In which I have Brit-envy

It's a perpetual state for me, really. If I lived in England I would have a nice lifetime membership to the National Trust and spend my weekends pottering around stately homes and stuffing myself with cream teas and collecting umbrellas. And I would spend my evenings watching things like THIS. That is the preview for "Downton Abbey", the new ITV series with Maggie Smith--my all-time favorite actress. It's full-on Edwardian deliciousness, and I liked my dear English pal Sali just a little less when she sent me that link and I realized she would get to watch it three months before me. But it's heading to PBS in January! So watch the trailer and drool a little, won't you?