Movie Review: Revolutionary Road

Wow!


I saw Revolutionary Road last night at our indie art deco theater in land Park, after deciding to play hooky from massage class. I am impressed- what a thought-provoking movie with lots of enriching dialogue and great 1950's-era costumes!

The film is about the changing relationship of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, set in a 1950's suburb of NYC. Leo works in a souless job as a sales rep for a business machines company, and Kate is a stay-at-home mom. Neither seems to get that much satisfaction from their jobs, and this poses a sharp contrast to the scene when they first meet each other, and Kate is an aspiring actress, and Leo is floating his way through his young life. In this early scene, they were both vibrant and idealistic people.

There was a scene or two when my jaw dropped and I thought "oh.my.god. . . . is he really saying that?" Lots of shock value throughout the film, and I liked how they downplayed the 2 kids to focus instead on the relationship between Kate and Leo. It cetainly morphed over time, that's about all I can say about that. Kate did an excellent job of portraying progressively increasing emotional indifference toward Leo as the film progressed.

One downside (or impact?) of the film was that I came home thinking I definately don't want to have kids anytime soon. . . . . . fine with me!

Heather recommended this film to me- I'm not sure if she saw it already and loved it too, or just really wanted to see it. Either way, I highly recommend it. In theaters everywhere on January 23rd.

My first birthday card just arrived!

Thanks for the sweet note, Camie!

can't get enouugh restaurant reviews? (shameless plug for Yelp!)

I heard from at least one of my valued readers that they most enjoy my posts that are restaurant reviews. As of a few days ago, I became a Yelper (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=GN5l17b-uAsJV3sYL4L7WA) , and this link will take you to the couple of reviews that I have already posted. I plan on adding more restaurant reviews as time goes on, or if one of my readers would like to join me in a restaurant critic-capacity, come one up, and we'll write a review together! I should also mention that if you yelp, please add me a friend so we can check out each others hot spots! Kelly-this means you!

Restaurant Review: Burma Superstar

On Friday night, I had the pleasure of discovering that the San Francisco culinary landmark Burma Superstar recently opened another restaurant in Alameda! I had burmese samusas (tres spicy. . . and delicious!), pumpkin pork (pork shanks in a creamy curry made with cabasa squash), coconut rice and the spicy rice made with cardamon pods. Everything was SO delicious, I know I'll have to return soon! Heather- care to join me next time?

Sean "Felled" a Tree

the annual sacrifice of the evergreen, to spice up our holiday season!

True story: Sean promised me we could have a fresh-cut tree every christmas. He promised me this before he married me, because he knows how much I've always loathed the plastic abomination we used at my house growing up. . . you know, the one with the metal pole in the center? LOL! No offense, though Dad- I know "real" christmas trees are a pain in the ass to set up.

Gingers on the ice!

Don't know what a "ginger" is? Check out this article!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Kids

Note that "kick a Ginger day" is Heather and Sean's Dad Gregg's birthday. Coincidence- I think not!

These pictures were taken on Saturday afternoon, when I met my friend Kevin (ginger #2) and Heather at Embarcadero center for a spin around the ice rink!

Please Join us Sunday for a Housewarming Open House

Our housewarming event is Sunday night, December 7th. I hope you can make it! I know that I don't have many of my blog readers' email addresses, but consider viewing this page as your invite! Please send me a comment if you're one of the ones whose email address is missing.

Here is the text of the invitation:

Thanks to all of you, our wonderful support crew, for listening patiently while we went through the ups and downs of the long and arduous house-buying process. Please join us this Sunday to kick back with us, meet some new friends, and celebrate our new home!We'll have plenty of kid and adult-friendly beverages and appetizers, so just bring yourself, a guest or two (if you like!), and a smile. We'd love to see you Sunday anytime after 6pm.

Love and well wishes,Lindsay and Sean

P.S. parking is allowed on only one side of the street, so please carpool if you can!