3 in 1 or I Enjoy Being a Girl

Today had 3 Somethings New in it:

I met a writer friend at an Italian restaurant I've never been to before.  I known this man since long, long ago when we both lived in L.A. and took acting classes from the same teacher.  My friend has written a roman a clef  (which I now know means a memoir masquerading as a novel).  I'd read it and wanted him to sign it, which was mostly just a opportunity to get together.  We had a long lunch with great conversation, quite a treat.

I also tried kombucha for the first time.  It was raspberry-lychee flavored, and had an underlying tang I suspect is a notable feature of kombucha.  I think I'm going to have to try several versions to see if I like it or not.  I hear it's quite good for one's intestinal biome because it's fermented.

The biggest SN was getting a pedicure.  71 years old and I've never had one before.  A friend and I had decided to get together after my lunch, and she suggested this as a different sort of activity.  Oh, it was just wonderful (except for one moment when the tough skin around my left big toe was clipped a little too closely).  The hot towels, hot stone rubs, hot soaking water, ointments and soaps, and all the time being massaged by the massive chairs we sat it.  How luxurious.  

I chose a pearly purple for my nail polish.  Next time I think I'll go for a deep, deep red..  The color really doesn't matter much, since no one sees my toes.  Even around the house I wear slippers, and don't have any more of the sandals I brought with me to Seattle from the desert of Los Angeles.  Still, it makes me feel sort of girly and ever so slightly naughty to know that my toes are painted.  And how nice it's going to be, for a while at least, to have my rough, crusty heels be soft and smooth.  Why have I never done this before???  Now I want to get a pedicure and facial, too.   

Satisfying the ear worm

 A couple of nights ago, Sweet Hubby and I watched "Ralph Breaks the Internet", one of our favorite animated films.  Under the end credits played a song so fetching, so catchy, so ear wormy that I went right into the Internet (which was not broken, thank goodness) and bought two CDs by the group responsible for the song.  The song is "Zero"; the group is Imagine Dragons.

And I loooooove them!  I am a complete convert to this group.  They are great to dance to those evenings when I have a puff and then dance my ass off.  It isn't very often that I will buy one CD, much less two, on the basis of one song, but I'm so glad I listened to my impulse.  SH and I have a CD collection almost as vast as our DVD collection, and I've listened to every single disc, sometimes culling as I go.  It's such a treat to have new music to listen and dance to.  If you are not familiar with Imagine Dragons, I recommend you give them a try.

I'm still at it

I know I haven't posted here in a while, but that doesn't mean I'm not still looking for new things to do and try.  It's just that lately none of them seems particularly interesting to write about.  I've been to several new restaurants, tried some new dishes (including ox tail in a pastry shell, quite delicious and rich), and have walked through unfamiliar neighborhoods.

I guess I feel as though I should be doing more daring, interesting, blog-worthy activities, and certainly I'm going to keep an eye out for those, but this past month or so have been dominated by rain, kitty rapture, and a persistent, undiagnosed pain in Sweet Hubby's back, which has taken some tending to.

However, SH's back is better now, and spring has definitely arrived in a wild burst of color.  It's still rainy, but I can tell that longer, warmer days are on their way, and I'm looking forward to doing more exploring, more adventuring, more discovering.

The kitty rapture persists, of course.