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Today we went to Sunday Brunch at the Cave B Inn & Winery, which overlooks the Columbia River Gorge and is so gorgeous omg. Will upload pics tomorrow, if they turned out well. Vinyards and grape vines everywhere, omg, even on the roofs of the Cliffehouses. So Mediterranean! It reminds me of the apartment/house we rented when we visited Santorini (Thera) about ten years or so ago.

If I ever get married, which is somewhat unlikely considering my temperament, I'm definitely getting married there.

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Have been watching the Brother Cadfael movies, which are adorable. I have been calling them CSI:Shrewsbury, because I crack myself up that way. So far we have watched "The Leper of St. Giles" and "The Virgin in the Ice" (clearly we're not watching them in order; the library doesn't have all of them and I was trying to guess the order from the copyright dates on the back, which didn't quite work out). I love Cadfael and Sir Hugh teaming up, it cracks me up and they are kind of awesome together. I almost but don't really want to slash them; for one thing, I've been on a gen kick for months now. But they make great partners, and I love it.

Are the Ellis Peters books any good? Does anyone know? My university library doesn't have the movies (*sadface*) but they do have some of the books.

Also, while I am on the historical mystery subject, my Latin prof mentioned that there's a historical mystery series set in ancient Rome, which at some point has a detective who bitches about having to spend time with his family over Saturnalia. Does anyone know what it is? I feel like you all would know this sort of thing.