Saturday: Run, Gilad, The King's Speech, and Tiramisu

So I have not rejoined my running group since New Year's Day.  I am planning on it, it is just that I have had several things going on, and after my terrible sickness, it just seemed that I should get my rest and allow my body to heal.  So, I slept relatively late, made a hearty breakfast, worked on renewing my passport and shuffled around the house attempting to ignore the fact that I have not showered in two days.

In the afternoon, I managed to pull myself together and went for a nice run.  After enduring my terrible sickness, I was glad to be able to go for an easy run.  It made me think that one day in the future, I might actually get up early again and run a long distance with my running group, as opposed to hoofing it around the neighborhood at lazyman hours.

Anyway, back at home, I got in a Gilad workout, before hopping in the shower to get ready for dinner and a movie.  We headed out to see The King's Speech.  Now, I personally was going to be a fan of any film exploring the personal life of the English royal family in the face of the approach of World War II.  Throw in the triple-threat combination of Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Colin Firth, and I was just beyond myself excited.  There was a Winston Churchill character in the film and Guy Pearce played Edward VIII.  Even Wallis Simpson was in play.  I could literally not have asked for anything more.  NOTHING.  It was like a symposium of all my favorite British people talking about all my favorite British things: Standing firm against the Nazis, family turmoil, true love, doing one's duty and drinking tea.  It was fabulous.  I could have watched it seven to ten more times and been more excited each time.

I recommend that you see the film, and I feel that I am about to lose myself in Amazon.com and search for a book on George VI's relationship with the Queen Mother.  There was a great article published in Vogue last year by William Shawcross, and it was actually a chapter and synopsis of his book The Queen Mother: The Official Biography.  It was a great article, and I may go ahead and order the book so as to stack it beside my bed where books are accumulating at warp speed, and I am in such desperate need of bookshelves that maybe I should rethink my library membership.  Hmmm

My tiramisu was fabulous, by the way, but I missed the savory flavor of Kahlua, so I may rework it a bit next time.  Will include my souped up version in the blog when I work it out!!