I awoke on Saturday morning to rain pouring down the windows.
Normally I wouldn't care, especially since Simon had woken up every
hour on Friday night and I could stay in bed, but Saturday was a
practice riding day. It has been a few weeks since I've been on
horse back and I am dying to get back into the saddle.
Saturday daytime consisted of hanging out and watching the rain continue to come down.
Saturday evening - our turn to go out on the town. Our baby sitter watched
Simon whilst Lisa and I went to the flix to see
Hitch Hikers Guide to the
Galaxy.
I've been meaning to read the book, by Douglas Adams, for some time
now. Being a geek, and a British geek at that, I really should
indulge myself.
I thought the film was really well done and comical, both Lisa and I
loved it, pretty good considering that we have different taste in
movies. The plot is fairly easy to follow, and from what I
understand, does follow the book. However, about midway through
the movie I found myself wondering where the plot was going, and how
the story would end. I won't spoil it for those who have not seen
the movie, but the ending seemed rather "tada!" ish, almost like the
director got bored and wanted a fitting ending. I could swear
there were some threads in the plot that were not tied up. The
movie inspired me to want to read the original book.
Following the movie we headed over to
The Melting Pot
to eat. For those of you who have never been to one of these
restaurants in the chain or never done fondue, I would totally recommend trying
it. This experience is definitely one of those where you leave
the kids with the baby sitter. The restaurant atmosphere is
relaxed and romantic with dimmed lights, and patrons cook their own
select choice of meat, vegetables and fish in a fondue pot. Lisa
and I went for the "fondue for two" - a three course meal consisting of
a cheese fondue starter, Californian salad, and main course of duck, sirloin,
pork, chicken and shrimp platter cooked in a mojo flavor pot. For
dessert we tried one of the many chocolate fondue pots, with
fruit, brownie and cheesecake sides for dipping. All in all an
awesome evening out.
Sunday - weather improved, so I took the opportunity to work out in the garden most of the day.