Sunshine Blog Award

The rules of the Sunshine Blog Award are simple…

#1 Thank the person who nominated you with a link back to their blog.

#2 Answer a few questions about yourself.

Favorite color: Blue, although I must admit I'm not that passionate about any particular color.  Red, green, orange....they're nice, too.

Favorite animal: Dogs - They give so much and ask for so little.  And they're just so unpretentious.  I like that.

Favorite number: 1.  Hey, I'm a Leo.  ;)

Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Coke Zero, although recently I've been enjoying Arnold Palmer's Half & Half Iced Tea/Lemonade.

Facebook or Twitter: Neither.  I'm much too private to want people to know everything about me and everything I do.

My passion: Automobiles, aviation, college football, history, reading, and of course....my wife.  ;)  (Passions....plural)

Favorite flower:  It depends on who's maintaining them.  If it's me, I'd have to say "plastic".  Anyone else....the more, the brighter, the better.

Favorite movie: (Again....plural.)  All over the board:  Dr. Zhivago, Blues Brothers, and more recently I've liked Midnight in Paris.

Favorite painting: A real head-scratcher as I'm not very artistically literate....maybe a LeRoy Neiman sports theme?  Something more contemporary for sure. 

And finally, nominate a few other blogs and include links to them


Bugs Eye View


Thoughts From My Corner of the Couch


Westy's World  (I just need to light a fire under her to POST MORE!  *hint*)


Thanks for the award, K.  :)


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Midnight in Paris

We  made it to the 7:40 showing of Midnight in Paris at our neighborhood Angelika theatre last night, and in a word, it was SUPERB!  It was an odd sort of romantic comedy, but with Woody Allen writing and directing this shouldn't surprise anyone.  The cinematography, the sets, the cast of characters, the plot....everything was all totally first class.  My "dream squeeze" Carla Bruni was in 3 scenes, and while she didn't sing, it was enough to keep me happy.  :)


I wholeheartedly recommend you see it, so I don't want to say anything that might give the plot away.  If you insist on knowing more before you plunk down your hard-earned money, you can read about it here.

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After the movie we walked next door to Ginger Man and got ourselves a sidewalk table and a couple 'o beers.  My daughter Andrea participated in The Firefly Run for charity, and as it was over at about the same time, she and some friends caught up with us and shared a brew, too.  


Today is just a sit-back-and-relax day.  We read the paper and had a coffee out, then cruised our old neighborhood, and finally wound up at Braum's Ice Cream where we shared a strawberry sundae.

Yep, this has been a fine weekend.  Hope yours was, too.  

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Shhhh...don't tell Kelly.....with EDIT

.....but I have a crush on Carla Bruni.  She's currently married to the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, but that's OK, as the only part of her she allows me to enjoy is her voice. I'll share.

Years ago I was at Barnes and Noble and they were playing absolutely gorgeous, sexy music over their sound system.  I went to the music department and asked who that was playing right then and they said Carla Bruni.  It was love at first....er...hear.  She was singing something in French, which might have been the nutritional label off the back of a box of cereal for all I know, but the way she sang it...oh la la!  I've since bought every one of her CD's that I could find, and love them all.  It almost makes me want to learn French, right after I finish learning English.


What reminded me of my past lust was the movie trailer that mentioned she would have a bit part in the new Woody Allen movie, Midnight in Paris, which opens next week.  You can check it out here.  Conveniently, it will be playing at our neighborhood movie theatre, the Angelika.  It's fate, I tell 'ya!  I'm hoping hers is a bit singing part.  The fact that she's beautiful is just a bonus.  *wink*


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PS...remember, our little secret, OK?


EDIT:  Listen for yourself here.