5 things we should all avoid.

swallowing swords
tossing cookies
leaping lizards
chasing amy (and the rest of his movies)
swinging single

5 1930’s movie detectives

Sherlock Holmes
Nick and Nora Charles
Hildegarde Withers
Charlie Chan
Joel and Garde Sloane

5 snakes from my 1970s

Snake and Mongoose – drag cars
Snake River Canyon  - Evil Knievil’s rocket jump
Snakes from the fireworks stand on the corner
Ssssssss – movie in which Dirk Benedict turns into a snake
St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland – 9 years at St. Pat’s Grade School and all of those green Toughskins.

4 reasons that Mia, the stray cat, is so cute

part tabby, part siamese
big blue eyes
when she meows, no sound comes out of her mouth
no tail

10 pretty nice (big) noses

Jimmy Durante
Cyrano de Bergerac
Danny Thomas
Jamie Farr
The Great Gonzo
Adrian Brody
Sandra Bernhardt
Pinnochio
Marsha Brady – after football
Bob Hope

10 pretty nice moustaches (hate the man, not the moustache.)

Adolph Hitler
Charlie Chaplain
Rollie Fingers
Clark Gable
Groucho Marx
Tom Selleck
Salvador Dali
Gene Shalit
Ned Flanders
Burt Reynolds

5 tapas we shared for lunch.

Bacalao – codfish and potato cakes with lemon aioli
Alchachofas Fritas – fried artichokes with Romanesque sauce and Manchego cheese
Pincho de Pollo Y Chorizo – chicken and chorizo skewer with cumin aioli
Patatas Bravas – roasted potatos in tomato sauce
Tarta de Santiago – flourless almond cake