Since my courtship with David was such a whirlwind - 9 months of dating and 5 months being engaged - we didn't have time to establish many traditions before we got married. In the nearly two years that we've been married, we've put some thought into what traditions we want for our family. So far the traditions are few and far between. We celebrate Easter with a seafood dinner (have had three together so far), and Thursday nights are ALWAYS date night.
Several events took place during our Thanksgiving weekend that we'd like to keep as traditions... First, pizza is the ideal meal to have the night before Thanksgiving. It is easy to make, is unlike anything that will be eaten on Thanksgiving, leftovers can be wrapped in Al foil, and there will be someone in the house willing to have a slice for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning.
We also hope that spending time on the Mall over the holiday weekend becomes a tradition. We took my parents and grandmother for a walk around the Mall on Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed the spring-like 70 degree weather. We returned to the Mall on Friday, and it was COLD. We spent most of the afternoon in the natural history museum. The highlight of the museum was the 3-D movie Seamonsters. Here are a few pictures...(yes, that is my father hiding in the bushes!)
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As for Christmas traditions, we are planning to take Christmas cookies and candy to all of our neighbors. I'm also planning on taking some to the train conductors during finals week. I'm also hoping that we can spend an evening at the National Botanical Gardens. We went last year to see the Christmas decorations at night and it was wonderful. If we do it again this year, does that make it a family tradition?
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Question: Is Julian Sark really British? We have one episode left of Alias Season 3, and I'm about to strangle Lauren Reed--her eyebrows don't match her hair and her accent is obviously fake. I figured I'd ask you rather than take time to look it up myself.
Julian Sark, the character, is British - he admits to Christian Slater's character in season 2 that he grew up in Britain; his father is a Russian diplomat (but he didn't know that until season 3). David Anders, the actor, is from the U.S. He used the British accent during his ALIAS audition and it stuck.
And during season 4 you'll get to hear Sark in an American accent. It is weird. I just think of his character as a Brit.
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