04 Wednesday Apr 2012
Posted in Family and Friends
I was sure I was about to have the material for a brilliantly funny post about two grand parents taking care of the grand kinder over night.
After all, the little prodigies were 3+ and 1+, and as wonderful as they are, sleeping away from Mommy and Aba was not their idea of a good time. And the younger prodigy has been known to prefer her mother to every thing else in the world.
03 Tuesday Apr 2012
Posted in Escapes and Pleasures
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Monsieur Lazhar **** ½
This Canadian film is another one that was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category (A Separation won the award and A Footnote was also a contender for the prize).
02 Monday Apr 2012
Posted in Escapes and Pleasures, Family and Friends
So last year for my birthday, Ellen arranged a four-hour cooking lesson with one of DC’s best chefs.**
Pretty special.
This year, she topped that with reservations (HT to Penn S for help in securing said reservation) and an evening at DC’s Minibar, a six person extavaganza of small bites of tastes and combinations you’ve never had but somehow (mostly) work wonderfully.