Batman: The Dark Knight

[ellen_datlow]

Finally saw it Friday afternoon. Wayyyyyy too long. Loved Ledger as the Joker, enjoyed a lot of it, but wayyyyy too long.

And then truly enjoyed three episodes of Deadwood (from season 2) that evening.

And great dinner party last night with old friends. Got stinkin drunk, gobbled lots of great cheese that I and another friend brougth. Much wine. So much wine that at one point I walked into the screen door spilling my glass of wine enroute to the patio and began laughing hysterically. The owner of said screendoor wasn't as happy but she fixed it.

Barbecue ribs, fresh corn on the cob, I made the salad, Claire (house owner) made the dressing, we all brought wine. John (only guy there) brought a yummy dessert. We ahem, then finished off Claire's cognacs...John and Donni stayed over, Carol and I trundled our ways back home by cab.

No hangover, thank you.

Comments

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

This one is a nice white "ice wine." The thing I love about dessert wines is that they're rich and sweet. The thing that makes me sad is that they're less drink for the same money, usually. :) (Like my bottle is about 2/3 the size of a regular bottle of wine but cost the same as the regular white that I bought at the same place.) But man, are they good!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

But you're supposed to sip them--unlike dinner wine :-)
We had several amazing bottles of reds. Two differnt syrahs one friend brought and the Australian Wynn's Koonawara Shiraz. Yum.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Hee! Oh, I know. I just looooove the sweet wines and even sipping, I am afraid I can consume quite a bit. Hah.

I'm not a huge fan of reds, but I have had a few I liked, and the shiraz-types seem to be among them.