Do you have soul?

Happy weekend, friends! This morning, Sean and I rode our bikes up to a local breakfast cafe called Devil's Food. We gorged ourselves on challah french toast, eggs benedict, and scrambled eggs with melted brie on cornbread (as delicious as it sounds). For dessert, I had to try a homemade "hedgehog": red velvet cake with a cream cheese frosting center covered in chocolate ganache. Whoever the culinary genius is that came up with this magical combination should be given some sort of medal.

Later on, we had some friends over for dinner and a backyard movie. Sean was able to get his hands on a projector (we won't say how) and we fashioned a screen out of an old twin bed sheet which we then hung on the back wall of our garage. We gathered around the screen in camp chairs and watched High Fidelity, one of my all time, top five favorite films. If there is anyone out there who hasn't seen it yet (gasp!), stop whatever you are doing right now and go watch it. You won't be disappointed. While you're at it, pick up the book by Nick Hornby. It's equally as praiseworthy.

Apropos of our day, here it is, my desert (dessert?) island, all-time, top five most favorite sweet treats:

1. The Pie Man's 7-Up cake

2. Red velvet cake

3. Coconut macaroons (a plus if they're dipped in chocolate)

4. Peanut butter ice cream pie from Shady Grove in Austin

5. Black & white cookies

Have a great weekend, everyone. For now, I'll leave you with this:

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery, and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"