I’m from a family of four girls, no boys. I grew up in the south and my daddy (that’s what we girls call them in the south, even when we are grown women) wore cowboy boots and drove a truck. My mother stayed at home with us kids until three of the four of us were in school. She then went to work teaching — a job that would allow her to continue her full Read More…
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…
WARNING: What you are about to read contains spoilers for the movie “Limitless.” As a mother there are certain movies that I want my kids to see. For me, these movies convey a message or warning that is more easily accepted coming from a cool actor rather than a nagging mother. Two good examples are Midnight Express (don’t do drugs, and don’t even go near drugs in a foreign country), and 127 Hours (always let 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…
Two weeks ago Qmuze mused about America’s role in the Arab uprisings, saying: “As Libya turns increasingly violent, Mr. Obama should continue to champion freedom and democracy but let, in fact encourage, the Arab world to step-in to prevent any violence. This is an inflection point: Islam is due for a revolution, an enlightenment, indeed a trip to modernity, but America can not force it, it has to come from within.” A mere eleven days 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…
I had to go to the post office this morning to mail a package to my son who is across the country attending college — I use the word attending loosely, very loosely. It’s March and temperatures in Pennsylvania have broken fifty degrees so he’s ready for shorts and t-shirts. That is, more shorts and t-shirts. He has plenty of the loose-fitting athletic shorts and lacrosse emblazoned t-shirts that he loves so well in his Read More…
1. Walking to the GG Bridge The tsunami that “hit” San Francisco was a tsunami with a little “t” — interesting, but not terribly exciting. My friend “B” and I grabbed a coffee at Starbucks in the Presidio (the coolest Starbucks in the World!) and headed to the beach with the dogs to see if we could catch the tsunami. NOTE: If my kids are reading this, we were advised that the waves would only 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…
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