Sunday Living

Day started out at a local haunt where a group of friends have been meeting for over 10 years...We have breakfast at 8:30 and chat about what is going on in this crazy world...and then light up a great Cigar. You read it right...8:30 AM (almost) every Sunday morning. Then I picked up my beautiful wife & we headed out to a outlet center a few miles from Portland. I like the Brooks Bros outlet shop for slacks.....walked around.....drove a clerk crazy looking at brief cases...I'm almost to the point of stalking luggage stores searching for the right attache case.....This poor kid took everyone of them down & was a great salesman (he knew his product which is rare these days!).....but we walked on him. Then we caught the latest western starring Brad Pitt where he plays the infamous Jesse James. The movie is a long stretch and moves slow. I wouldn't say it is horrible, but it does not hold a candle to 3:10 to Yuma. Westerns are making a huge comeback and this one gets interesting during the final 25 minutes. I want to share something with you about our trips to the movie theatre. We love movies (not at home with DVD'S) .....but in a theatre with popcorn and a soda. I have been taking my Blonde bombshell to movies for over 30 years and not once has she started to so much as finger a kernel of her popcorn until the movie begins. When the Paramount or Touchstone logo appears she will ask "Is this it?".....I'm always honest with her....Yes I say...this is it! My popcorn bag is 1/3 evaporated by then...after all we sat through all those great previews. I enjoy previews, but since we see two movies average a week...it is a bummer seeing the same ones over & over.......like the new Denzel Washington film. They are really pushing that one already. But back to the popcorn .....it really does take tons of restraint not to eat one kernel of warm delicious popcorn. Our day will end with our favorite TV show of all time "Curb your Enthusiasm" which airs at 10pm on HBO. Have a good week.