I need a week off to recover from my week off! When I was little, Heidi always used to call me "Party Girl" because I was always going over to my friends’ houses for sleepovers and having them over and just generally having a good time doing whatever it was I was doing. I used to hate that she called me that, but as a grown-up, I can see what she meant. I played very hard last week, ate extremely well, and enjoyed the company of many friends–it was fantastic! As I have said to Jill on several occassions: "If everyone could eat like this everyday, outside under an umbrella, there would be no more war. Everyone would be too happy in his or her food coma."
Thursday afternoon, Jill and I drove down to Wooster to visit Hannah, who works there in a bank. She took us to Tulipan, a fabulous little Hungarian pastry shop, complete with aforementioned umbrellas. The owner was just lovely, the shop was sparkling and beautiful, and the food was just, sigh, so yum!
On Friday, I spent the day doing some much need housekeeping and photo-editing, but I made up for it that evening. We went to the drive-in theatre with the Mulligans, Andrews, Joe & Sara Beth and saw Cars and The Break-up. It was my very first drive-in experience ever. And except for being really cold and getting home at 2:00 in the morning, it was a great time!
Last night, Chad took me to see The Lake House, which was just sublime! I had no idea what the premise of the movie was, but Chad kept insisting that I would like it, so we went. I sat there, riveted, enchanted, thoroughly entertained. I haven’t enjoyed a movie so much since Pride & Prejudice. It was a fabulous movie, romantic, beautifully filmed, and I left sighing and giggling. Go see it.
AND my hollyhocks started blooming today. 🙂
How did you get to be 30 years old and never been to a drive-in? I think it’s one of summer’s funny little pleasures. I’m glad you finally experienced it!