Pre-Holiday Season 2024: Cigars, Music, Movies

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Lunch with Noel at W.A. Frost today. They had their Christmas tree up. 

                     

When I got home from lunch I hightailed it to the garage for a cigar. 

                     

It was quite pleasant outside. According to Dale the temperature actually made it to 48 degrees. 

Listened to Sia while outside.  

Once back inside I made a vodka martini garnished with olives and pearl onions.  

Listened to Frank Sinatra.

Dale and I watched the last part of It Happened on 5th Avenue on TCM.  At some point it'd be fun to see the whole thing. It's been a few years. 

After It Happened On 5th Avenue was over Holiday Affair came on. We watched it last week with Warren but we watched it again. I like it better each time I see it. 

Christmastide 2021/2022 - 6th Day of Christmas: Dinner with Warren

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Wonderfully laid back and quiet day again. I set out a few things. 

Put away some others. 

Set the "presents" under the tree. 

Listened to some of my playlists.

We had Warren over for dinner. He brought over a pork roast and some sides and we took care of the salad. Warren likes my signature tiki cocktail so I mixed us up some of those. I used a non-alcoholic ginger beer that a high school friend sent to me to top off the drink and it all worked together quite well. 

We watched It Happened On 5th Avenue which Dale and I haven't seen for a while. Warren had never seen it. It's a very charming and cute story set near and at Christmas time. Trivia, according to Wikipedia: "The story was originally optioned by Liberty Films in 1945 for director Frank Capra who decided to direct It's a Wonderful Life instead."

Warren was excited to meet Sylvester and was quite taken with him. Sylvester was his outgoing and friendly self and snuggled right up next to Warren and let him pet him most of the evening. Warren brought Sylvester a food bowl and some slinky-like toys that which he loved batting around.