We’re having quite a movie-going summer, but I think the one that’s generating the most excitement around our house is the one that’s been 18 years in the making, and just might be the Best. Movie. Ever. One of the promotions for the movie – as if it needs it – is the conversion of 11 7-Eleven stores to Kwik-E-Marts. We’ve actually got two of them in our neck of the woods – one in […]
When TallGuy and I were first getting to know each other via e-mails, the “favorite movies” question came up early on. He’s more of a movie maven than I am, and his favorite movies tend to depend on his mood, but at the time he had The Incredibles pretty high on his list, and we both agreed – and still agree – that Pixar totally rules. If you ask us, Cars was robbed of the […]
The Jane Austen Book ClubKaren Joy Fowler from the book cover: In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens…The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships. Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the […]
