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[kelliem]

Had a very Luddite weekend. For some reason I just couldn't bring myself to get near a computer. So instead I had a lovely lunch (souvlaki, dolmades, feta, tomatoes, cucumbers and olives) with friends on Saturday at a little Greek greasy-spoon (I expect us all to become lesbians any time now...) down near East High in Denver, and afterward we went to the Omonia Greek bakery next door and had the best coffee I have tasted in ages and ate delicious pastries until the cluster of older Greek men in the corner smoking horrible-smelling cigarettes drove us out. :-) Drove home in a minor snowstorm and stopped at Linda's to borrow a stack of MFU zines I hadn't read and spent the rest of the weekend reading them.

Then on Sunday the daughter and I went out to breakfast and then to see Finding Neverland, which was absolutely wonderful, but warning , take a box of tissues. At one point there was a woman in the audience who was literlly sobbing out loud for a good five or ten minutes, and I'm not ashamed to admit I was crying (though more quietly). Johnny Depp continues to amaze me. Unlike so many of our current crop of 'stars' he does not stand in front of a camera and be himself with a different name, he actually acts. He completely submerges himself in the character until you don't see Johnny Depp any more, you see J.M Barrie, or Jack Sparrow, or Gilbert Grape. Freddie Highmore, the little boy playing Peter Llewllen-Davies is really amazing. It's no wonder that Johnny Depp lobbied to have him cast as Charlie in the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie with him. Also, if you've seen Pirates of the Caribbean you will also recognize a couple of familiar faces in the cast. :-)

All in all a relaxing weekend, and hey, it's a short work-week so I'm happy about that, too.

Comments

[brynwulf]

Sounds like a great weekend. Much like ours. Aren't they nice?

And Johnny Depp. He is one of those actors that both Wolfie and I agree we'd watch anything he was in. Even less than stellar productions like The Secret Window. Finding Neverland sounds like one I need to wait and catch on PPV so I can cry in the privacy of my own living room. ;)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

They are, though I kept feeling vaguely guilty for not checking my email or flist.

And yeah, if you hate crying in public, then PPV or rental is the way to go on this one.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

HA!!! You're getting snow and I'm not!

Do lesbians eat a lot of Greek food? *puzzled*

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

HA!!! You're getting snow and I'm not!

Yeah, yeah, rub it in. ;-D

Do lesbians eat a lot of Greek food? *puzzled*

I can see you didn't read the link I posted in my last entry. :-) Go here.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Oh, pshaw. I knew most a that stuff awready.

But I never knew about baklava. Holy God! *shudders*

What's the world coming to!

[silme.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a great restaurant. I first discovered it when Rick lived at Judith's, and then it turned out that Brandon loves it.

And snow. I miss snow.

Want to see Finding Neverland . I have a long list of films I want to get to. I like living in the forest, but the nearest cinema is 20 miles away... Egads, I live in the sticks, don't I? ;)