New Favorite Thing 06/06: Guilty Pleasures

Why don't we revel in the delight of guilty pleasures for a moment?

Don't claim you're immune. I know some little section of your brain still clings tightly to that unbearably cheesy song, that Starbucks Hazelnut Latte, that awful item of clothing that should remain forever buried in a heaping pile of fashion roadkill at the local Goodwill... just stop pretending you're so damn cool for a quarter of a second, okay?

Here's my confession: I got up early yesterday and went to the new Harry Potter movie in one of those huge Megaplexes. I loved its dark, spooky overtones with little sparks of light and humor sprinkled throughout. Such escapist fun! Since I'm greedy, I snuck into a different screen and watched it again.

Afterward, I devoured a very sloppy, very tasty Wasabi Roast-beef sandwich at area chain Cosi. Crusty bread, tangy pickled ginger slices, lots of creamy wasabi mayo and moist roast beef slices. Fusion cuisine for the masses. So good, I could eat one every day for a month.

Ah! The joys of surround-sound fantasy extravaganzas in the big, comfy chairs of excessively large corporate theaters... not to mention reliably delicious sandwiches from high-end chain sandwich shops. Guilty pleasure bliss!