Ten Favorite Movie Characters

Posted by on Jul 8, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Today DH and I have been married 13 years! Interestingly enough, today’s Ten on Tuesday topic is Favorite Movie Characters. Since we’re both movie fiends, that’s appropriate. Here are ten one (or both) of us love:Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride (“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”) Actually, nearly all of the characters...
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American Girlz

Posted by on Jul 5, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Today, Frack and I took my mom and a couple of her friends to Kit Kittredge, the first theatrical release of an American Girl movie. If you don’t have a daughter in the tween range, you may not be aware of the marketing juggernaut that is the American Girl company. The American Girls are a series of dolls, each from a specific period of U.S. history. Each doll comes with historically...
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Musings: Miss Potter

Posted by on Jul 3, 2008 in dish | 0 comments I’m a sucker for movies about writers, so when I saw previews for Miss Potter, I knew I’d want to see it. Of course, like most thoughtful movies about women, it lasted all of two nanoseconds in the theaters, so I had to wait for it to scale the Netflix queue. It was worth the wait.Miss Potter, of course, is the Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck fame. This movie is...
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Birthday Girl!

Posted by on Jun 30, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Baby girl, aka “Frack,” is nine today. Nine going on twenty-six, that is. She’s gorgeous, if I do say so myself, with a wonderful sense of fashion (don’t know where that comes from, since I am the least fashionable woman I know this side of frumpy) and a goofy sense of humor. She truly is the kind of sunshine that mamas and daddies sing about making them happy when skies...
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Classy Dame: Emma Thompson

Posted by on Jun 27, 2008 in dish | 0 comments I so want to be Emma Thompson. She’s clever, funny, opinionated, and she knows how to steal a show. She’s an Oscar-winning writer (Sense and Sensibility) and an Oscar-winning actress (Howards End). Plus, I don’t think I can imagine anyone else doing proper justice to Professor Trelawney. My heroine!
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