A Cafe & Books

Have you ever eaten at Common Roots Cafe? If not, we highly recommend it. We took Ani there earlier this week for dinner and it was a success all around.... meaning the food was fantastic - small portions packed with flavor that are made from scratch with local, organic ingredients - and Ani did not throw a tantrum in the restaurant. That makes for a much more pleasurable dining experience as opposed to when she wigs out on us in her high chair. She even flirted with one of the male patrons. She smiled and said "Hi" while batting her eyelashes and then acted all shy and snuggled into my shoulder.

Few people reap as many benefits of the Hennepin Country Library system as we do. I am an avid reader so I use the library for obvious purposes. If I bought and kept each and every book I've ever read, I'd a) be broke and b) have no extra space in the house. Once Monte hears a new artist on the Current, he has me log in to my account and put their CD(s) on hold. I've also been putting DVDs on hold - movies that are a couple years old that I have wanted to see, or ones like Mystic Pizza that are so old school but hold a special place in my heart because I loved it way back when it came out. I have to admit there's a bit of excitement when an email arrives from the HCL saying my book/CD/movie is ready to be picked up!

So I'm currently reading Twilight. If you haven't heard of it, you must be living under a rock? I really just wanted to see what all the hype was about. Everyone is going crazy for the book series, movies, and the actors who play the lead characters. I'm on chapter 4, and it is pretty good so far. So we'll see what happens with this crazy, teen fiction book!