Science has never drummed up quite as effective
a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.
– W. Earl Hall
It is that time of year that Mary and I have been looking forward to since last June, our week long respite from the worries and troubles of employment and our wine country trip to the Hermann Hill Vineyard and Inn.
Like last year this vacation (which started Friday in my opinion despite a rather wicked cold I came down with) has begun much like last years…we crammed in as much theatrical entertainment as we could. Friday night Mary and I watched the unrated Mr. and Mrs. Smith (added some real fun Vince Vaughn stuff in and a nice alternate ending) and 28 Days Later (Mary hadn’t seen this excellent zombie flick).
Saturday and Sunday we savored each and every minute introducing our daughter to the first season of Firefly (minus the best little whorehouse in the galaxy episode). This was only our second time watching the series and it made what happens in Serenity so much more poignant. Our 14 year old is a Browncoat. I’m so proud!
The women-folk left me for a couple days starting Sunday night so I made good on working on the pile o’ dvds that friends had loaned me and finished the rest of the Sin City and Shakespeare in Love extras, watched the recut edition of Sin City, watched Gladiator for the first time (yes, I can be lame sometimes….loved it!), and watched a very well done, quirky, but extremely disturbing Korean film called Old Boy.
And now it is Wednesday and we are off to drink wine, eat good food, read books, shop, and probably catch some movies. Thus I won’t be around for a few days. Friday Favorites will return next week. And, knock on wood, when I return I’ll have pictures of our trip from my newly purchased digital camera:
(Kodak p850)
Have a great rest of the week everyone!
All I can say is “Whoohoo!”
Have fun guys!! Don’t forget to pick up Motley on Friday – thanks!!!!
Enjoy.
And well done on the conversion of another Browncoat 🙂
Abby, pick up who??? ooooohhhh, our furry nephew!
Thanks Fence, that’s 4 so far.
Have a wonderful time – the Inn looks beautiful. And anything with “wine” in it must be grand!
Have a great time!
Have a great time-Dad and I sure enjoyed Herman and vowed to go back and spend a little more time there. We had a picnic down by the river-so pretty there!
I’m so happy for you getting a camera-I know you will enjoy it !! You take some great pictures!! Our Love!!!
That all sounds wickedly indulgent. I’m sure you deserve it, and I do hope you appreciate it.
have fun! i’m sure you will.
i’m working on a couple more browncoat recruits at the moment at work.
Happy Fathers day everyone!
Yes indeed, Happy Father’s Day to all you pappy’s out there, myself included.
So, how did you enjoy you camera? I am glad you guys were able to get one. The chocolate syrup was really good. I need to get some vanilla ice cream to go with it.
The camera was fun. I will do the post tonight about the trip with some of the pics. I need to sit down now with the directions and actually figure out how to get the most out of it but at this point I am happy with the purchase.