Busy weekend!
My mom came to visit this weekend. Unfortunately, she flew in during a major storm and her flight got delayed and then delayed some more and then diverted to Philly. She was supposed to arrive at 6 p.m. and ended up not getting in until 2:00 a.m. on Friday.
Not surprisingly, we were all exhausted the next day. I played hooky from work and we slept in and then ate lunch in a little French cafe in Williamsburg. We did some walking around the city—we saw Vincent D’Onofrio filming Law & Order Criminal Intent by Madison Square Garden and had custard at Shake Shack (though they didn’t have the pumpkin pie custard—a big disappointment. It was a beautiful sunny fall day. It had been gray and rainy for a week, and you could feel walking around that the city was in a good mood. We came home, at some leftover tamales, and taught Mom how to play Hot Dice, our new favorite game. I can’t wait to teach everyone how to play at Christmas.
On Saturday, we decided to go see “Volver,” since Mom doesn’t get to see foreign films in the theater in Lubbock. I would highly recommend it—it might even top “Talk to Her” as my favorite Almodovar movie. I loved the colors and the styling. Penelope Cruz was styled like Sophia Loren from the 60s—she looked great and gave a great performance. She should never be in another American movie again—she is so much better in Spanish.
On Sunday, we watched the last Nascar race of the season. I am a huge Nascar fan. The exciting part was that I won our fantasy Nascar league. I started the season back in February doing badly, but I improved over the season. I passed my uncle a few weeks ago for the lead and barely held on for the win in the last race. Now I have a little trophy on my Yahoo page!
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