Friday night, I went home after work and basically did nothing. I re-watched Roman Holiday...it's not my favorite Audrey Hepburn film, but I like it a lot. I fell asleep before it was over--I think it was sometime around 9pm. A very exciting Friday night to be sure.
Saturday I got up early and ran some errands, including buying some books. Then I went to get an eye exam. It was getting close to two years since the last one, so I thought it might be time. My prescription hadn't changed very much, so all that squinting must be psychological? Anyway, I gotta get some new glasses soon. Afterward I met a friend to see The Eagle. This was not the most exciting movie I've seen. Which is irritating because I enjoy most things that involve ancient Britain. This was just tedious, without all the action the preview promised. I lasted all the way to 9:30pm this time before going to sleep.
Sunday morning, my BFF and I went to Chicago and ate with some of her family at Old Town Social. We went for brunch and this was the first time they were trying out a dixieland theme for the brunch. They had a full band playing dixieland music. I started with the jalapeño-cheddar cornbread and traded one for one of BFF's beignets. The cornbread was amazing and had a big kick of heat at the finish. The beignet was nice, but I'm not a huge fan of doughnut-type items in general, so while I recognize that it was tasty, it wasn't really my thing. Next up I had an egg, cheddar, and homemade bacon biscuit sandwich (there is nothing wrong with any of the ingredients I just listed, so let's just agree that it was very good...putting fast food items that are named the same to complete shame). As a side, I got fried pickles. This was the only thing that I wasn't over the moon about...which is sad, given my love of pickles. It was the dough for me. There was so much dough around the bread'n'butter slices that I couldn't truly enjoy the tangy pickle taste. The rémoulade dipping sauce made it completely worthwhile to try and eat them all though. Perusing the menu, there were a lot of things I wanted to try, but time and the size of my stomach conspired against me. I will go back though. Not only did all the food look amazing, but I couldn't even get through the book of drinks! There were at least 180 beers listed...and wine and mixed drinks and so on. I bet it's a blast on a weekend night.
After leaving the restaurant, we shopped/did errands for a while. We tried to go to a craft event we'd heard about, but the venue seemed, well, seedy. And we couldn't easily park there, so we didn't stop. We got home around 6pm, so I had time to do some laundry, eat dinner, and then watch part one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion. I was really sleepy (since it kept me up until 10pm), but managed to make it through all the yelling and snide remarks.
I'm feeling pretty bad about my reading habits this month. I'm still trying to get through the Cleopatra book I bought last month, and one of the little ones I got on Saturday. I also re-read a book I've had for a long time before loaning it to BFF. I need to read more or the post at the end of the month (or just before the end of the month since the Oscars at almost the last day of the month) will be really, really short...and boring. I'm working on it people...I'm working on it!
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