Monthly Archives: January 2009
And I said “What about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” She said “I think that I remember the film.”
Actually, Michele said “What about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” We all concurred, kinda remembering the film, and so that is what Finer Things read this month. Photo lovers, knock yourselves out.
Visiting Warwick Castle
To get to the parking lot from Warwick Castle, you walk a quiet footpath enclosed in green and the occasional peacock. Walking this path, we were following two little English boys of about seven years old. They walked close together, obviously with the sense that they were the only people in the world. “I don’t … Continue reading
Christmas in Oxfordshire
Gene: One of my friends really likes this wine. Me: Whom? [blinks] Wait, I can’t say ‘whom’ there. Graham: No, certainly not. ‘Whom’ is the accusative case. Me: But that’s how one ought to address one’s boyfriend. In the accusative. Example: WHOM YOU BEEN JEEPIN’ WITH, BOYFRIEND? The grammar queen. Aw yeah.
The best Christmas present in the history of best things
The cough is on the mend and my mind can turn to different, less germy ideas. Though we had agreed not to get one another Christmas presents this year, Gene and I both cheated. Using one of Hope’s connections, he got me tickets to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet, starring Patrick Stewart as … Continue reading
Wheezy Joe
Three weeks in Europe and not a blog entry to show for it. And you’re not getting one now. It was wonderful. Don’t mistake me. But I caught a cold abroad, and that’s pretty much what I’m thinking about these days. Because the cold soon passed into a dry cough, which then passed into a … Continue reading