I’ve found this week:
1. Gustavo Santaolalla. His music moves me so deeply that I feel as if I’m being transported to another place, Espana to be precise. When I hear him pluck that guitar, it’s difficult for me not to stop whatever I’m doing and dance slowly and seductively. If you’re into Spanish guitar and you’re not familiar with him, you should run to the store or borrow his music from your library asap. He’s hauntingly good. He’s created music for films such as The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel and Brokeback Mountain. One of my all-time favorite CD’s is simply titled, Ronroco, Gustavo Santaolalli. Gives me goose pimples. I suppose listening to music isn’t really a guilty, indulgent pleasure, unless of course you feel compelled to strip off all your clothes and do that seductive, slow dance buck-ass naked right smack in front of your open windows, knowing full well that your neighbors can see you. Uh-huh, guilty, indulgent and so pleasurable.
2. Snyder of Berlin, Hawaiin Sweet Onion kettle cooked potato chips. I don’t why I’ve eaten an entire bag of these this week, but guilty as charged. They’re so good. If your grocery store carries them, I’d say, indulge, put a bag of these snackies into your shopping cart. You’ll thank me later. Yes, these are without question indulgent. They might even be considered sinful, but worth it.
3. Finally, it’s been quite a week for me. I’m tired today. I’m fighting a damn cold bug because I burn it on both ends. I have a lot of really good things happening in my life, to include this erotic life of mine, and some of these good things I can’t share with you yet (begs for forgiveness), however I did close on my new/old house this week, and someone special in my life celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday. Thus, it was necessary that I celebrate, so in spite of my sore throat and throbbing head-ache I ordered a tasty hoppy, red last night to bring out all the flavors in my shell fish linguine dish. Yum. Indulgent? Only if your will power and better judgment fails and you order more than one - Um, this girl has no will power. Oh, well. It was worth every slurpy sip.
What indulgent pleasures did you encounter this week and can/want to share?
Taking three Advil to kill the pain,
Neve Black
ah..first of i m glad you still have wonderful things happen while you having a cold..me too..so..get well soon!
and thank you for gustavo santaolalla..i didnt knew who he was but i loved the soundtrack for bable and always wantred to find out about it..so thank you
I took the whole day off yesterday… (in the middle of tax season… unheard of!) and stayed in bed all day… watched a couple of movies… had banana bread in bed… ignored all business related calls… took a nap…. after I got up I stretched out on the heated floor in the sunshine… it felt incredible to be super warm…did not do one lick of work.. ignored all business related calls… and then put my party dress on and danced til the last note of our very own Alan Greene Band. (He co-wrote a song on the latest Santana cd!) It was sooooooooo nice.
I am not sure I’m ready to go back to reality today though!
Happy Sunday, Neve.
D.
Hi Danielle,
Thank you for your warm, healthy wishes. I rarely get sick, so when I start feeling like I’m losing the battle with Mr. Cold, I hunker down and get plenty of rest, drinks lots of fluids, eat oranges and use my Netti Pot, which is the most fantastic and organic way to gain relief from a cold. Do you have these in Germany? I’m telling you, once you get the hang of it, you’ll be sold on sinus cleansing forever. Yeah, I know, there’s nothing remotely erotic about clean sinus passages…or is there? Hmmm…could be a new story.
You feel better soon also.
Hi D,
Good for you for taking a brief hiatus from your busy world and getting some extra R&R. It does make a difference, doesn’t it? I don’t the time to take a hiatus from anything right now, which is exactly why I’m feeling so badly right now. I think the world will feel a whole lot better once we get through February…it’s almost here…March, come on baby, come on!
Happy Sunny Cleveland Sunday to you also, D!
Oh god, these:
http://www.cremedeli.co.uk/Index.aspx?NSearchCat=166&NSearchCatStr=Biscuits+for+Cheese
I pigged most of a packet in one eveing. NOT low-carb. Bad bad bad Janine.
But I love Caraway seeds!
(It was the caraway oat digestives, btw - don’t know why the link wasn’t specific)
Bad, bad, Janine. Hmmm….a good spanking with a stiff…rod oughta do the trick.
Janine,
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