gurdymonkey | And now, the rest of the weekend

Met up with

layla_lilah and Geoff this morning to catch a matinee of "Rango." If you like Westerns, go see it. If you like animation, go see it. If you want to swoon over Johnny Depp's cheekbones and baby browns, well, you're kinda out of luck. It's bloody brilliant. Clever references abound, the music is marvelous and my breath was taken away by a shot of Rango looking out the window onto the street: the animators had captured the play of light against a wavy old pane of glass and Rango's scales and, just wow. It's also the only Western I've ever seen with bats that explode like TIE fighters. Just go see it.

We had a late brunch at the Actual Cafe, a joint in

layla_lilah 's neighborhood. Waffles all around. I had mine with fresh strawberries and whipped cream, Geoff opted for the chocolate chip and

layla_lilah had bacon with parmesan (yes, really). Neat little place on San Pablo at Alcatraz, they do movie nights, live music, clothing swaps and other neighborhood-friendly activities, including laptop free weekends. One corner is set up as a vertical bike rack, there's art by local artists on the wall. Oh, and the ginger lemonade with champagne is darned good.