Mediterranean Miss

Yasas everyone!

I hope you had great weekends. What did all of you get up to? I hope you spent some great times with your families and friends. I took a trip home to visit my family in Montreal. The roadtripping was a bit brutal – 12 hours of driving to be there for basically a day, but it was such fun to see them.

Road trippin' old school ^~ {rootsweb.com}

There’s something so special about being taken care of. Now that I live away from home, having my mom ask “what can I make for you? What would you like? Do you have any laundry I can do?” is almost enough to reduce me to giddy tears – especially that last one, I can’t -stand- ironing, ugh.

• Do you live away from your parents? What are your favorite things to do when you go home to visit?

My dad and I always, always go to this delicious little cafe in the heart of town. A trip home doesn’t feel complete without one of their seriously superior lattes ^~ Andrew came along with us, so it was perfect. Two of my favorite men ^~ Had my brother been there, my ‘collection’ would have been complete, ahaha.

On Saturday, we got up early and headed out to visit one of my best friends, who has recently started working at an Ecomuseum on Montreal’s West Island. We had a really interesting, animal-filled afternoon. Picture dump, anyone?

Isn't she beautiful? Hard to believe chihuahuas (ugh) descended from this gorgeous animal.

Bears are SO cute. I could never work at a zoo, I'd get mauled trying to hug the animals ^~

Something about this Lynx's sleepy smile was very, very familiar...

Cat contentment; universal.

Too cute - I wish they weren't tagged, though, poor guys.

Nice rack ;D

I’m going to admit something pretty embarassing to you. Actually, two things. 1: I still collect stuffed animals. Specifically, antlered stuffed animals. Whether it’s a deer, an antelope, a caribou, or a moose (my especial favorite), I’m in. I’m obsessed with them. This started when I was about 16 when my parents got me an enormous stuffed moose for Christmas from Vermont.

Now that you know this about me, you’ll understand why I was so excited to see the caribou above, and why the picture below was so absolutely necessary:

What else was I supposed to do? I feel like I would be accepted into the herd with these badboys.

Questions:

• Do you have a favorite animal? What kind? Why! I love how different animals speak to different people.
• … tell me I’m not alone, any 20+ bloggers out there who still get a liiiittle excited about a stuffed animal? ^~

Moving on, but staying with Saturday, we ended up seeing “Inception,” the new Nolan/DiCaprio movie. Oh my gosh, guys.

This movie was AMAZING! Honestly one of the best movies I think I’ve ever seen. The concept was so cool, and some of the scenes were like you were watching the inner workings of an Esscher painting. I’m going to buy this movie to add to the “coveted DVD” collection I’ve got going.

Amazing.

• Have you seen it? What did you think? If you haven’t, go TONIGHT!

I’m so glad that Leo has made such an incredible comback. He totally redefined himself and is in my mind one of the best actors out there right now. The Departed and Shutter Island are two other especial favorites.

I’m keeping this post short because I’ve got a few text-heavy ones coming your way. Stay tuned for some recipes, though, to keep you going!

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