. . .Wonderful on film
I saw the new Woody Allen flick, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, this afternoon. It has variously been given three-and-a-half and four stars. I thought it was great.
The shots of Paris, of the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Champs Elysses, the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles, Fouquet's Restaurant (touristy, but with a great roast duck,) and the charming streets and alleyways of Montmarte brought back wonderful memories of the half dozen times I'd visited there. Paris is probably the most romantic city in the world and certainly the most photogenic. And Paris in the rain? Magnifique!
The story is about a writer, who in 2010 visits Paris with his toxic fiancee and her parents. He longs for Paris of the 1920s and the literary and cultural giants who lived there. He "sees" Hemmingway and Picasso, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Dali, Bunuel, Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas. He falls in love with a young woman who has lived with Modigliani, Braque, Picasso and Hemmingway and who, in turn longs for the days of La Belle Epoque.
It is a fun film and could well become a Woody Allen classic.
And speaking of the movies, I saw on an early morning news show today that Debbie Reynolds is auctioning off her collection of film memorablia. She owns hundreds of thousands - maybe millions - of costumes including the white pleated dress Marilyn Monroe wore in SEVEN YEAR ITCH and Liz Taylor's head dresss from CLEOPATRA. I saw some of the items when Reynolds showed them in Las Vegas about 20 years ago and they are amazing relics of the films we all grew up with. The auction is set for June 15.
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Travel is . . .
. . .Wonderful on film
I saw the new Woody Allen flick, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, this afternoon. It has variously been given three-and-a-half and four stars. I thought it was great.
The shots of Paris, of the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Champs Elysse, the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles, Fouquet's Restaurant (touristy, but with a great roast duck,) and the charming streets and alleyways of Montmarte brought back wonderful memories of the half dozen times I'd visited there. Paris is probably the most romantic city in the world and certainly the most photogenic. And Paris in the rain? Magnifique!
The story is about a writer, who in 2010 visits Paris with his toxic fiancee and her parents. He longs for Paris of the 1920s and the literary and cultural giants who lived there. He "sees" Hemmingway and Picasso, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Dali, Bunuel, Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas. He falls in love with a young woman who has lived with Modigliani, Braque, Picasso and Hemmingway and who, in turn longs for the days of La Belle Epoque.
It is a fun film and could well become a Woody Allen classic.
And speaking of the movies, I saw on an early morning news show today that Debbie Reynolds is auctioning off her collection of film memorablia. She owns hundreds of thousands - maybe millions - of costumes including the white pleated dress Marilyn Monroe wore in SEVEN YEAR ITCH and Liz Taylor's head dresss from CLEOPATRA. I saw some of the items when Reynolds showed them in Las Vegas about 20 years ago and they are amazing relics of the films we all grew up with. The auction is set for June 15.
I saw the new Woody Allen flick, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, this afternoon. It has variously been given three-and-a-half and four stars. I thought it was great.
The shots of Paris, of the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Champs Elysse, the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles, Fouquet's Restaurant (touristy, but with a great roast duck,) and the charming streets and alleyways of Montmarte brought back wonderful memories of the half dozen times I'd visited there. Paris is probably the most romantic city in the world and certainly the most photogenic. And Paris in the rain? Magnifique!
The story is about a writer, who in 2010 visits Paris with his toxic fiancee and her parents. He longs for Paris of the 1920s and the literary and cultural giants who lived there. He "sees" Hemmingway and Picasso, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Dali, Bunuel, Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas. He falls in love with a young woman who has lived with Modigliani, Braque, Picasso and Hemmingway and who, in turn longs for the days of La Belle Epoque.
It is a fun film and could well become a Woody Allen classic.
And speaking of the movies, I saw on an early morning news show today that Debbie Reynolds is auctioning off her collection of film memorablia. She owns hundreds of thousands - maybe millions - of costumes including the white pleated dress Marilyn Monroe wore in SEVEN YEAR ITCH and Liz Taylor's head dresss from CLEOPATRA. I saw some of the items when Reynolds showed them in Las Vegas about 20 years ago and they are amazing relics of the films we all grew up with. The auction is set for June 15.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
travel is
Travel is...
the joy of coming home.
I arrived home yesterday after 11 days away. I spent three days in New York City and eight bouncing around the mountains of western North Carolina. A friend and I stayed with other friends and toured studios, galleries and trekked up and down mountains. It was a chance to visit and enjoy some of the prettiest scenery in the country and we did a lot of both.
As the last final touch to a great trip, our friends took us to lunch on Friday at Asheville's Grove Park Inn, a wonderful old inn that will celebrate it's 100th anniversary in a few years. Grove Park Inn has been visited by such diverse celebs as Harry Houdini and Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Edison and Lady Bird Johnson and it is where F. Scott Fitzgerald spent to seasons.
With a couple of audio books (courtesy of Cracker Barrel's crack rental system,) we arrived home yesterday afternoon.
I unpacked and put away my luggage yesterday before joining my family for dinner.
Today I restocked the larder, did some laundry and went through the mail.
Tomorrow I return to the gym, and back to normal on all levels.
Knowing me, it'll be about a week until I'm ready to hit the road again. That's the real "normal" when you have the travel bug, it is always looking for someplace else to go.
But I must admit, it was good to be home. However briefly!
the joy of coming home.
I arrived home yesterday after 11 days away. I spent three days in New York City and eight bouncing around the mountains of western North Carolina. A friend and I stayed with other friends and toured studios, galleries and trekked up and down mountains. It was a chance to visit and enjoy some of the prettiest scenery in the country and we did a lot of both.
As the last final touch to a great trip, our friends took us to lunch on Friday at Asheville's Grove Park Inn, a wonderful old inn that will celebrate it's 100th anniversary in a few years. Grove Park Inn has been visited by such diverse celebs as Harry Houdini and Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Edison and Lady Bird Johnson and it is where F. Scott Fitzgerald spent to seasons.
With a couple of audio books (courtesy of Cracker Barrel's crack rental system,) we arrived home yesterday afternoon.
I unpacked and put away my luggage yesterday before joining my family for dinner.
Today I restocked the larder, did some laundry and went through the mail.
Tomorrow I return to the gym, and back to normal on all levels.
Knowing me, it'll be about a week until I'm ready to hit the road again. That's the real "normal" when you have the travel bug, it is always looking for someplace else to go.
But I must admit, it was good to be home. However briefly!
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