Onion Pie Vanity

I just finished baking a red onion pie with a cheese scone crust, and it turned out so well I just thought I'd announce it to the world (or at least the small slice of it that reads my blog.)

Stardust

This movie was "the one" I had been waiting for all summer. "Stardust" carries on the complicated but wonderful genre of "romantic fantasy action comedy" established by neo-classics such as "The Princess Bride" and "Lady Hawk." The film flollows the story of Tristan, an English shop boy who tries to catch a falling star to impress the snobby Victoria. The star is actually a girl named Yvaine, and immortal witches and bratty princes are after her as well. Newcomer Charlie Cox is wonderful as Tristan, and Robert DeNiro shows a side I'd definitely never seen before as the supposedly villainous Captain Shakespeare, a pirate who just wants to cut hair and wear feather boas. I could write more, but it might take a while...

Poem by Bronte

"My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring
And carried aloft on the winds of the breeze;
For above and around me the wild wind is roaring,
Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.

The long withered grass in the sunshine is glancing,
The bare trees are tossing their branches on high;
The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing,
The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky

I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing
The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray;
I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing,
And hear the wild roar of their thunder today!"

Quote of the Week

"Stop that! She almost doesn't know any better!"

-Martye Murray

The Philadelphia Story

What a brilliant comedy! This witty story about an irresistable socialite and the men who love her has some of the best dialogue I've ever heard in a film. It's sharp-witted, fast-paced, ironic and intelligent. Besides, I'll gaze at Cary Grant or James Stewart any day.