Championville

So far, I have managed to survive another holiday season. I suppose I shouldn’t talk too early…there is still New Year’s coming up. Of course, it is normally just the mad holiday shopping (shoppers) that get to me.

Our Christmas celebration was very nice this year. Mike and I, along with a few of other mutual friends, went over to our friend Rick’s place on Christmas Eve and celebrated with an East Coast Italian tradition…namely a seafood feast. Rick prepared 7 different fish dishes, along with some veggie dishes for those that don’t do fish. We ate for hours. Literally. The feast began at 6PM and we finished with the cookies at midnight. A most welcome way to celebrate with friends.

Christmas Day itself we went over for dinner at another friend’s place. This was a smaller affair, just four of us total. Just had a relaxing time with some (more) good food. As usual when we visit Martin we had to keep things a bit shorter than what we might do otherwise becuase the cats finally ended up getting to Mike. Once his allergies start to kick in it’s time to call it a day.

Luckily, when that point was getting close we all decided to wander over to the Metreon for a movie. Unfortunately, it turns out, we picked The Producers. Not that it was a bad movie. In truth, it was a funny movie…in a Mel Brooks kind of way. Totally over the top. Totally tasteless at times. Not to mention Nathan Lane was in it.

The problem, you see, was with our friend Martin. He’s German. As in originally from Germany. Not really the best idea to go see a movie ‘about’ Hitler and the war with him. Understandably, the whole thing is still a bit of a touchy subject.