National Classic Movie Day

May 16, 2016 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

Did you know that today, May 16th, is National Classic Movie Day? I love old movies so this holiday is right up my alley. In fact, I think we’ll watch a movie from our collection tonight. I may even make popcorn.

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A Few Favorites for Classic Movie Day

To Kill a Mockingbird

One of the few movies which does justice to the book.

Gone With the Wind

Frankly, my dear…

You Can’t Take it With You

One of the most charming and eccentric families in film.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Charming movie and part of the reason I never want to build a house.

Do you like old movies? Leave me a comment and tell me a few of your favorites.

Unplanned Saturday

August 5, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Almost exactly four years ago we bought our first Prius:

It’s been such a wonderful car. I get around 50 mpg, it’s extremely comfortable and it suits our needs perfectly. Several months ago David started talking about trading it in on a new one. Saturday morning we received a phone call from the dealership where we bought it asking if we were interested in trading it in. They had a customer looking for a black, used Prius with leather interior. We decided to go check out our options. And we came home with this:

It’s a new 2013 Prius Persona edition, which means it has 17 inch alloy wheels rather than the regular 15 inch with hubcaps. It also has a little sportier interior. It’s probably not terribly practical in this heat but the interior of this one is black rather than the gray in our other one. It does look really nice, though, and I’m very happy with my new car.

After we finished the trade, we headed to Moore to see a movie.

I’ve been wanting to see a movie for weeks now but there just hasn’t been anything I really was interested in. Finally I found one that sounded good – “The Way, Way Back”. It’s a coming-of-age story with a nice mix of humor and drama. Not enough car chases or shooting for David to put it at the top of his recommended list but I really enjoyed it.

We then had dinner at a new restaurant near the theater – Hollie’s Flatiron Steakhouse. The food was pretty good and the service was excellent. My only complaint was the atmosphere. Don’t get me wrong. The interior was quite lovely but can someone explain why a nice steakhouse needs dozens of televisions all over the place? There were at least half a dozen in my line of sight alone. Even worse, every television was tuned to either NASCAR or Fox News. If I were Queen of the World restaurants would not have televisions. Except sports bars. They’d be allowed there.

It wasn’t exactly how we had planned to spend our Saturday but I’d say it turned out quite well.

French Friday ~ Girls Movie Afternoon

July 20, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

What a lovely day I’ve had so far. Lisa, Kadi (Chris’ girlfriend) and Addie (Kadi’s sister) came over to watch “Midnight in Paris” with me this afternoon. Addie had to leave early for a wedding but Lisa, Kadi and I enjoyed every minute. I made some homemade banana ice cream and even opened a bottle of champagne which I had in the refrigerator (we never got around to opening it on our anniversary weekend in the city).

I started the day with a toasted baguette and cafe´au lait… after my usual Earl Grey tea. I’ve decided to pretty much avoid Facebook on Fridays so I spent the morning cleaning house. Not exactly fun but rewarding in its own way.

I had planned to cook a nice dinner for David this evening but he had to go pick up an employee about 80 miles from here. After I took Lisa home I just picked up a burger for myself (yeah, I know…) and David will do the same. Hopefully he’ll make it home in time for us to go out later tonight and catch some live music at our favorite dive bar here in town. There’s nothing particularly French about that unless you count the Pinot Noir I’ll most likely enjoy there. Except it’s probably from California. 😉

I think we’ll have to institute a regular girls movie afternoon around here. Any movie suggestions? By the way, if you haven’t seen Midnight in Paris, I highly recommend it. If you can watch the opening scene in the clip at the beginning of this post and not want to go to Paris, well, I’m baffled. Simply baffled.

Bonsoir, mes amis.

Sex and the City…

June 19, 2008 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

My daughter and I went to see this movie today. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes from the television program but still wanted to see it. It definitely deserves its R-rating. Oh, my…does it ever. However, the story was good and the fashions were divine. It’s probably a good thing we don’t have any truly high-end shopping here in our little town. Cute shoes. I need me some cute shoes.