Much, Much Better

[ladysprite]

Today was full of good things. I am very grateful for this, because I desperately needed a good day.

I managed to sleep late, at least by my own standards, tucked snug under my warm cozy blankets next to my warm cuddly sweetheart until well after sunrise. There were baked goods for breakfast, and TNT has finally started rerunning the first seaon of ER - no more strange unsympathetic new characters; we're back in the land where Carter looked and acted like a teenager and inter-character angst didn't involve death, addiction, or mutilation.

It was bright and crisp and sunny and cool and warm all at the same time. The scrapes along my back from where my Wicked Master pushed me down an asphalt hill have started healing to the point where I can wander around with only minor discomfort, so I spent most of the day finding gratuitous excuses to wander around town.

(All right. He didn't exactly push me, and it wasn't exactly hill; more of a gentle slope. And it was mostly my fault for being a stubborn wench. But it doesn't make nearly as good of a story that way....)

The library just happened to have the book I have been desperately searching for; the Sprint store in Harvard Square gave me a free super-duper extendalife battery just for asking them why my phone won't hold a charge. Fire and Ice happens to be the best new restaurant I've found in forever and a day. The new Penzey's Spice catalog includes a big picture of one of the postcards I sent for their contest, complete with smiley-face. Half a dozen relatives that I had written off as lost causes just let me know that they'll be coming to the wedding.

The most difficult decision I face right now is whether to curl up with a good movie and my stitchery or background music and a book. Life should always be this hard....

Comments

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

Sweet girl, you really deserve to have life be this hard. I am glad things are going well for you for a change.

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

You hadn't found F&I before this? I wish I'd known -- I would have taken you. Still, fun, no?

[tpau]

which catalog are you in? mine is in the Fall one (at elast i think it is mine, handwritign looks like mine, and i can see the B. and ltham, MA (i signed it anna B. not sure why i totally failed to put my full name down)

yay us!

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Um... actually, that one was mine. Arnis recognized my handwriting from almost across the room, and I always put smileys on things I hand-write.

The B. and the -ltham were because it wasn't exactly my name on there. I was writing it for Chad (with his permission, relayed by his girlfriend).

[tpau]

oh you are right, those are not my Ms. we have wicked similar handwriting :)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Fire and Ice happens to be the best new restaurant I've found in forever and a day.

Did you know there's a Fire & Ice a couple of blocks from the Arisia hotel (Park Plaza)?  Ann and I usually go there for dinner during the convention.  Should we invite you to dinner there next January?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't know - that's excellent! I've been trying to keep an eye out for decent restaurants around there. And I would love an invite, thank you!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you had a chance to recharge.

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Now I'm dying to hear the Wicked Master story.

As someone just said, there's also a Fire and Ice near Arlington station. I don't know your food preferences, but on weekend mornings and early afternoons they also have a brunch selection, where you can get all their usual stuff plus giant omelets or filled pancakes.

[lensedqso.livejournal.com]

And they do all you can eat lunch for $8 mon-sat until 4pm if you can manage the timing. The brunch isn't as nice as it used to be, but you can still get fresh pancakes with your choice of mix-and-match fruit and chocolate. Enough said.

One thing to watch out for, though, is that there are slight differences between the two restaurants. The service tends to be better in Copley but the food tends to be fresher in Harvard. They do things slightly differently (like putting lettuce and tomato on your burgers by default at Copley and not at Harvard).

BTW, they have the best burgers I've had in Boston, and the pineapple curry sauce is amazing.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

BTW, they have the best burgers I've had in Boston,

Try Bartley's Burgers on Mass. Ave across from Harvard Square. It's not all you can eat, of course, but I find one of their burgers will usually do it for me anyway.

[lensedqso.livejournal.com]

I've been to Bartley's many times. They definitely have some interesting burgers, and most are good. But they don't seem to quite have the same quality of meat as Fire + Ice. Gotta love those sweet potato fries, though.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

I used to really, really like Fire + Ice, but I feel like they've gone downhill alot in the past few years. I haven't tried their brunch, though.

[lensedqso.livejournal.com]

It's interesting you'd say that, because I think the brunch has gone a bit downhill (it's still yummy though) but the regular meals have improved. Mind you, I almost always go for lunch not dinner (I think I've gone to dinner there twice in the past several years).

[new-man.livejournal.com]

The thought of Justin as "wicked master" just sent me into a fit of the giggles. I had this very weird moment when I read that where I thought "But I'm not her master... oh wait, she means Justin". ;-)

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

That's your card in the Penzey's picture? Coolness! I remember thinking about you when I got the catalog and saw that Boston was the winning city. Wow, I know a celebrity! :)

[jducoeur]

Fire and Ice happens to be the best new restaurant I've found in forever and a day.

We really need to try that out. Unfortunately, we're usually in the Square for our Friday Night Date, and Fire and Ice is invariably jammed...