What’s your favorite toast? Normally I do, “Drink Cold, Piss Warm!” I didn’t come up with that on my own– I am not that creative. At all. I heard it in a movie. A dirty movie. Henry and June. I saw it in college. This evening, as I poured the 3 Buck Chuck, I said, “I love how 3 Buck Chuck smells… like Freedom and La Femme Nikita!” And that’s how we toasted, “To FREEDOM and La Femme Nikita!” When I first got this place, my Aunt Helen gave me a case of 3 Buck Chuck and I remember spending my evenings reveling in my freedom by drinking wine and watching episode after episode of La Femme Nikita– so it’s all intertwined.
I also do “Na zdorovje” Which sounds like, “Nahs DRAH vie YA” At least that’s how I pronounce it. My cousin Lenka might disagree. I say it when I am drinkingSlivovitz or Becherovka.
Speaking of favorite liqeurs– my newest fave is Domaine de Canton French Ginger Liqueur. It is heavenly! Ginger-flavored liquer.. it’s like drinking a Dark and Stormy without rum and without Barritts Ginger Beer. LOVE IT!
Yeah.
(FYI, I have created a new category for this type of post, I’m calling it BOOZE)
We stayed just south of Myrtle Beach in Surfside. There’s a Holiday Inn there that we like. Our time was spent sitting on the beach or boogie boarding. I love riding the waves in to shore and I am really good at it. In fact, I should take surfing lessons. I think I’ll put that on my wishlist.
After Myrtle we went to Charleston. I’ve been there before when I was younger but for some odd reason I have no recollection of this gorgeous city! I loved walking around looking at the beautiful buildings. It was not anything like Philadelphia, that’s for sure!
We went to two restaurants in Charleston– Magnolia’s and Jestine’s. Magnolia’s was unbelievable. It was a top 5 meal in my book. Jestine’s was supposed to be even better– especially because Anthony Bourdain was there not too long ago. But honestly, I wasn’t impressed. In fact, I was disappointed.
Yeah, so I ate moon pies, Charleston Chews and drank RC cola. Walked all over the city in 100 degree heat. Toured the USS Yorktown Aircraft carrier and saw dolphins frolicking in the water below. Enjoyed the Aquarium in Myrtle Beach– felt like I was scuba diving without having to immerse myself in water. Body surfed some tremendous waves and just missed a shark attack that occurred only a mile north. Feasted on catfish, fried green tomatoes and grits. And had a great time.
I’m going away for a few days and my plan was to try to schedule out some posts– but each time I should have clicked the schedule button I hit publish instead. So you’re getting a weeks worth of posts today. Pace yourselves.
I’m off to South Carolina for a few days. If you have any trip suggestions or want to try to meet up- leave a comment.
Okay, I know you guys totally aren’t into this fixation of mine of trying to replace Nikita in my viewing habits… but whatever. Here’s another reason why I don’t like Alias. The man they have playing Sidney’s father, a hardened, cruel, heartless man, double agent, espionage expert, is portrayed by Victor Garber. Yes, this Victor Garber:
I just can’t take him seriously!!!!
Gosh I love GODSPELL! Especially the God Save the People number. Dang it, now it’s stuck in my head… probably for the next year!
I’ve been in a bit of a 60′s music mood ever since rocking out to The 1910 Fruitgum Company on Wednesday. What I find so difficult to believe is that for a 10 year period tons of bands produced tons of really great music! And then the 70′s hit and music shifted but there was still some pretty good stuff. The 80′s saw some great music but right around 1992 it stopped. Sure there were a few good songs produced but nothing that matches the old stuff. Did we just run out of songs? Does someone need to invent some new chords or notes or something? Is the fault of this dearth cause by my generation, those born in the 70′s? Maybe our brains really are totally rotted out from all those I Dream of Jeannie reruns and we are just incapable of coming up with anything…good?
Found this video of the Association on Youtube. They actually played LIVE! No lip syncing as far as I can tell. Good stuff!
This evening as I tried to clean my room, I watched the first disk of the first season of Alias. There’s a lot of Nikita in there. The main difference is that Nikita was awesome and Sidney isn’t. It’s the whole Jennifer Garner thing. I don’t think I can get over her in the role. [...]
I just found the Website, Ask Peter Tork. It’s exactly what you suspect, Peter Tork has an advice column. I am toying with the idea of asking him a question that has nagged me ever since January 25, 2004. That was the night Peter was unbelievably RUDE to me and broke my heart. I want [...]
I am tired. I didn’t go to bed too late. I slept fine. The alarm roused me at 6 and I stayed in bed until 6:30. There’s a presentation I’m registered to attend and I gotta get myself ready for it but my eyelids feel like there’s weights taped to them and I keep making [...]
Google Alerts delivered this link to my inbox this morning. How odd? I guess there are other inhabitants of Donnaville. And they are even weirder than me!
At long last I finally watched the first disk of the first season of Burn Notice. I quite liked it. There was a small La Femme Nikita vibe that I appreciated. And Bruce Campbell was in it and that’s always a good thing. I also like how the love interest wasn’t an 18 year-old girl [...]
