This week I got a very special belated-Christmas present in the mail from Mark. It is the three part NOVA special of The Elegant Universe on DVD. PBS had repeatedly played the Elegant Universe last Fall, but it seemed that I was always catching the end of the special. It is spectacular! and really explains high level string theory physics concepts in a straight forward way (with amazing graphics that really help to bring the ideas to reality). The only thing we didn't really enjoy was the ever present repetition of main ideas and topics- after the third time we really did get the point.

We also treated ourselves to eating out at LuLu's. What made the restrant trip especially enjoyable was that we choose different dishes from our standard usuals. There is nothing usual about LuLu's food with all of the wonderful spices, but we were in for a nice treat. I had a nice dish of grilled chicken (something about winter makes me want what I can't make at home) and Mark had a lovely lamb stew that literally fell apart it was so tender. Earlier in the week we satisfied our craving for Qdoba where Mark enjoyed a gigantic rice and grilled chicken burrito while I had 3 onion-free soft tacos with grilled chicken. Sometimes there is nothing quite so enjoyable as eating out!