Weekend highlights
Aug. 19th, 2002 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidDriving to NJ Friday would've been fine had there not been that major construction before the bridge... half an hour to go 4 miles is frustrating. OTOH, the Palisades Parkway was practically deserted, which was good: I finally arrived just as the 18 minutes were starting. At least I got to see bolts of lightning across the sky somewhere in CT.
I visited with my friends from Evanston, at her mom's house. Got to see the whole family, too, except her brother, off traveling in Africa. I haven't seen some of them in ages, so it was particularly nice. The kids are bigger, T has glasses (the kind that hooks all the way over the ears, so they're less likely to fall off as her 3-year-old self explores the world), R has started to read, and A has become strong and flexible (lifting his younger brother using only his hands and feet, 2/3 of his weight...).
As usual with them, I stayed up far far far too late talking. Shabbat was home-based, especially with the humid heat that even downpours in the afternoon didn't interrupt.
Saturday night included going to a late screening of Blood Work, which I thought rather predictable for plot, and unbelievable for the romantic stuff. Not really worth seeing in the theater (though the seats were really nice, cushy an d tall, with raisable arms); a video rental, at best. Then back to the house and finishing the Saturday NY Times crossword puzzle, a collaborative effort. And I finally figured out how to get voice mail on my cell phone.
Hard to get up Sunday morning from the lack of sleep. Drove to New Haven, where we met up for lunch at Claire's (the polenta and the summer salad were both particularly yummy). (I was pleased that I'd managed to find my way there with little difficulty, given that I'd been there twice, over five years ago.) Finally home again, in the egregious heat that was supposed to have gone already.... My friends opted for a hotel in the end, since my apt was still so bloody hot. Ah, well. We had a good dinner at Taam China (the highlight of this meal for me was having the scallion ginger chicken, and dis covering that their "ravioli" are the dumplings I sometimes crave).
I visited with my friends from Evanston, at her mom's house. Got to see the whole family, too, except her brother, off traveling in Africa. I haven't seen some of them in ages, so it was particularly nice. The kids are bigger, T has glasses (the kind that hooks all the way over the ears, so they're less likely to fall off as her 3-year-old self explores the world), R has started to read, and A has become strong and flexible (lifting his younger brother using only his hands and feet, 2/3 of his weight...).
As usual with them, I stayed up far far far too late talking. Shabbat was home-based, especially with the humid heat that even downpours in the afternoon didn't interrupt.
Saturday night included going to a late screening of Blood Work, which I thought rather predictable for plot, and unbelievable for the romantic stuff. Not really worth seeing in the theater (though the seats were really nice, cushy an d tall, with raisable arms); a video rental, at best. Then back to the house and finishing the Saturday NY Times crossword puzzle, a collaborative effort. And I finally figured out how to get voice mail on my cell phone.
Hard to get up Sunday morning from the lack of sleep. Drove to New Haven, where we met up for lunch at Claire's (the polenta and the summer salad were both particularly yummy). (I was pleased that I'd managed to find my way there with little difficulty, given that I'd been there twice, over five years ago.) Finally home again, in the egregious heat that was supposed to have gone already.... My friends opted for a hotel in the end, since my apt was still so bloody hot. Ah, well. We had a good dinner at Taam China (the highlight of this meal for me was having the scallion ginger chicken, and dis covering that their "ravioli" are the dumplings I sometimes crave).