I am playing catch up this morning. I've had all these things noted to blog about and some of them are just random bits. Here goes.
Tornados
Friday evening was quite exciting at the Bunny Lounge. We were under tornado warnings for a few hours and, in fact, tornados did hit in our area - the next town over, Chantilly. It also threated the Dulles area. Dulles pulled people off planes on the tarmac and the National Weather Service offices in Sterling had to evacuate because the tornado was headed their way. Tornados also headed up Rte. 28 towards the Leesburg area. Kinda scary that they were so close - they showed footage of the Chantilly tornado taken from near Jane's house in Centreville. In the foreground was the strip mall with the Jo-Ann's I like (as opposed to the other ones, which I don't like).
Our tornado warning expired around 6:30 so we went to Outback for dinner but with the weird, unpredictable weather, we decided to put off the trip to Tower until Saturday (after we saw Resident Evil: Apocalypse).
I heard there were over 30 tornados confirmed in VA on Friday night. That was just VA. By 7 pm, there were over 50 in the region. The line extended from PA through part of SC. That was pretty large.
Chowhound
I've become fond of the Chowhound DC board. Recently, we discussed our favorite desserts in the area and I think I narrowed mine down to:
Banana pudding at Arties
Tres Leche cake (at either Guapos location)
Any of the sweets at Saran
Baked pear dessert at Nizam
Ashta at Lebanese Taverna
Fruit Bavarian cake at Amphora
Chunky Chocolate Mousse at Amphora
and standbys, Milwaukee or Nielsen's Frozen Custard (the Neilsen's pineapple concrete was pure heaven!)
Of course, anything at Pastries by Randolf and Amphora are delicious and the one time I went to Macaroni Grill, they had a special dessert that was simply lovely. It was basically a lilikoi and lemon version of the tres leche cake. Yum.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
I'm sure someone has thought of this before, but I think an album named Apocalypso would be great.
Anyway. RE:A. More of the same thing only not as exciting. Pretty close to being the best video-game-like movie. Predictable but pretty to look at. Cotton candy. It's there and then it's gone. And that's about all I have to say on it. (I did like it but it's nothing special)
New music
From our recent visit to Tower. I am really enjoying them all:
Federico Aubele - Gran Hotel Buenos Aires
Various - Frequent Flyer: Rio de Janiero (ooh, I want Bombay now)
Björk - Medúlla
Faithless - No Roots
Crüxshadows - Fortress in Flames (hey, it was only 7.99 so I took a chance)
Other bits
Two weeks ago, I had to drop $1300 to fix my car. Ouch. I had to replace one entire axel and the other CV boot, a pipe to the muffler and the muffler, and I forget the other stuff. Lots. At least I shouldn't have to replace anything major before I trade the car in for a new car, though. Someday.
I think it's funny that I went to Reno/Sparks/Carson City/Tahoe last month and will now be headed to Vegas next month. I feel like a complete lounger. Ironically, I don't/won't go to gamble. Seeing family or adopted family is really the main reason for both. Haven't been to LV since I was 11 and had a raging flu at the start of a 5-week family vacation (we all got the flu but kept pressing on). We knew something was wrong when we drove from San Diego to LV with the windows wide open and it felt good. Anyway, except for a layover in the airport one year, I haven't set foot in LV since, oh, 1979, I think. It should be unrecognizable.
A coworker said I look very rive gauche today. Huh. I think she meant I look very Southampton. I think it's the striped pants and tailored sneakers. Ack. She's right! I look like I should be carrying a Kate Spade bag. Oh, the horror.
I have discovered Home Goods (one recently opened here). This is a bad bad thing. It's TJ Maxx just for home stuff. It's evil.
Mira Nair may direct Harry Potter V. I hope so!
I am allergic to some shoe leathers. I think it's the chrome tanning process. Drives me crazy but I can't tell if the shoe is going to cause me problems until I wear it for awhile. By then, it's too late to take back. Grr. I need to find a way to seal the leather to keep my body from heating up that potassium dichromate. Any ideas?
( 10:19 FH | silly hooha. )