A Food Post

I have really had way too much good food in the past few days. The "New Orleans Style" place was good though my roast beef po-boy was not "authentic." Tasted great, but really they should be made with lots of cheese, mayonnaise, and most importantly the gravy should be dripping everywhere; i.e. if you don't use at least 5 napkins then its not worth the trouble. :)
Also had a great Italian pasta dish - w/o for once tomato sauce. I'm semi addicted to the red sauces, which is why I love pizza, and oh most Italian places. This however had a balsamic vinaigrette sauce which was amazing.
Today, was Indian. The entree was good, but the best part - mango ice cream! I'm actually still too full to talk about my dining experience this evening, but I will so go back there.

The Fall

I just watched The Fall. The film is absolutely beautiful, and the story is great. The little girl who plays the main character is one of the most adorable children ever, and she was perfectly cast for this role. I'm not great at summaries, so just click on the link and look it up yourself. I would totally recommend it, but will never ever watch it again because it was so sad. I really really do not like to watch sad movies, tend to avoid them, and I am rather glad I didn't know exactly what this movie was about before renting it.
The Cell is also by the same directer - Tarsem Singh. I saw that a really long time ago, and loved it; only in part b/c Vincent D'Onofrio is in it.

A Soldiers' Pay

"Faulkner wrote Soldiers’ Pay while living in New Orleans in 1925, but much of the inspiration for the novel dates back to the time of the war. When the United States entered the war, Faulkner eagerly tried to join the U.S. Army as a pilot, but he was turned down because of his small size. Dismayed but undeterred, he adopted a British persona and joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in Canada, but before he could finish flight training, the war ended, thus robbing Faulkner of the chance to achieve a hero’s status in the skies over Europe." http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/n-sp.html

Later on on this website, it says that Faulkner was published in the Times-Picayune; the newspaper in S. La. Having read that paper my whole life, I find it really really hard to associate William Faulkner with it, but whatever....

This was just a note to say that I actually am serious in my challenge to myself to read 9 books by him. And yes, I am every so slowly working my way through this first one.

"Oh, the weather outside is frightful...."

Ha ha, actually for once it is not frightful at all. It was beautiful. The rest of the week...that is another story.
Hope everyone is having good times wherever they went off to this week. I am obviously here, doing nothing. I will however go do my taxes tomorrow, finally.
Nothing of interest to note. Had a very nice Friday 13th/St. Patty's Day party. Took lots of funny pictures, which are now on fb for everyone to enjoy :)

Happy St. P. Day!

eta: I was going to publish this in green, but with the purple and black - that was truly frightening. So, sticking to purple.