Disney Pixar’s Brave was everything I’d hoped it would be with its beautiful rendering of the Scottish Highlands, accents that are music to my ears and actual music that is powerful and grand when it needs to be and soft and sprightly when that’s what’s called for, as well. Brave is the story of Merida,…
Month: June 2012
Musings on Celebrity and Managing Expectations
Jason Reitman’s Labor Day continues to film out in Western Massachusetts (It drives me nuts when the ‘bloids say “Boston”. Trust me, Sherborn or Mansfield are not Boston any more than Mayberry is Mount Pilot). My girl Kate Winslet, fresh from receiving the CBE from Queen Elizabeth as part of Her Majesty’s annual birthday honors, has been…
Saved For A Rainy Day
She’d found them in the original box buried in her grandmother’s closet when she was only thirteen. Gran had waved a hand when asked about them, but she could swear she saw her grandmother blush before turning back to her vegetable garden. It was hard to imagine the woman now in faded elastic waist jeans,…
Smoooooth
As in Carlos Santana smooth. Barber shop shave smooth. A woman’s leg smoooth! ALL great recipes begin with great ingredients. As in life…..garbage in, garbage out. Don’t skimp and use the cheap stuff save the Smirnoff for Jello shots. Were I ever to choose a “signature drink” This martini would be it. Super simple and…
Transit of Venus
For days I have been captivated by this phrase. It evokes thoughts of mythical love and passion. Whisper it, “transit of Venus”. What (or who) does it make you think of? True, it is an astronomical event – an extremely rare one – with all the attendant scientific terminology and descriptors, but even astronomers and…