Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies

the departed

You know us and the mob–there wasn’t any way we weren’t going to like this movie. They did that thing I hate where they say the name of the movie as one of the lines just so you know why they named it that, but this was pretty subtle, so I’ll forgive them. This time. The ending was somewhat reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs (and that’s a good thing). This movie starred some heavy hitters: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. I’ve always loved Nicholson. I’m really starting to like DiCaprio. Matt Damon is so-so. It seems like he’s always playing the same character. He plays it well, but all of his performances remind me of each other. Mark Wahlberg was in this, too. I think he’s pretty darned good, too, but I don’t know that you could classify him as a heavy hitter.

Anyway, this movie was great. If you’re into that sort of thing (great movies), then you’ll like this one.

gardening & landscaping

fried dead tomatoes

I got a little overzealous with my new cold frames and totally fried my tomato plants. I actually know better than to take the plants directly outside and put them in the hot sun, but that’s what I did anyway. In my defense, my planting schedule got screwed up when I had to travel for my new job. When I got back, it was past the time to transplant the tomatoes into pots. Still, they looked OK at that point. But a week later, they were looking a little scary. So, in a fit of brilliance, I put them in the cold frames and now they are just about history. I’m still holding out in the hope that they might sprout some new leaves and it won’t be a total loss, but the more likely scenario is that I’ll be buying my plants this year.

I have to travel again soon, so I should be frying my peppers in about two weeks.

family, friends, out and about

a plethora of booze

Today started off by heading to Virginia wine country at 9am with our parents. We drove to the Leesburg area and hit Tarara Winery first. We did a tasting there and then had a picnic lunch on their deck while enjoying the entertainment they had for the day. Brian and I went to this winery once before, years ago, so we knew it would be a good place to start.

After that, we drove around for a bit and ended up at Village Winery in Waterford. This winery was new to me. Heck, it wasn’t even on the winery map I had for the area. Unfortunately, it was also the least favorite winery of the day.

Then we returned to one we found on last year’s winery trip, Doukenie Winery. This happened to be everyone’s favorite winery of the day, so it more than made up for our previous stop.

Next up was a new one that looked pretty good, Hillsborough Winery. The wine here was good. But, the only thing I didn’t like about it was that most (or was it all?) of their wines were blends and I generally stay away from blends for some reason.

And as if that wasn’t enough for the day, we were invited to a tequila party (in honor of Cinco de Mayo) at my former manager’s house. His parties are not one to miss, so I wasn’t about to miss this one even if we were going to be late for it. After we got home and got things settled, Brian made a layered dip to take to the party (the food theme was Mexican, of course) while I got cleaned up and ready to go. I had such a good time at the party that my face hurts from smiling/laughing so much (those particular face muscles don’t normally get such a workout). I was tired from the day’s trip so I hadn’t planned on staying at the party long, but I was having such a good time, so we didn’t get home until after 11:00. I think the dogs might hate us, but what can you do?

It was a good day.

music

hurt

This is the funniest thing I have seen since I don’t know when.

I didn’t like this song when NIN did it. I liked it when Johnny Cash covered it. But, Kermit nailed it.