We also drove into Mobile to take a look at Springhill Lighting to get an idea of what kind of luminary fixtures we might employ in the kitchen and bathrooms. We found a cool, cylindrical wall-mounted lamp (good for the bathrooms) that can also be placed on the ceiling (in the kitchen).

We had lunch at the Bakery Cafe. It was in a big old building near the old downtown city square... and the food was fuckin' awesome.

When we got home we let Sangria out to run around while we both played with the kittens in the backyard while a load of laundry washed and dried.

Philip and I curled up on the sofa and watched THE LAST SAMURAI on dvd from netflix.com. It was amazing... so beautiful, so poignant. It's the story of an American man who in many ways is a whore (not the sexual kind) and a coward but who learns to be honorable by observing a noble foreign culture. This is one of those cinematic triumphs that I wish I had seen on the big screen, but I'm so glad I was able to see it at all (since I now consider it among my favorites).