Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
tv

the americans

For those not in the know, this show was about a pair of “married” Russian spies living and working in America in the 1980s. I wouldn’t have guessed I would like the show so much, but I was hooked from episode 1.

I finished watching this series last night and I have to say, it was on par with “Breaking Bad”. Every episode was excellent. Much like “Breaking Bad”, they had their story to tell and told it. While I’m sure they could have dragged things out for a bunch more seasons, they chose not to (take note, “The Walking Dead”). The whole show was like watching a chess match, but with way more bloodshed.

The finale was pretty good, too. It wrapped up most of the storylines, but left some stuff to ponder.

My rating: 5/5

food & drink

another thing

I decided to not make any wine this year. I’m not quitting the hobby–it’s just that we don’t drink or entertain like we used to so what’s the point in having 200 bottles of wine in the house? For that matter, even when we do entertain, it seems like everyone else is drinking less, too (I guess because none of us are getting any younger). Once my stock gets low, I’ll make some more for sure, but until then…

books

sphere

This is only the second book I’ve read from Michael Crichton and I liked it much better than the first. It was sci-fi so I was surprised I liked it at all. Though, I have been getting into some sci-fi stuff lately, so maybe it’ll be my new thing.

The book’s plot was kind of complicated–the story took place in a pod at the bottom of the ocean. Not sure how much of it was scientifically accurate, but it was interesting enough.

My rating: 3/5

live entertainment

fcmf 2018

We had free tickets for the festival (for doing some free design work for them) so we caught a couple acts over the course of Friday and Saturday. There weren’t a whole lot of bands that interested us, but the ones we saw were pretty good. There were a couple of other bands I would have checked out, it didn’t work out with our schedules.

home improvements

progress edition: the house

We paid a contractor to soffit and fascia our side porch. Boy, did it need it! It looks amazing now. Just one bigger project remains for the outside–painting the siding, which we’re also going to have to pay someone to do, due to its high location. This might have to wait until next year, but we’re getting closer to done! We still have a couple of bigger projects left in the house (which we are handling), but we’re getting started on one of those this weekend, so there is progress on that front, too.