slightly off-topic but who all lives in the beantown area?i went to school there.the school of the museum of fine arts boston(how's that for a long name!).i lived on queensberry st..

i've never seen any of the 1991 series.

connie,i know where you're coming from.for a long time i had a swooning love affair with the show...but anyone who reads my posts knows that i've been rather "down" on the show for the last few months because i detest the storyline i'm now viewing and sometimes don't watch for weeks.but just when i think i can't take it anymore there comes a gem out of nowhere and i'm hooked all over again.the adam story runs concurrently with the "dream curse" and while the "dream" itself is the cheesiest thing ever there are moments during the story that knocked me out.the scene just after victoria finally tells barnabas the dream comes to mind...i think alot of you know how julia reacts when cassandra feigns concern over vicki.when i saw it(after rewinding about 15 times)i im'd another fan and we talked about it for half an hour.

that said,if you're over it don't worry.it's only a t.v. show.while d.s. is my current infatuation who knows?in five years i might look back on all this and think "what was i thinking"?but i even if i stop actively watching these characters will always be important to me on some level.

yes,the age differences in 1795 were mind-boggling!no on can convince me that barnabas and sarah could have realistically been siblings.and naomi was too old to have a child sarah's age.

enjoy annie!do you have a "specialty"?i make cranberry sauce with dried cherries and cloves every year.it's yummy.

remember just before the dr.lang story began...barnabas and vicki were going to "go away" together and there was talk of a ship due to set sail before sunrise.but where was he going to "go"?he couldn't be away from the old house cellar at this point in the show(no dirt seen).and he required julia or willie(or someone)to look out for him during the day but neither were involved in this plan.

but which buriel site contained b.'s "sacred ground"?the museleum or the old house?

other than this show i know almost nothing about vampire lore(believe it or not).

i think vicki's feelings for burke were very strong...the both spent the first year trying to deny them for various reasons but when the finally got together it felt right(unfortunately the actor had changed).she had a few scenes after he "went missing" that were quite moving.

but because of the whole time-travel element in her relationship with peter/jeff it's supposed to have all of this additional signifigance and plays-out as totally over-wrought.and the chemistry between alexandra and roger was off.

when vicki was with burke i sort of felt she was "safe" somehow.like someone strong was looking after her.when he disappears you really sense that she's at loose ends in the world...and look what happens to her.jeff can't get it together to help himself,let alone anyone else.

oh,claude...thanks for the pix.i forgot about julia's carrying on around this time .i'll have to do a re-watch to see julia "cooling-off"(perhaps it's that wig that got her hot and bothered).