My grandmother is nearly 80 and has never driven a car a day in her life. Everywhere she needed to be, she could walk. And everywhere we went with her on the weekends we'd stay overnight, we'd walk, too. To the pool in the summer, the park in the spring and fall. (We weren't walking anywhere in ...
It’s all in the bag
I did a lot of cooking this weekend. Like, a lot. I made winter squash soup (an unparalleled success, btw); egg and ham breakfast cups; three dozen pumpkin muffins; roasted brussels sprouts; even sliders I dolled up with fresh sage left over from the soup recipe. I think it's safe to say I was ...
Giving you fair (cinematic) warning.
Over the years, wherever I happen to be blogging at the moment, I tend to take time in the Fall to share my excitement about the coming movie season. Because Fall and into the Winter is a veritable candy store of the best films of the year. If you happen to be a kid who loves movies like most kids ...
An 8-inch Pan
I am not making it up when I say I'm not a great cook. I have found ways to mess up recipes that would make even the most uninitiated chefs laugh. My mom loves to tell the story about the time I tried making chicken salad and, thinking I had it under control (and having failed to read the recipe ...
Studying Screenwriting: Book 2
So, I've been working through the second of the handful of books on screenwriting I picked up once I decided this creative endeavor was something I wanted to pursue. This one is, quite appropriately, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting and it's amazing. It's approachable and informative. ...
A heartbeat to come home to
Next month, I will celebrate the 10th anniversary of what is quite possibly the longest relationship I've ever been in with someone I'm not related to. It hasn't always been easy, but we've always been there for each other. Yeah, it's my cat. I picked up Audrey as an 8-week-old kitten my ...
What a difference a year makes
One year ago this week, I got an email from Sundance following up on a job I'd applied for. One of the dozen or so I'd applied for with them over the years, to be honest. I still don't know what it was about me and my resume that convinced my soon-to-be manager to reach out to me, but I'll be ...
Missing milk chocolate
The other day, I decided - fairly out of the blue - to give up dairy. Ok, not give up. But cut back drastically. Avoid it wherever possible. I've been doing great for about a week. Granted, I've let myself enjoy buttered toast with breakfast on Sunday and a splash of cream in my coffee as the ...
Nice people are the best
I don't always know what to write about in this space - do you want to hear about every movie I see (it's a lot of movies)? The latest adventure in the city (making a delivery guy bring me dinner in the rain!)? I worry it all starts to get old after awhile. I will always, however, blog about ...
An indie from Austin
I'd heard rumblings about this great little film, something called Short Term 12 - but what a curious title. And what could I really expect of it? Having made its debut at SXSW instead of Sundance, it was one of this year's slate of indies I wasn't too terribly familiar with. But little by ...
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