Alternative Names and Places

I've taken to calling Athena "grasshopper." It's fun to say; it fits her well, and she certainly has a lot to learn. Today we discovered that she likes eating popcorn. She likes it plain, no butter, no salt. J.D. and I enjoy air-popped popcorn. As J.D. was preparing it, a couple of popped kernels fell on the floor, and Athena vacuumed them up, crunching merrily. What a little grasshopper indeed.

Today we also continued our adventures in finding new restaurants. We haven't done this in a while, so we figured we might as well have a fun day. J.D. and I like trying to find new places. Plus, we're always up against the Law of Diminishing Returns. The Law, by the way, is our finding that upon return visits, it's never quite as good as the first time you eat at a particular place or enjoy a certain dish. When you find something really delicious -- enjoy it --because it's never that tastey again. (And sometimes it continues to be less and less delectable with each return visit). That's our theory. It may be depressing, but it just encourages us to savor things while we can.

Anyway, we tried a place called "The Shaved Duck" tonight. We enjoyed the Italian cheese "Castel Beldo," and we did try the duck confit, which was good. We also tried the frites, which we probably wouldn't order again because they were a little messy. Overall, it was fun. Oh, I also learned something: I do NOT like bourbon... yuck. Not even with fruit or extra ice.

After dinner we went to the Moolah, in my opinion, an awesome theater. I like snuggling on the leather couches. Plus, it's such a cool building, and there are end tables for drinks and food. If we ever open a movie theater, we'll model it on the Moolah. During the previews, J.D. brought in two tequila shots. I'm not a bourbon fan, but I think tequila is fun. I like the salt and ritual. The movie we watched was Hancock.

My review: "Eh, ok."

Although the whole "tangoing in a tornado" scene was really stupid.

There are so many "superhero" movies this summer:

Giant-Angrified Green Guy;

Rich Dude with a Chiroptera Fetish;

Immortal Liquored-Up Founding Father;

Fe with Atomic Number 26 Man;

and Tartarus Muchacho.

Geez.

Where are the female superheroes?

Then again... the only female superheroes would have to wear really skimpy clothes and prance around. Whenever I see comics with the women drawn basically naked I think "Who could fight like that?" Seriously? So, I guess never mind.

All in all, it was a fun day.