Had a delicious dinner of turkey and all the traditional trimmings tonight, out on the patio behind our place, started eating around 4:30 or so, by 6 PM we put down the sunscreen/windscreen, and turned on the patio propane heater, but it was great. Got very toasty, Lary and I were both wearing shorts and short sleeved shirts. Wendy and Dave joined us, Wendy brought mashed potatoes ready to eat, which made a huge difference, and also she brought homemade cookies and homemade candy.
For Christmas dinner dessert we ate key lime pie, a nice light choice after turkey.
My birthday night we enjoyed dinner at Trilussa, it was lovely food and wine, great service, and we think great value for money on special occasions. They are over on Hwy 111 in Cathedral City very close to the IMAX and Mary Pickford Theatre Complex. Wendy and Dave joined us there, too.
Over the weekend we decided to go over to Mary Pickford Theatres, and see Saving Mr. Banks, with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. She was the author of Mary Poppins the book, and he wanted to make it into a movie. She was British, actually Australian by birth, and was very awkward, in fact it took him 20 years to talk her into letting him make the movie with Dick Van Dyke in it, and we enjoyed the movie a lot. The author had a lot of personal demons from her childhood and upbringing that coloured her view of life, and as Walt Disney Hanks had to work around them, which was not an easy job.
Another thing we did was search out a newish antique mall in Palm Springs, called Sunny Dunes Antique Mall, at 507 East Sunny Dunes Road, in the Warm Sands area of P.S. We had a blast, I just couldn't resist a heavy cotton red green and white tablecloth, very Christmassy, and a few other nice finds also managed to come home with me. Lary bought some things too, then we ate at a small Greek hole in the wall called Pita and Pizza, in a strip mall right over in that area too, we had a Greek appetizer platter for 2, with Tzatziki, hummus, pita, dolmades, spanakopita, cheese in phyllo, etc., it was just yummy, so glad we picked that choice.
Our back patio looks kind of nice, we have lots of small Christmas tins out there, some green garland, some candles, and lots of small metal sculptures of quail and an owl, one of my finds at the antique place was the word NOEL spelled out in brass letters that are meant to hold Christmas stockings. Very cute. And I got a clump of red Christmas bells that should sound festive hanging on a door handle.
Had a quick Christmas drink with Jo Ann and Bob here in the park today, it was a lovely warm day, well above their average temps for this time of year. Hooray that.
I called my niece Gill in Vancouver tonight and spoke with her, Tristan, Sue, Heather. It was great to chat a bit with each of them.
Thanks for visiting.
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