little bit of an alternate view of our world. The protagonist is a woman who bakes "cinnamon rolls as big as your head" at the coffee shop owned by her mother and stepfather (Charlie). It's a great story of self-discovery, magic, and others (vampires, etc...).

- I've been visiting in CA for a few days and J & L introduced me to a new computer game called Portal, which is a neat kind of puzzle game which increases in difficulty every time you get to a new level. It's kind of a logic/think-outside-the-box type of skill game - I like it :-)

- Canter's deli in Hollywood is sooo tasty - I highly recommend their Reuben, Potato pancakes, pickles and Rugelach.

fun times :-)

Emily's here for her spring break!!! :-) Smiles all around -

Other than that, not much to report.

Currently I hear sounds of space-y video arcade games coming from the direction of the living room where husband is playing with his xbox 360 and Emily is engrossed in Sims 2 on her laptop.

Some people are relaxing :-)

I'm having some chill time of my own as I write this. I just finished making up the guest bed for Emily, and I'm in the middle of making some mint chocolate cookie ice cream for the three of us.

Oh! A few good movies to report:

Miss Potter - a thoroughly enchanting film, although factually inaccurate as films are wont to be. I thought it was beautiful...

Howard's End - I always love this film. Jonathan's comment was "what a tangled web we weave..."

Wordplay - very entertaining - it makes me want to pick up a NY Times crossword puzzle - or any, for that matter!