PIFF

Saturday night my sis and I went to see EXTRATERRESTRIAL at the 35th annual Portland International Film Festival (or PIFF). So, by the name, you might think it was a Sci-Fi film or a thriller, or horror, or. . . NOPE it was a romantic comedy.

This was Nacho Vigalondo’s second feature and was set in Madrid. It was a story of love and betrayal with aliens hanging over head. . . sort of.

At times it was seriously funny ;) Michelle Jenner was beautiful and played the part well. Just the looks and glances that went on between the actors was very telling...in the story. Julián Villagrán did a great job too. Well, all the characters were great.

The triangle love affair grew into a massive deception of intergalactic proportions and that's what made the movie so much fun. It was almost a spoof on the levels people will go to to hide their indiscretions.

Anyway, if you don't mind reading subtitles, I would recommend this film. It was a fun departure from the local films.

If you want to read more about it, check it out here.

POP - or Progress on the Project

So a little POP report and I'm not talking about soda ;)

My husband has been chipping away at the project he started in November. Of course it's not easy finishing something on the weekends. But he got in another window this weekend.

Hopefully it will be a finished project by next winter - at least the good weather is on the way..

Wicked

The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz. My sis has tickets and I wanna go too. I know I sound like a whiny little kid but the tickets are so super expensive. . . I don't think it's gonna happen for me. :(

Have you seen it? What did you think?

Maybe you'll talk me into it. Maybe you'll talk me out of it.

I just don't want to spend a fortune to see something . . . if it's not worth it.

So what do you say?

Changing of the Guard

Valentine's Day we lit the candles and let the good times roll

but the time flew so fast that we barely noticed the candles with down to the nubs.

So, I had to scrub the wax off the candleabra...

But it looks good as new now and ready for Saint Paddy's Day

Now, all I have to do is start decorating . . . in green.

A Life Story. . . in Cake

I wanted to make a cake that looked like a book because Marjorie likes to read especially memoirs. It didn't turn out as nice as I would have liked but I learned a few things. So, maybe next time it will be better.

I started with a cardboard cake stand.

After my husband helped me put it together, I embellished it with some ribbon

Then I decorated the cake but I had problems with the fondant cracking but before I even got to that step the cake fell a little in the center...

All in all, a cake fail. But still it was a fun attempt... I guess I'll just have to get rid of the evidence, by eating my mistake ;)

FAT TUESDAY

It's time to eat and celebrate!!! Mardi Gras actually means the "Carnival Season". It begins after the Epiphany and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.

Fat Tuesday is supposed to signify the last night of eating fatty foods before the season of Lent and fasting.

So to celebrate, we're all going to The Screen Door for dinner.

How are you celebrating...or are you?

President's Day

I hope you have the day off because President's Day is a federal holiday that was originally started to honor George Washington, the first president of the United States.

I'm going to be baking and maybe do a little antique shopping. How 'bout you?