A weekend recap…
Friday: Even though it’s coming out on DVD this Tuesday, I took the little man to see The Incredibles at the theater. Again. For a total of four times now.
Saturday: I could tell the boy needed to do some running around, but it was bitterly cold and blustery out. So off we went to the Eagle’s Nest (no, not Hitler’s hideout). Upon arrival I instantly remembered why the place is best avoided on the weekends. It was wall to wall kids. With a staggering number of brown-haired boys wearing red t-shirts with blue jeans, just like the little man. This helped him blend into the crowd…and greatly hindered my efforts to keep track of him. Then there were the ear-piercing shrieks emitted at regular intervals, in surround sound. One shrieker in particular…man, I found myself flinching involuntarily any time he came near me. Made me wonder how his parents must feel. After recuperating at home for a while I rewarded myself by taking the fam out to dinner. At Evergreen, of course.
Sunday: March Madness. I hear that term every year, and can never remember what the heck it applies to. Apparently it’s basketball. Let’s just see how long I retain that knowledge. But because of it I got a bit of a break. The little man’s grandpa is an avid basketball fan. Grandma, not so much. So she decided to take the lad on an impromptu outing today. Which allowed me out to run a few errands and take in Bride & Prejudice, a movie where “Bollywood meets Hollywood”. Now, I’m a long-time fan of Bollywood films, so it was more than a little disconcerting for the usual big dance numbers to begin…only to have the songs come out in English. And the bulk of the dialogue, again, in English. But I’d have to agree that “it’s hard not to warm to this brash, slaphappy, Technicolored lummox of a movie.”
Bonus: Speaking of movies about marriage…just came across Mail Order Wife. This interesting looking mockumentary stars Cheng Pei Pei’s beautiful daughter, Eugenia Yuan.
Plus: For weird…Van rips into Minneapolis salon. I may not have frequented said salon, but it was (past tense) a lovely building. And I particularly liked the paper store next door.