It's battle of the seasons right now. Summer is fighting bitterly to hang on while Fall is bullying itself right in. I of course, am pulling for the bully this time around. It's actually been quite nice. The mornings just have that hint of chill that let you know that Fall is on it's way. Patches of fog coat the ground until afternoon comes around and burns it off. Leaving behind a warm and sunny day. To represent the clash of the seasons I made a Zucchini-Cranberry Bread. Using the last of my friends over abundant zucchini (well, the last that I am taking...I have had my full of zucchini) and a little face of Fall, the cranberry. Since it isn't Fall, you can't get fresh cranberries and I have used the frozen ones I had. So I used unsweetened ones (I got mine at Trader Joe's). If you can't find unsweetened, use sweetened, but reduce the amount of sugar in the bread. The bread is nice and moist. You don't have to have the glaze, but I like that it adds a little tartness to the … [Read more...]
Tell me I am not the only one…
So since the passing of John Hughes there has been a surge in his movies being on as of late. Which is great, because I can always watch them. But the thing is, why do I always watch them with commercials? I own pretty much every movie made by the man on DVD. And yet, I don't bother to get them out and watch them, but will sit there and watch the edited version on TBS. I was watching Ferris the other day thinking to myself, I own this. My husband must have thought that too because he walked in and was like...”don't we own this?” “Why are you watching it with commercials?” All good questions. Baking and the bathroom are the answers. Not at the same time though. Don't worry. ;) I think when I watch a movie that has no commercials I feel like I owe it to the movie to sit down and watch it all the way through. Oh sure there is the pause button, but for some reason it just doesn't seem right to pause it. But with commercials I have a potty break. A snack … [Read more...]
“Those aren’t pillows”….
Planes, Trains and Automobiles was one of John Hughes non-teenage based movies. Two men stuck together trying to get home for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Because I am extra lazy today....here is the plot from Wikpedia. “Steve Martin plays the tightly wound Neal Page, a bundle-of-nerves advertising executive. John Candy portrays the innocent and well-meaning, but accident-prone and somewhat feckless, Del Griffith (Director of Sales, American Light and Fixture, Shower Curtain Ring Division), a shower curtain ring salesman who seems to live in a world governed by a different set of rules from those governing Neal Page's marketing life. The movie follows the story of Neal Page as he tries to return to his family for Thanksgiving in Chicago after being on a business trip in New York. The journey is doomed from the outset, with Del Griffith interfering by inadvertently snatching the taxi cab that Page had hailed for himself. The two inevitably pair up later and begin an … [Read more...]
“You look good wearing my future”….
Poor nerd boy with little friends, except for tomboy best friend, is in love with hot popular girl. Popular girl dates jerk. Jerk is cheating on popular girl. Popular girl also poor but because she is hot, she is popular (ah the power of lip gloss and a nice rack, eh ;) ). Girl finds out jerk is cheating. Goes out on date with Poor nerd boy to get back at jerk. Meanwhile best friend tomboy is jealous as she is in love with poor nerd boy. They practice kissing to make sure he can give a good kiss to popular girl. Poor nerd boy feels something (no doubt in his teenage hormonal pants). Still goes on date with girl. In the end girl learns to stand up on her own, nerd boy learns he is in love with tomboy best friend. Got all that...Some Kind of Wonderful. Now, this is actually not one my all time favorites. I like it. I watch it when it is on TV, but I have issues with it. Like him buying diamond earrings for the popular girl. I get it. She shouldn't have to borrow her friends. But … [Read more...]
