Happy Friday and Happy Father\’s Day to all you dads! We made it to Friday and to another wonderful weekend to celebrate the fathers and fatherly dudes around the world. So, this week\’s \”5 Things\” is dedicated to them: 1) Because a Father\’s Day celebration wouldn\’t be complete without Bullitt in my family. Cool cars,Continue reading “5 Things: Five fatherly things edition”
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5 Things: Netflix and bake edition
Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week… or at least are appreciative that it was a four-day week. (We\’ll keep reminding ourselves of that, Okay?) You know how it goes with stuffing five days of work into four days. The catch-22 of the three-day weekend. Well, if you need something to enjoy thisContinue reading “5 Things: Netflix and bake edition”
5 Things: Books and lemonade edition
Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week or at least can see the weekend fast-approaching. You know, I\’ve begun telling people \”Happy Friday\” at work at while shopping… they might think I\’ve lost my mind. But that\’s neither here nor there. It\’s Friday and time to check out some interesting things from thisContinue reading “5 Things: Books and lemonade edition”
Advent Calendar 2015: Day 20
Today, I thought I would share a clip from one of my favorite Christmas movies: Love Actually. (And apologies to my British friends. I know you collectively consider this one of the worst films ever made.):
10 Bollywood films to watch
Ever since I studied Classical Indian dance in college, I have been a huge fan of Indian film or Bollywood. It isn\’t likely that any of these movies would ever earn an American Academy Award but there\’s a lot of charm to them and you can\’t go wrong with fun dance scenes and catchy music.Continue reading “10 Bollywood films to watch”
5 Things: What a week! edition
Happy Friday! Of course, it\’s been a bit of a rough week. In addition to school starting in this corner of the world we lost two great actors: Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams. 1) One of my favorite Lauren Bacall roles is from the film How to Marry a Millionaire. (Yes, that\’s Betty Grable andContinue reading “5 Things: What a week! edition”
5 Things: First impressions edition
Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week and have managed to stay cool so far. It looks like the summer weather has arrived in most of the U.S. Anyway! Enough about the hot weather, right? Here is what I found interesting this week: 1) Marie from Chocolate&Wine recommended the book The Fault inContinue reading “5 Things: First impressions edition”
5 Things: Oscar Edition
Happy Friday! February really flew by, didn\’t it? (Graciously, so, for many of us!) Hope you all had a great week and are ready for 5 Oscar-themed things this week: 1) It probably helps to start with this year\’s nominees. (Anyone else curious to see if Leonardo DiCaprio actually wins the Academy Award this year?)Continue reading “5 Things: Oscar Edition”
5 Things: Polar Vortex Edition
Happy Friday! Well, the snow finally hit New Mexico after even Atlanta got some first. Wow! Well, I hope you all are staying safe and warm. Enjoy this week\’s 5 Things: 1) What\’s more appropriate than \”Waltz of the Snowflakes\” from the Royal Ballet\’s production of The Nutcracker? It\’s one of my favorite scenes fromContinue reading “5 Things: Polar Vortex Edition”
5 Things: Warm and Toasty Edition
Happy Friday! Hopefully, everyone had a good week despite the \”Polar Vortex.\” (Can you believe that some parts of the USA were actually colder than Antarctica?) This week\’s \’5 Things\’ are fun ways to stay warm this frigid January: 1) Netflix has added classics like West Side Story and Breakfast at Tiffany\’s to their instantContinue reading “5 Things: Warm and Toasty Edition”