I just finished watching the 1st SATC movie on dvd but with the voice over commentary of Michael Patrick King who wrote and directed it. I found this really interesting. I never missed a tv episode (except the last because I was overseas in Dubai but I did eventually see it) Thanks M for lending it to me
I love the SATC franchise. I bought the videos, then the dvds, then the book. I met Candace Bushnell twice. I bought her books. All of them. I was excited to see an episode being shot when I was in New York.Apparently a lot of people hated SATC when it was on tv. I'm not one of them.
The friendships were realistic. It showed women in their 30s and 40s looking great. It understood Singles. It realistically portrayed breakups. The whole thing spoke to me. Can't wait to see SATC2 on Thursday.
I ate this for lunch on Friday. I went out with some Coalface Colleagues. It was tasty but messy (the pasta not my fellow Coalminers).
On Friday night I went to Montrachet for drinks.
I love Montrachet. It is my favourite restaurant. Don't try to got there for the next 6 weeks though. It's shut.
On the way home I spotted this crazy flowering agave arrangement. It looked alien.
Yesterday I felt seedy and worn out.
So when someone suggested Yum Cha, I ran, I didn't walk. Behold all of this Restorative Yum Cha Goodness People:
This duck was Ducktastic
I love these sesame pudding-y things with red bean paste 11/10
Afterwards I met my girfriend M for a soothing pinor noir. I have the same scarf as her.
It was rainy and cold. Perfect soothing pinot weather really.
This is what the sky was doing. It was all very wintery and atttractive
Remember I was saying how Tammy and Malcolm Fraser were wonderful gardeners? Well I found this image of Tammy in her garden (How lovely is her hair by the way?) Behold the Gorgeousness. Gardening on a large scale in country conditions takes a lot of hard work, patience and determination. It really is a talent. I've asked this before but why are gardeners always such generous and kind people?
This image is from Country Living Magazine.
This duck was Ducktastic
I love these sesame pudding-y things with red bean paste 11/10
Afterwards I met my girfriend M for a soothing pinor noir. I have the same scarf as her.
It was rainy and cold. Perfect soothing pinot weather really.
This is what the sky was doing. It was all very wintery and atttractive
Remember I was saying how Tammy and Malcolm Fraser were wonderful gardeners? Well I found this image of Tammy in her garden (How lovely is her hair by the way?) Behold the Gorgeousness. Gardening on a large scale in country conditions takes a lot of hard work, patience and determination. It really is a talent. I've asked this before but why are gardeners always such generous and kind people?
This image is from Country Living Magazine. Last year my young whippersnapper friend S told me to watch Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood (she's full of Good Ideas- she got me onto Amaretto Sours). I finally saw it the other day on dvd and can tell you it is excellent. If you love Clint (I do) you'll really enjoy it. It's got everything a superior movie should have-good acting, a redemptive theme, lessons in tolerance, a cute dog, moments of humour....Run. Don't walk.
My life is not Glamorous: I have a bad feeling that I might have a mouse or worse a rat (crosses self). Having lived through the Great Rodent Plague of 2008 and successfully won I'd like to let any rodents in residence know that they should enjoy the next 24 hours of their lives because next week my Rat Guy from the Pest Control Company is scheduled to visit. Prepare to meet your maker because I have a strict zero tolerance policy and will be enforcing it with a zeal the likes of which this suburb has never seen before (well at least since 2008). My Rat Guy says that you are never more than 3 metres from a rat anywhere in the inner city. Nice.
On that Happy Note, I've got to go to change the light shades in my kitchen. Enjoy your Sunday.
xxx
Hi FF
ReplyDeleteYour Yum Cha looks super, perfect cure for seediness. We had a big boating day yesterday and I feel seedy and worn out; I went to the gym this morning and didn't last very long. I really like Gran Torino too, Clint is a superstar. Good luck with the Rat Eradication, zero tolerance all the way. I am going to a fundraising screening of SATC2 to support the Cystic Fibrosis foundation. It isn't for a few weeks though so I may have to go see it before then as well so that I can feel like I am not behind the times.
xx
hi ff,
ReplyDeletewow, you are super busy these days!
i really liked satc when i first came out and then it started boring me and i never picked it back up. i can see the appeal if you were indeed single though, which i was not.
i loved gran torino too.
i don't know why gardeners are the nicest people either. but they are so willing to share anything they have, be it knowledge or plants.
love the mitts on nephew and niece in the last post. they are so tender and sweet.
~janet
Yum cha has the most wonderfully restorative properties.
ReplyDeleteI wish my "seedy and worn out" look was half as good as yours!
Not only do I LOVE Clint Eastwood but I have a dead furry thing with a long tail in my backyard. I am tensely waiting for my husband to make it disappear. I can't overstate the word "tensely."
ReplyDeleteOMG....you MET CANDACE BUSHNELL? and this is the first that I am hearing about it?????? Details...my dear FF details...do not leave one thing out ...what was she wearing? what were you wearing?
ReplyDeleteI have read ALL her books...love them...she is gifted and I came late to Sex and the City and appreciate the series so much. I am so eager to go and see the movie....DIL is too preggers, lovely daughter has an entourage of friends who plan to attend wearing their finest and I might be sneaking in with some workmates after work...probably in school attire!
Rats! UGH!...when I was a newlywed we had a garbage worker strike and rats came in under my sink...Mr. HB was a knight in shining armour...he slayed them....if he had not....I might have run home to mummy! He might have saved our marriage...I cannot abide rodents.
Couldn't agree more re: all your comments related to SATC.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the pink handbag - does it belong to you or your friend?
I had a similar rat "issue" only a few weeks ago. I saw it, but it never got caught. I suspect it ate the rat posion and went outside in search of water.
Hope your "issue" gets sorted pronto. Nothing worse than an unwanted house guest!
Just be glad that it's mice and not snakes. Snakes in the house are not fun at all.
ReplyDeleteI loved Gran Torino. Have you seen Escape from Alcatraz? It's a goodie, i watched it this weekend x
ReplyDeleteDear FF, I too am Beside Myself With Excitement at Thursday's SATC2 viewing. Just last weekend, I delighted in the first movie, revisiting those blue Manolos. Can't wait to see what transpires re Aidan situation. Always thought he would have been the better one for her, but when logic vs heart, heart always wins. Just a few seconds ago, I was having a late lunch with Marc at Casa New Farm and something happened, and we both said "Cut throat, I love it" - when Anthony asks Carrie to par her wedding guest list down from 76 to 75. And when we were in my car, coming back from Merthyr Village with our take out lunch from the New Farm Deli, we saw a King Charles puppy, same as Charlotte's. And we both said "Elizabeth Taylor, mummy can't look at you right now". It is ingrained and here to stay.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your thoughts and critique post Thursday. I hope they make a 3rd one!
Enjoy your Sunday, it's pretty chilly here, have got attractive tracky dacks on. Mmmm. About to have a glass of red. Mmmmm, but in a good way this time.
Bron x
This week Australia Foxtel subscribers there is a Clint Eastwood fest on the Classic Movie Channel!!!! Everytnight! All week long! Set you Foxtel IQ and get ready to enjoy the Magic.
ReplyDeleteThe pink bag belongs to me friend M. It is divine.
I've met Candace twice at book signings, once in 03 once in 08. She is very thin and glam. ist time she wore Tuleh silver and Manolos and looked gorgeous. Second time was a smaller crowd and she wore Cavalli purple maxi frock. Got my photo taken with her 2nd time round. She wore really cool glittery eyemakeup at the 1st meeting. I always hope she sold the rights for enough $$$$$ because it really took off.
Wish me luck with my Rodent Invaders.xxxxxx
Love your soothing drinks - you are right Winter is the best time for a soothing red or two. The "chum ya" looked so delish and I am sure got rid of any seediness too...
ReplyDeleteHope your rat packs his bags immediately. It may be a mouse because they sound (as in the scratching and scrabbling) as if they are 50 times bigger than they really are. (lets hope it is only a mouse) When I first moved into the cottage in England there were a few mice - I kept catching them in humane traps and then letting them go in the fields near me. Lo and behold I would get another one and someone told me I had to let them go MILES away or they would return. In the end I am afraid I had to get brutal too and get the pest control guys in ... no more Mrs Nice SE but the mice went!! Have a good Sunday. x
The agave plant looks like a closed umbrella.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rats.
I am also excited about SATC. I am going with some work girls. Yay!
Yum Cha is awesome. I like the pork belly, broccoli, salt and pepper squid and egg tarts. I swear, I could eat 10 egg tarts.
I love Clint Eastwood.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Yum Cha is the steamed rice rolls dish with either char siu or prawns. Delicious.
I am off to Noodle Kingdon for some szechuan noodle soups and dumplings.
FF I have swum 1.5 km this week. Can you believe it?!?!?!
Dear FF
ReplyDeleteRe Candace Bushnell making lots of $$ from SATC.. Apparently she did not make much at all. I read an interview with her (VFair I think???) and she said that it was not v. much-she was struggling at the time and laughed about it.. through gritted teeth I suspect- it sounded like it was only in the 100-200k range. That is why she now does a SIRIUS satellite radio show in the US and lives in a tiny apartment in NY (I have seen pics in Elle Decor and it is indeed small- the kitchen is TINY) She seemed ironically content with it all though. I will try and find a link to the interview as she sounded quite fun and nice.
I baked like a demon all weekend too. Macaroons, chocolate cake and coconut ice!!!!!
Last night I watched Giant with Elizabeth T and James Dean. Wonderful
I too hate rats and mice something shocking- nothing else bothers me- spiders, snakes... but rats and mice are sneaky
OZJANE
Hmm, my pest control man is visiting this week too. We seem to need him every Winter to bait the roof. Terrible.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, thanks for the IQ tip. Loading things right now. :-)
Dear FF, I saw SATC last night, which was Beyond Exciting as, apart from film itelf, i don't get out much (oh, can you tell?) - what with Mr B working late late late and the Price of Babysitters these days! Can't wait for your thoughts!
ReplyDeleteBad luck re rats/mice, I have had a mouse trap in the garage for years as something has been chewing the padding round the boiler, every now and then I put more choc in it, but only thing ever caught so far is my finger, Mouse 1 Blighty 0. Noticed one of your commenters mentioned snakes in the house, - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGH! I am totally phobic about snakes, hope I am safe in Bucks, I always read with horrified fascination those newspaper reports about pet snakes escaping and popping up in other people's loos; I tell you, years of going in a bucket is no fun. Blightyx
Dear FF,
ReplyDeleteI love the word seedy. It is my family's favourite word for the effects of the night before so totally can relate.
Goodness I hope the Universe hasn't transferred my rat problems to you or that would be very spooky. Blighty i would rather 10 snakes inside than one rodent seriously. Snakes are nothing but rats and mice are the giddy limit.
Your Yum Cha looked nice but always get a bit afraid of the chicken feet at Yum Cha.
Oh well soothing drinks look much more civilised.
Kx
Immediately thought of your own Rodent Troubles Kate. Apparently the connective factor is winter. I would prefer anything over rats.
ReplyDeleteI loved Gran Torino. And that song at the end? I think it's Clint singing? Heart-breaking. He's my hero. My true and real hero. Getting better with age, just like you and I are FF, right? Except you are still a wee baby, so never mind that thought.
ReplyDeleteYou have me looking at spots 3 meters away from me thinking "rat? rat?"
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the mice/rat problem. They have returned to my house too after i banished them 18 months ago. Hopefully they will be all gone soon...I am brutal
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen the PBS Special "Gardens of the World"? It is hosted by the ever so lovely Audrey Hepburn. I think you would enjoy it muchly.
ReplyDeletewhy are gardeners always such generous and kind people?
ReplyDeleteMy theory? Gardeners understand the Law of Abundance.
FF, I liked SATC the film more than I have thought, it was nice to see the girls again and especially Mr. BIG !!!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite scene was new years eve with the beautiful song "Old lang syne". I don´t know who was singing it, sounded almost like Joan Baez.