Celebrating the 10th

Our 10th wedding anniversary was back on August 16. But we were so busy in August & September that we ended up throwing our celebration on October 21. That afternoon, we threw a brunch at Kay & Dave's Cantina in West LA. We had about 22 people show up, including friends and family. Several margaritas, tacos and burritos ensued, in addition to a bread pudding and a pumpkin flan (served in a pumpkin!)

Plus, a few days earlier, our favorite comic book store (the one in which we first met), Comics Ink, threw us an impromptu champagne-and-fruit celebration. The event turned into a "This Is Your Life" overview of my Southern California comics store experience -- lots of people from the store's past showed up, including Mondo, my boss when I worked at the Westwood Graphitti store in the mid '80's.

A Movie Made for Me?

I'm still not sure whether I'm going to like FANTASTIC FOUR 2, which debuts in a few minutes in theaters (I'll probably see it Saturday), but the writer-director may have taken my opinions about it into consideration. Sunday's LA Times Calendar describes writer-director Tim Story hanging out incognito in our favorite comics store, Comics Ink in Culver City, and listening to the fans' opinions about the first FF movie. That's not as unusual as it sounds. The store is in close proximity to Sony Studios, and Industry types are often found wandering the aisles picking up comics.

Story tells the Times he's concerned about what the guys at Comics Ink will think of his movie. As one of those guys, I'll find out when I see it.