The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Nov 25, 2005 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: JOAQUIN PHOENIXDH and I cannot wait to see Walk the Line. Aside from the fact that Johnny Cash is relentlessly cool, Walk the Line is getting raves for its performances. No surprise there–Reese Witherspoon is so Type A she does everything well, and you have Joaquin Phoenix. That’s practically all you need. He’s memorable in everything he does, and not just because of...
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Thankfulness

Posted by on Nov 24, 2005 in dish | 0 comments There are so many things to be thankful for on this day, but here are some of mine. my husband and kids family phone calls from my brother in Iraq, especially phone calls on Thanksgiving Day with a possible end date for this tour of duty (yay!) turkey dinners pecan pie hell, just about any kind of pie naps (like you would expect anything else on Thanksgiving?) football (except that) top-down...
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Jay ‘n Dave

Posted by on Nov 23, 2005 in dish | 0 comments In the battle of late night hosts, I’m a Leno. I’ve tried Letterman, both the NBC and CBS versions of Late Night and even his short-lived morning show–remember it?–and he doesn’t do a thing for me. The Top Ten lists are fun. So is his mom. But Paul Shaffer is, without a doubt, one of the more annoying people on the planet.Jay, on the other hand, is funnier. Has...
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Pride & Prejudice

Posted by on Nov 20, 2005 in dish | 0 comments In a completely girly move, three friends and I went to see Pride and Prejudice this afternoon. My good friend Kelly and I have been addicted to the BBC Pride and Prejudice for years (who wouldn’t love the Darcy-rises-from-the-bath scene, I ask you?), so we wondered if the new movie would hold up well against it.Short version: Yes! And no.Yes to brilliant casting–all of the Bennets...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Nov 18, 2005 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: CAMPBELL SCOTTCampbell Scott is the one man who can truly claim he’s “American Theater Royalty”–he’s the son of George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst. Big Night, the movie he co-directed with his close friend Stanley Tucci, is a favorite at Chez mimi. Great character acting, terrific casting (Campbell is a Cadillac salesman in a fun minor role), wonderful...
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Beetlemania

Posted by on Nov 17, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Meet Inga, my new car! (This isn’t actually Inga, but close. Someone borrowed our digital camera, so I’m substituting an Internet pic for the time being.)After eight years of hard roof, I’ve finally reached the point where my kids are big enough to be hauled around without car seats. Woo hoo! And since DH’s car was nice enough to implode–to the tune of $1600 worth...
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