Oh my have we got snow here. In the last 3 days we got over a foot, to go on top of the almost a foot we got a week earlier. It's a good old fashioned winter around here, and we're having a blast. We are truly happy that we arranged for a plow/snowblowing service, because the road berms post-plow are looking like small mountain ranges.
But the snow has also been recreational - Bella loves being a snow bunny and has spent at least an hour outside almost every day. One afternoon, she just plopped down into a field of deep snow, and stared up into the sky for minutes on end, peaceful.
The snow ALMOST caused a cancellation of a Scotch night, but we monitored the snow plowing, and decided that we were safe indeed to have our evening last night. And it was a wonderful night. Two old favorites (Highland Park 12 and Lagavulin 16) and two new ones - something I can't recall from the craggy northeastern shores of Scotland (I think it was distilled from rocks), and one cheap blended whiskey called White Horse which comes from Lagavulin, and is surprisingly tasty for a $16 bottle. (I concealed it from the others by keeping it in the brown bag for tasting...).
The only problem with my surprise was that it followed the Lagavulin 16, which has a quite strong flavor, so the smooth blended taste was completely overpowered - it might as well have been weak tea. But revisiting later, we were able to discern the charms.
The movie last night was "The Prestige" which is an AMAZING MOVIE... a true thriller without any gore or sex, just great ideas, wonderful setups, and a whole lot of "oh my goodness... you don't suppose....?" revelation moments.
Today we weren't terribly ambitious, but had a good day with the family. We had take out burgers from the newly remodeled France 44 restaurant (Cafe44), and it's safe to say it was one of the BEST burgers I've ever eaten... Pamela was beside herself. I grabbed a cold bottle of Prosecco (italian bubbly) from the adjoining liquor store, and we had a real feast while watching Mr Rogers.
The kids are asleep, all is well with the world.
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