A recipe for awesomeness

[missroserose]

Good: Day out, with a visit to the Spring Festival farmer's market (grass-fed skirt steak for carne asada...mmm...), lunch at the Nimbus Brewery in Tucson, (their beer batter may well be the best I've ever had, and the Old Monkeyshine is an amazing British pub beer - time to make shepherd's pie!) and being pleasantly surprised at how faithfully and well The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo adapted the novel while still being very tightly shot and edited.

Better: On our way back home, suddenly realizing that the county fair was in full swing, taking a hard right at the exit and spending the next three hours eating overpriced food, riding overpriced carnival attractions, and generally having a great time.

Best: On our way home (again), realizing that my bout of homesickness and melancholia was completely gone.

And now to bed. Work tomorrow, and I am *so* wiped...