Postcard from Hong Kong

A self-identified "17-year-old man" sent me this fun photo.  He says Hong Kong is a beautiful city and wished me good luck.

Three sentence movie reviews: The Master

I think I've figured out that watching a Paul Thomas Anderson movie is not like watching a typical verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus-type movie.  I was entranced the entire film because the acting is tremendous and yet I felt like nothing had really happened when the movie was over.  Instead of watching a story, it seemed like I was on a journey with the characters.

Where watched:  Laurlhurst Theater
Cost:  $4.00

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2012/master_ver6.html

Postcards from Russia and New Jersey

This one had a bible verse on the back of it.  I should have seen that coming when I requested quotes.

This card made me wonder what Princeton, New Jersey really looks like.  I don't doubt that this bucolic view exists, but it can't all look like this, right?

Postcard from Latvia

Anastasia reports that she really enjoyed visiting Disneyland last year.  She also recommended the song Pipe Cauldron Tus Recuerdos Son mi dios.

Potatoes. Sometimes, they are what's for dinner.

I remembered that I never finished harvesting the German Butterball potatoes last fall and dug up a pound of them.  They were in great shape, just muddier than if I had pulled them out of the ground last September.  I roasted them up and, man, were they good.  They were so good, I just had a double helping and called that dinner.

Postcards from Japan and the Ukraine

Guess which post card is from which country.

Did you guess that this is from Japan?  I love the red, it's even more vibrant in real life.  Plus, on the back side, the woman put decorative tape and stickers along with her message.  It was very pretty all around.
 

Isn't this nice?  The quote on the back was from Nietzsche:  "That which does not kills us makes us stronger."
 

Transcendent Donut Experience

I head about this donut shop, something about quality ingredients, good donut, etc.  I like a good donut, so I wandered over.

The interior was industrial, spare and hip.

 

A statement.
 

More hipness.

Here's the donut in question.

The verdict.  A-mazing.  Here's how it usually works with me and donuts.  "I wish I had a donut." I say to myself.  Then, being gainfully employed and mobile, I get myself one.  Sometimes I get them from the grocery store bakery case, sometimes from an official donut shop.  I eat the donut and it leaves me feeling a bit empty.  It was okay in the moment, but the moment has passed, leaving me with a bit of grease and a few coins shorter in my wallet.

Here's what happened with this donut.  I paid my money, sat down and bit into it.  And it was chewy and substantial and burst with flavor.  The donut was a substance in and of itself, not just a carrier for the toppings. And the toppings!  The chocolate was rich, the coconut was toasted perfectly.  The whole experience was exactly what I'm looking for when I'm in the mood for a donut.  At $2.50, this donut wasn't cheap, but I'll take one of these over three of the standard donut, any day.