Last Friday as I was perusing the movie section of the paper I noticed the review for a movie titled, Win Win. I don’t read reviews before I see a movie and write my own review, but I did look at the information box to check out the writer and director. In this case they were one and the same, Thomas McCarthy. I like when movies are written and directed by the same person — Read More…
Friday night is pizza and movie night for our family. This past Friday we went with some friends to our favorite pizza place, Patxi’s in the Marina — that was the easy part. When it came time to choose a movie, things got complicated. Two new releases were in contention — Matthew McConaughey’s The Lincoln Lawyer, and Bradley Cooper’s Limitless were both playing five minutes away on Chestnut Street. Both movies have plenty of action Read More…
It’s spring and that can mean only one thing in the world of sports–LACROSSE. Some of you may have been thinking baseball–the OTHER spring sport. Baseball may be America’s favorite pastime but lacrosse is America’s fastest growing youth sport. So watch out baseball — there is a new sport taking the country by storm and it’s a sport that actually “moves.” Lacrosse is fast-paced like basketball (mid-fielders can sub on-the-fly!), physical like football, and unlike Read More…
The Three Blondes (and company) spent Oscar weekend in New York. The Oscar telecast (as usual) didn’t get good reviews, but the blondes, watching from an apartment across from Central Park while drinking a glass (or two) of champagne, were having way too much fun to notice. We did, however, take plenty of notice of the dresses coming down the red carpet. While a few of you voted in the Qmuze poll, most of you Read More…
Have you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and the food’s not that great, but the conversation is really thought provoking? You go home hungry, but thinking. That’s how I felt about The Adjustment Bureau. I love the movie’s theme — destiny vs. free will — but unfortunately, the plot got in the way. David Norris (Matt Damon) is a politician destined to do great things, and Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) Read More…
The esteemed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given out its awards and office pools have been paid off — no need to go out and see a highbrow movie this weekend. A good comedy is the perfect antidote to the award season, so if you are in the mood for some laughs go see Cedar Rapids. A friend aptly described this movie as The Hangover meets Fargo. Ed Helms (The Hangover) plays Read More…
Great songs have a tune that you can’t stop humming and great movies have lines that live past the credits and on into history. One of my family’s favorite movies is “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” We watch it every Christmas season, and after all these years it’s like a mid-night showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — we say the lines along with the actors. Our favorite is a line from Read More…
Don’t let the snow on the ground or the wind’s chill fool you–spring is just around the corner. If you are ready to ditch your sweaters and boots and do some shopping for spring/summer this what I’m seeing: Coral — everywhere and on everything. In this photo from the March issue of InStyle magazine Michael Kors combines coral with another spring trend, the trench coat, something every girl needs in her closet. The safari look Read More…
RN74, a Michael Mina restaurant in San Francisco, completely wowed me and “the blondes” on a recent, and regular old Wednesday evening. Dressed in our Sex and the City finest, we made the trip to hip South of Market for an evening of what was to be delicious food, great wine, and impeccable service, all served up in an atmosphere that transported us to a place way more glamorous than our everyday lives. The picture Read More…
POLITICAL ROUND-UP…Tuesday was a big day for mid-term politics so I though I would make a few observations. Three of the most interesting races featured women: Meg Whitman won, some would say, bought, her primary. Frankly, it’s her money and if that’s how she wants to spend it, fine by me. Her campaign was probably the biggest boost to California’s economy the past six months! And, given the choice of a candidate spending his or her Read More…
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