re: Boots - it's not so much the sexiness as it is the balance issue. I can't even manage high flat boots. I can trip while wearing *sneakers*, and it's usually only the serrated rubber soles that save me. As it is, when I'm tired I can stumble in anything. I had a pair of calf-high heeled boots I used to wear everywhere, and after a couple of spills on moderately sloped surfaces I had to stick them in the back of the closet. I think I just like the "clunk-clunk" of the heavy soles. :)

My mom makes killer rice pudding. Usually only around Christmas, though. There's a Rice Pudding restaurant here? Where?