Friday, January 11, 2008

Friday Five- Las Mananitas

From Mother Laura over at RevGals, a birthday-inspired Friday Five.

1. When is your birthday? Does anyone else (famous and/or in your own life) share it?

October 2nd. Sting,Groucho Marx, Gandhi and me. Hmmm..see them all Here. Kelly Ripa is there too. I am a few years older than her. I don't know why I am not on this list. I went out to Youtube to find a Sting video and found this version of Panis Angelicus with Pavarotti. Who knew?



2. Do you prefer a big party or an intimate celebration for the chosen few?

Somewhere in-between. Girls just wanna have fun.
3. Describe your most memorable birthday(s)--good, bad, or both.

My husband ( before he was my husband, when we were law school students) to me to a very lovely restaurant way out of our price range for dinner and a wonderful jazz show. The music, food and company were wonderful, seeing his guess about which silverware was for what, also entertaining. Never really had a bad birthday. I am born the day after my Dad, so there were a lot of combined birthday things growing up. Actually, there was one bad birthday. It was when my husband was commuting back and forth to Philadelphia ( about 4 hours a day) and it was just taking its toll. He had forgotten to get me anything for Christmas until it was too late to ship, followed by missing Valentine's Day, and then he came home from work on my birthday, in a bad mood, clunked around all evening, and went to bed. No "Happy Birthday", no card.. nothing. I was wondering if I had done something wrong- He had just totally forgotten. Shortly after that he changed jobs, ditched the four hour commute and life got much better for everyone. Was trying to forget that one.

4. What is your favorite cake and ice cream? (Bonus points if you share the cake recipe). Or would you rather have a different treat altogether?

Chocolate cake with raspberrry filling, or carrot cake. Not sure which, but I'll have to get out a recipe.

5. Surprise parties: love 'em or hate 'em?

I think it would depend. Never had one. I once had a co-worker who planned a getaway for him and his wife to Aruba for her birthday. He made all of the arrangements and packed her bag. Woke her up at 4 am to go to the airport and "said it's surprise." Turns out he didn't really pack what she needed, and there was the whole, he already packed her makeup so she traveled "scary" .. not sure I want that surprise.

Bonus: Describe your ideal birthday--the sky's the limit.
We would all hop on a plane and fly to London to take in the museums, and a show and maybe a pub crawl.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

october is a WONDERFUL... perhaps brilliant month... doncha think?

Law+Gospel said...

Absolutely!

Processing Counselor said...

I'd love to go with you to London for a celebration! Great play!

imngrace said...

I had many, too many, birthdays like your bad one. And no, regretfully, my bike didn't have a banana seat. But it was still very cool. Great play.

Sally said...

the museams, a show and a pub crawl- you'd better come for a couple of weeks then!!!

Sr. Heather said...

Ooo - birthday in London - how lovely! Can I come, too?

Great play - happy Friday!
Hedwyg

Dr. Laura Marie Grimes said...

Great play-and great video! Thanks.

Jan said...

Chocolate cake with raspberry filling sounds so good! (Esp. since I've been on a Weight Watcher's eating plan since Jan. 1)

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

whoa... i would be frightened if HubHC packed for me! on the up side if ya didn't have what ya needed... that's why god gave us Visa.

Deb said...

Yum. I think I will come to your party after I have cake at mompriest's...

Terri said...

Wow, that was one unfortunate birthday...sigh...glad life changed!

Law+Gospel said...

In my Beloved's defense, he really was just sleep deprived and felt awful about it. When he realized he was crushed. It was just a crazy time in our lives.

RevDrKate said...

Oooh London...let's all go and celebrate.