Faux Italian

ADN posted today that Olive Garden applied for a permit here in Anchorage. If I had a dollar for every time in my life someone told me that an Olive Garden was coming here, I would seriously not have to worry about Mason's college tuition! Anyone who is from Anchorage can probably relate to the constant Olive Garden gossip. This one seems fairly legit, but only time will actually tell.

Here's my thing.....if you want actual Italian food, DON'T GO TO OLIVE GARDEN! Seriously. This is not actually Italian food. Kind of like Taco Bell is not actually Mexican food. There are other offenders here in Anchorage already...Romano's for one. I can at least eat at an Olive Garden and be happy. This is not the case with Romano's. Bleck!

Maybe I'm just being an Italian food snob about this, but really people, I don't see why everyone is so freaking overboard about this place when Villa Nova is right down the road already. Hell, if you want "less fancy" you could even head over to Nino's. I'm not saying the food at Olive Garden is awful, but it's typical "all you can eat" Americanized Italian food. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now.

Born this way

Trying to catch up on shows I've got on the DVR...I watched the "Born this Way" episode of Glee today. Let's just say I totally want/need this shirt now. Clearly, I am not as bad as Emma (I don't scrub each piece of fruit I eat) but I do have my own little neuroses that I'm sure bug the hell out of people.

Wee Bit Wednesday 2

 
{one} have you ever fainted?Unfortunately, yes, many times.
{two} what is your favorite casino game?I have no poker face what-so-ever, so I generally avoid casino games. I will allow myself to lose my money to a slot machineor two, though. 
{three} do you have a good sense of direction?Yes, at least I think I do.
{four} laptop or desktop?Laptop. I LOVE my MacBook Pro!!!
{five} what is your go-to hair style when having a bad hair day?My hair is naturally curly, so this to me is a permanent badhair day. I usually straighten it, and since getting the GHD flat iron I've had pretty good luck.
{six} do you read the newspaper on a daily basis?No. I browse through it and do the crossword at workif I have time. Otherwise I read most of my news online.
{seven} do you have a favorite celebrity chef?Love Tom Colicchio! And Anthony Bourdain. 
{eight} what tv show would you like to make a guest appearance on?I need to have a make-out scene in any show Johnny Depp is on.
{nine} do you have satellite radio in your car?Yes, but it doesn't work in Alaska so I don't have it hooked up.
{ten} what was the last movie that made you cry?Love and Other Drugs.  

Never Forget

With the crazy news hitting the world right now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed, my mind naturally wanders to 9/11/01. This year will be 10 years since that awful day, and I hope this news today can bring some peace to the families who lost loved ones that day.

On a personal note, I have a hard time "celebrating" the death of anyone, even someone as heinous as Bin Laden, but I can absolutely understand why this is something that is being celebrated. It does seem crazy to me to think of the thousands of lives that were lost in the last 10 years in exchange for this one life. I guess I just hope it was all worth it.

Passover/Easter Fun

We celebrated both Easter and Passover in our house this year. Actually, we mainly just celebrated that it is now SPRING!!!

Mason and I made Easter cookies. He decided that licking frosting off your fingers is the best. thing. ever.

This is the afikoman cover Mason made at daycare.  We had fun hiding it around the house for him...and he had fun searching for it. He also thought it was fun to "hide" the afikoman in his mouth.

P.S. The afikoman is a piece of matzo.

 And Nana decided to have "the kids" over to her house for egg decorating. He came home happy as a clam with a dozen colored eggs, ten colored fingers, and lots of stories to tell. The Easter Bunny also went to Nana's house this year, and, no surprise here, spoiled Mason and Landon both rotten as ever.

I love that in this picture Landon's hands are virtually spotless. This does not surprise anyone in our family.