Three-day puppy pile
05.24.2004The reason for my hiatus, is that I took a group vacation in-town. Alison returned from Buenos Aires, feeling a little blue. So. The midwest mafia gathered (Jay & Kate & I) for afternoon coffee on Friday. Which turned into dinner & DVD, which turned into a slumber party, which turned into a three-day weekend.
After bringing Sophie (Kate's kitten) over to the gringo tambo, we opened a bottle of wine, and made pasta. Dragged some mattresses into the living room, lit a fire, ate Argentine alfajores, and settled in for the night. Several movies & a few South Park episodes later, it was lights out, falling asleep in a puppy pile (4 people + 1 kitten).
Lazy Saturday morning, some coffee & from-scratch pancakes, then off to the spa. Then off to O Mundo Café for a game of Hearts. So we did get out of the house. But then it was back to the gringo tambo, joined by Chris (Clare's husband) for more DVD watching & Dunkin' Donuts from Chile. Second night of puppy pile sleep (5 people + 1 kitten).
Sunday no one left a one-block radius (necessary for things like rice, wine, juice). Listened to music, learned a game invented by Chris, made rice & chili. Then more DVD watching. Third night of puppy pile sleep (5 people + 1 kitten).
Quite relaxing & enjoyable. But. Now it's Monday, and back to the real world.
Here's what we watched: Returner, Love Actually, Unfaithful, Party Monster, Big Fish, In the Bedroom, Kill Bill, Underworld.
Posted by Miguel at 02:16 PM
Comments
Sounds like fun. I don’t think I’ve had a slumber party since high school.
Some of your movie choices I though were very good, and others very bad. Underworld. Yuck.
Posted by: daveb at May 24, 2004 02:31 PM
Yeah, it was tons of fun. But I liked Underworld, actually. It's a fun flick to watch. Also, I didn't like Party Monster all that much.
Posted by: Miguel at May 24, 2004 02:35 PM
i need one of those weekends...
Posted by: sam at May 24, 2004 03:47 PM
All in all great choice in movies. I adored Love Actually. And not just because of all the cute guys. It was one of the better movies about love even though it had all the usual cliches in it. I think what made the movie work was all the overlapping love stories, which people actually gave a damn about.
Posted by: Kara at May 24, 2004 08:06 PM
Ooh, loved Love Actually, especially Bill Nighy saying on the radio that Britney Spears was a rubbish in a bed in his nonchalant British accent, lol. Liked Unfaitful too, although toward the end I found it quite unrealistic, but I am still waiting for that kind of passion in my life, In the Bedroom is good too, very slow, but so much to say. Others haven't seen yet, but Big Fish will be shown on a plane on the way home.
Posted by: Nenad at May 24, 2004 11:41 PM
Love actually ... nice movie ... loved it and need to see it soon again!
BTW, can you give me an update on how much longer you will be in La Paz?
Posted by: Melli at May 25, 2004 06:40 AM