Else what's a heaven for?

Thurs night, I went to see Cowboys & Aliens. It's pretty sad that I *heart* blockbusters and I target few of them -- and yet, I rarely actually make it to the theater to see them. Sad for Hollywood I guess. I liked it a lot: Daniel Craig is growing on me, Indy got more action than in the last Jones movie, and Olivia Wilde spent half the movie wet or nekkid. Woohoo! Someone will probably mock me for liking the script, but I like how all the guns on the wall went off by the end of the movie.

Fri night was the worst goodbye drinks I've ever been to. Neither of the bosses of the guest of honor that I knew showed up, the former bc he was still shell-shocked from being fired, the latter for unknown reasons, which was particularly odd bc one of his lieutenants organized the whole shebang. And not well, either, as BeerParc only serves beer, in a gimmicky way, and the riser-like bar doesn't allow large parties to mingle. Oh yeah, and even the GOH knew few of the people. Why he bothered to call it goodbye drinks is a mystery and I felt doubly bad that I'd dragged my antisocial boss. I left early and grabbed a smooch with friends downtown before hopping on the Worldwide bus to Alewife.

The folks running WW are much more relaxed - they had no trouble with my day of change to a later (albeit less full) bus - but the driver was inexperienced. I woke up once bc he'd stopped the bus bc the brakes were giving him trouble and once bc a section of 84 was closed and he didn't know how to take the backroads. And it was too cold. Grr. However, probably worth the inconvenience so as to get to Cambridge rather than Boston at 1:30am.

Sat was a perfect Kate-and-Dr. Froshling day. We had breakfast at Sofra Bakery, where I just picked 4 dishes for the two of us. The migas were horribly disappointing - it tasted like croutons w/eggs - but we liked the potato & chickpea dish, the spinach falafel, and that other thing we ordered. visage got to laugh at me tasting the Turkish coffee bitters, which had far less caffeine than you'd think. (I'm a little scared of how much steady caffeine it now takes to keep me functional.) Best of all, I got to talk about books and music with the nerdiest couple I know, including stuff like mocking David Weber's new YA novel.

Afterward, we went climbing at MetroRock. I found their routes to be a little odd - I wonder if it's a function of being used to a different kind of rock than what they have locally. They also seem a little softer than what I'm used to: I grunted and hung the rope, but got to the top of their 9s and 10s. Their desk staff are so genial and their programs are so nice though, I would definitely go there if I were a local and as it is, I'm considering taking a Fri bus so Dr. Froshling and I can go to Rumney. We didn't have quite enough time to stop off at REI, so we went to Boston Burger and shared something involving horseradish before getting dressed for dinner.

Journeyman was everything I'd been promised, which is impressive considering we've been talking about going there since before the summer. Delicious, innovative, local tasting menu with charming pairings and very personalized service. I wish I could tell you something intelligent about what we ate beyond that, but yeah. I was very impressed with their charcuterie and their foie gras, which they served with blackberry? bleh. That's the problem with market-sourced menus. Anyhow, I'd highly recommend it for a nice meal out.

Sun morning I went to a highly informative, albeit extremely depressing breakfast with a former co-worker, who gave me the inside scoop on CaseusUrsine's perfidy and all the reasons why my life will suck even more come November, if I'm still employed. Why oh why didn't I have a mimosa or 3?? At least taking the bus from Boston was very comfortable, particularly on the MegaBus. I made it back just in time to have birthday dinner for Bbro, which left me oddly grouchy. I went home and was oddly, mildly productive, getting rid of 10 shoe boxes and putting some things away, which ought to have made me feel better. oh well.