Shanie is unbelievably cute!!! I can't believe how big he is already.

BABY! CUTIE BABY!

I have just discovered the number one reason why I shouldn't get cable. I'm watching the premier of the latest Lifetime movie. It's like crack!

Golden Age Collectibles. (I think that's the name) IJS.

Dude-- first place we went. Abby and Nate emerged with comics, manga, and trading cards. Then we went to Old Seattle Paper Works where I came out with a classic issue of Life (1963 iconic cover with Liz and Dick and proclaiming Cleopatra the most expensive film EVAR) and a 1964 issue of The Saturday Evening Post with a cover story on Hong Kong fashion. Then into the Market proper where we bought some fresh sausages, the kids engaged in a conversation with a fish monger about how the (already cooked) Dungeness crabs were staring at them ("Of course they are-- you're staring at them aren't you?") and bought Abby a pendant from a glassworks artisan. Observed all the different street artists, had fresh hot doughnuts, walked along Western Avenue and popped into The Spanish Table where I could OMG live. Although, I have to say, I'm content with my Cuban cookbook collection-- they didn't have any I either didn't have or didn't recognize. However, didn't leave there empty-handed either. Got a small round of Drunken Goat cheese and the cookbook Cooking From the Heart of Spain which was on sale.

After that, we called it a successful day and headed on home where I cooked up some pork loin chops and sauced them with caramelized onions, pear, apple, and Merguez sausage (A spicy Moroccan sausage made with lamb, beef, and lots of spices.) Deglazed with some Riesling, and called it YUM.

A perfectly perfect day. Kind of makes up for not being able to attend the PixDesign gala.

And Shanie is such a wee handsome little man!

Dinner at Barb's tonight. I told TCG that if we ever go back to Seattle we have to stay in a hotel room with a kitchen of some sort because it is too hard to go to Pike's and not buy stuff to make dinner with.

Shane! Cutiehead.

Cutie Shane.

I fell asleep on the couch around 7 and then woke up at about 10:30. Ugh. Still have a sink full of dishes, too.

I'm watching the premier of the latest Lifetime movie. It's like crack!

We have spoken to you before about Lifetime. Step away.

Shane is, of course, adorable and obviously has strong opinions about the bath.

askye, I hope the antibiotics do the trick and you can put all this behind you. It sounds miserable.

I wish there were more comedy Lifetime movies....I have to admit to loving the hell out of "Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy" but in general I find the baby-stealing/crazy nanny/ my daughter's a hooker/ ones tedious. Oh, and I watched one to ogle John Corbett once. God, he is still so hot. And he is the best husband and dad on that Tara show.

Shane is foamy!

I'll be soon heading out to a day in the library, and I opened it with Sonic Youth's Dirty. Perrrrrfect.

It's bad that I'm excited to sit on the books today? And that the only downside of the library, for me, is that you can't eat there (well, not that I'm expecting to eat next to The Books, but I'd love it if there will be a room with a microwave/hot water so I will be able to heat my lunch and eat there).

Yay, semester break! No more additional papers to read that are not for pure research purposes, baby!

but in general I find the baby-stealing/crazy nanny/ my daughter's a hooker/ ones tedious

They're like a car accident, though. You just have to look.

This one was particularly bad. It was "inspired by actual events," but I would say not done very ethically. I think most people watching it will think it was a true story, what with the actual footage of the mayor used and whatnot. It was based on a huge hullabaloo of a story that broke in Gloucester, MA a few years ago. And, of course, they didn't even respect the conclusions that were come to in the actual event. No, they went for the most sensationalized story line. Poor Gloucester.