It’s Labor Day, so it’s time for Matt to protest.
This side of the sign references ICE’s decision to check IDs and make arrests in the middle of a firefighting effort.
And here’s a general funding priority message, revised from the previous sign.
*Book group selection | bolded means favorite
*The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
*Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina, Anna Balbusso, and Elena Balbusso
*All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis
Beartown by Fredrik Backman and Neil Smith (Translator)
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
While I could see exactly where the romance was going, this book kept having other twists that surprised me. A very fun read, once I got over how overbearing Briddy’s family was.
Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours by Noah Kagan
Not Your Gran’s Sewing Book: Easy Alterations for the Perfect Fit at Any Size by Allie Luecke
Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified by Cal Patch
How Not to Wear Black: Find your Style, Create your Forever Wardrobe by Anna Murphy
I’ve Got Your Back: The Indispensable Guide to Stopping Harassment When You See It by Jorge Arteaga and Emily May
SEW…The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist by Barbara Emodi
As you might have noticed, I’ve been reading a lot of sewing books. They are all a little bit the same. But not this one. Emodi does have real-life lessons that were helpful to me. This one is on the list of books to buy.
I enjoy these retro-style postcards.
Sara says that tomorrow (8/25) is the first day of classes. And that she and Shawn leave for Scotland on 8/26.
Here’s a picture of the side panel of my Murphy Bed. It has arrived at Bedrooms West and they unpacked it.
Alas, there is a chip in the most visible panel. They offered to order another one, and I took that offer.
So my bed is delayed a few weeks. But it’s getting closer.
We were without our quiz-show companions, and it showed with a measly 114 points. Still, it was a fun night. And, as the theme was “heroes” Matt was on fire identifying many obscure super heroes I had never encountered.
Favorite names:
The Rambo Connection
August: Multnomah County
Spaceballs: The Quiz Team: The Quest for More Points
Lowest 2 Lowest Movie Quiz Score (they ranked twelfth, five spaces above us)
Too Close for Missiles, I’m Switching to Puns
Matt was introduced to K-Pop Demon Hunters by his niece and nephew. Like all media children are into, he went into it with a good-uncle attitude and didn’t expect to like it.
But he really enjoyed it. When he returned from Indiana, he showed it to me, and I also greatly enjoyed it, far more than I expected.
When I noticed there was going to be an in-theater sing along for two nights, I told Matt and he wanted to go. So we went.
First of all, I was surprised at the turnout because anyone with a Netflix account can watch this movie with the captioning turned on and sign along. No need for a separate trip to the movie theater.
I didn’t hurry to buy tickets, because Cinemark had it playing hourly and their theaters are roomy. But when I checked at noon, the showing we planned to go to in the evening was nearly sold out. Thankfully, there were still two seats together.
What I hadn’t counted on was all the kids (and adults) dressed like various demon hunters. They were incredibly fun to see. On our way out, two women stopped to take a picture of their character-specific hair.
The sing along was fun, but muted by the stadium seating. Count K-Pop Demon Hunters as one of the happy surprises of 2025
The final episode!
Both Ariel and I agreed that it wasn’t a very good show, but that it also somehow wormed it’s way in and we would like more.
Ariel would like more Cheyenne and her mom, Genvieve, and Nicholas dancing.
For our fourth anniversary, we had the four-course prix fixe menu at Mucca. It was quite good.
Here we are with our desserts. I got the Tortino al Cioccolato and Matt got the Mousse di Pistaccio e Limone. Like all the things we chose, we traded halfway through.
They also gave us a little happy anniversary bonus, too.
I also really liked Cappellettie alla Norma, which was eggplant-filled cappellettie tossed in garlic butter, celery, and a red-wine gastrique roasted bell pepper tomato sauce
While at the de Young, Sara really liked this painting by Richard Diebenkom.
I love when a favorite painting is also represented in postcard in gift shops!
Thanks to the Humboldt fog, Sara’s plane could not land and was routed back to SFO. She got to spend the night in San Francisco. She went to the de Young museum for some good art the next day before her flight.
