Drew--so you're working on the Tracy Letts play? He used to be the BF's client, back when the BF was an agent, and is now a good friend of ours. I believe we're going to the show with him when he gets out here. I'll be able to hear your work!

I haven't seen The Libertine, but the Boston Globe reviewer made a point of praising Depp's performance amidst all the bad-movie drek.

I went out shopping at the Super Stop 'N Shop with VW -- which was like an epic shopping for me. I bought $62 worth, although half of it was for this vacuum-Swiffer thingie that I suddenly couldn't resist. It may be mind-control rays, or maybe subliminal messages in the Muzak.

I did resist the Sudafed Shower tablets, but barely, only remembering at the last minute that strong smells give me headaches, so why would I use them if I had one already?

They actually had a Coming Soon display for the self-cleansing shower thingie! Just empty boxes!

Oh hangover bad Tom. Drink water or gatorade if you can stand it.

I made waffles with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast since MIL is here this morning. And Godiva coffee which is as yummy as it smells.

I'm in my jammies and life is good.

It's a truly beautiful day here. So far I have put on two loads of laundry and went for a walk to get pastry and coffee.

On my way back from the laundry room there was a guy walking down the street dressed as an old man, and he was almost convincing, except that I could totally tell it was a grey wig. And sure enough when he walked past, I could see a little bit of darker hair under his wig. Kids these days...

Standard Sunday buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup and Blue Mountain coffee. Running out of maple syrup--I'm going to have to break into my miniatures next week, or actually buy some in the US. I may be a snob.

Oh, and the pastry and coffee is my second breakfast. (At lunchtime!)

Also, one of my cats has his face buried into my laundry pile and is sniffing deeply. He's such a weirdo!

We're going to Chinatown to have Dim Sum for a friend's birthday today. Mmmm, pork bao and great conversation. Then home to clean the house and do laundry and catch up on the hours of TV backlog on our Little Friend, TiVo. I think it should be a lovely day.

I don't know about LA, but it's perfectly possible to get Canadian maple syrup around here, although there's more than a few maple sugar farmers in the area who will mutter and shoot you sharp glances, and might even go so far as to drive past when you put your pickup in the ditch.

Now I want pastry or waffles or pancakes or something! I wonder if I could actually take my laptop to a restaurant and get work done. It's the getting work done part I'm wondering about.

I don't know about LA, but it's perfectly possible to get Canadian maple syrup around here

I was gonna say the same thing. (Except for the maple sugar farmers, which we don't really have in NYC grocery stores.)