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cirquedusoleil.com
While watching the underwhelming Olympics opening ceremonies, all I kept thinking was, “just wait until they bust out the Cirque du Soleil!”…but instead we got beat poetry. I love Canada, but the country is home to one of the coolest, exciting, fun, beautiful entertainment events ever, and it didn’t even utilize it!
I may not have seen it on TV, but I’m going to see it in person tonight! Wahooo! We’re going to KOOZA at the Del Mar Fairgrounds…and I can’t wait to see the show that’s deemed a “return to the origins” of Cirque du Soleil.
Sony Pictures Classics
A couple weeks ago we saw An Education, a coming-of-age film with the lovely, mesmerizing Carey Mulligan as the heroine growing up in 60s London. I really enjoyed it, and I was especially enamored with all the costumes. Boatneck shifts, fur coats, leather gloves, retro floral prints…love it all.
After the jump, as many images of the movie’s fashion I could find. Read the rest of this entry »
topspresents.com
This weekend we are going to see Casablanca at Cinema Under The Stars – an outdoor theater in Mission Hills – and I highly recommend you check out a film there before they finish for the season at the end of the month!
Last year we also waited until the end of the season, but I kind liked being able to snuggle in the blanket they provide with a hot cup of coffee or hot chocolate. We saw Young Frankenstein (LOVE it), and swore we’d come back. While it is a little pricey at $13.50 each, I think if you live in San Diego you’ve got to go at least once.
They show old and new movies, provide zero-gravity lounge seating and couches in the back, a blanket, concession stand and lots of outdoor heat lamps. Plus, you get to watch a movie “under the stars,” which is pretty awesome. If you’re hungry beforehand, your ticket also gets you discounts at some local eateries. There is a different movie every weekend, and unless you are a member you have to go in person to buy your ticket(s) for the Thurs., Fri. or Sat. shows, which they start selling at 6 p.m. every Thurs. If you don’t get your ticket Thurs. for any of that weekend’s showings, chances are they will sell out. The remaining movies this month are Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Star Trek 2009 and The Big Lebowski.
Glee (fox.com), Bones (fox.com), Community (nbc.com)
While I’m (not so) patiently waiting for 30 Rock to begin (Oct. 15!), the fall lineup, so far, has some tasty offerings to sustain me – two newbies, Glee and Community, and one ol’ faithful, Bones.
Since I marathon-watched all four preceeding seasons of Bones this summer (via TV, DVD and the Internet), this is the first season I will be watching as it airs, and the premiere DID NOT disappoint (well, except for the fact that Booth didn’t man up at the end of the episode and tell Brennan how he feels for her). Some may call it cheesy, but really, I challenge you to watch it from season one and not grow attached to the characters and the crazy sexual tension between Booth and Brennan. Do it. I dare you. **Another bonus this season, the rumored guest appearance by Emily Deschanel’s real life sister, Zooey – love her!**
My thoughts on Glee and Community, after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »
Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
Last week, we rented The Lives of Others (2007 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film), a German drama about the GDR’s secret police monitoring artists in East Berlin. It was a powerful reminder of what life was like in East Germany prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. The film was incredibly moving, the kind that stays with you. One of the best I’ve seen this year – I highly, highly recommend it.
I wouldn’t necessarily recommend spending the majority of a sunny San Diego weekend indoors, but quite frankly, there are a lot of sunny San Diego weekends, and sometimes you just need to be lazy. Below is a list of the food and entertainment I embarked on this past weekend – and if you want, you can save it for a rainy day (not that we have much of those).
- Watched: Happy-Go-Lucky (didn’t really meet my super high expectations, but still a good movie.)
- Ate: China Inn takeout (oh man, the kung pao chicken is DELICIOUS.)
- Exercised: on my beach cruiser (love biking around PB.)
- Played: Bananagrams (best. game. ever. period. the end.)
- Sat: on my couch and watched way too many Bones episodes (but it’s just so good!)
- Ordered: a My Way pizza from Hoboken (so very good.)
- Read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (slowly making my way through the series.)
Kevin Bowyer Performing at the Summer Organ Festival in Balboa Park
Date night most definitely cures a case of the Mondays, and this Monday we packed in happy hour at The Glass Door in Little Italy, Summer Organ Festival in Balboa Park (free!) and 500 Days of Summer at the Landmark Theatre in Hillcrest.
I was most surprised with how much we enjoyed the organ concert. Kevin Bowyer was the organist, and his sense of humor and diverse selection of songs – from “A Church Service Interrupted by a Thunderstorm” to “Jazzman Swing” – really made the experience fun. The crowd was larger than I expected too. Refreshments were really cheap – $1 for coffee, for example – and there were people there will full-on picnics, bottles of wine and everything. Bowyer was a really incredible organist, and I love that in his bio it says that he lives in Scotland in a 15th century castle that is also a bed and breakfast. Um, sign me up!
I also love this excerpt from his bio: “In his earlier days he won first prizes in five international organ festivals and made about 100 CDs. He has played many concerts on both sides of the Atlantic and is a popular organ teacher. More importantly, however, he is an enthusiast of malt whiskies and real ales.”
500 Days of Summer, The Watchmen, my haircut
So after watching 500 Days of Summer Monday, and then The Watchmen last night, I made the spur-of-moment decision to get my haircut today…and I’m seeing some similarities…
By the way, 500 Days was really, really good. Sweet, funny, real – all things I love in a good movie. Definitely not your typical romantic comedy – so much better. And I love Zooey…enough to copy her hairstyle.
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