A night at the movies

sdavido and I went to see Hitchhiker's tonight, along with angwantibo, browngirl, teddywolf, and tigerbright... so we had an all-LJ crowd. :-) (lucretia_borgia and sethg_prime were going to join us but weren't able to make it.) We thought it was a lot of fun. Not 100% true to the letter of the book, but it definitely captured the spirit. The effects were great, the casting was well-chosen, and the lines that weren't from the book blended in well. (And sdavido caught several cameos which fans of the original series should appreciate.) A fun evening on the whole, but if you don't get to see it right away getting it on DVD will probably suffice... there were only one or two scenes that really needed the big screen.

Sugar sugar....

As most of you probably know, I like to bake. :-) Since this weekend was Mother's Day I wanted to bring something special to my mother for Shabbos. Recently I've been pleased with the results from Baking Illustrated, but I was looking for something more intense. So naturally I turned to Marcel Desaulniers. I pulled out my copy of Death by Chocolate Cookies, and decided to make Brown Sugar Bars (for sdavido - he's not really a chocolate person) and Black Gold Cookies. I'm continually fascinated by what different results you can get with very slight variations of ingredients. In this case... wow! Both very rich, in very different ways. Yum! And my mother was quite pleased with my choices, too... :-)

Revenge of the moviewatchers

I just became aware that tickets for Revenge of the Sith are already on sale... so we may as well start making plans! We're aiming for the Saturday night of opening weekend, May 21, probably around 10 p.m. If you're interested in joining us, let me know ASAP, and we'll figure out which theatre is best for everyone.

Hopefully this one will be worth the wait... :-)