I love when people come to visit

Deirdre, our great T-bird friend is here in her annual trek for some alone mommy time. She has two adorable girls who as a mom of one is amazed that she doesnt escape more often.

She and my good buddy Shirley (another Tbird) met at House for drinks. This was not the plan as they were going up to some italian institute thingy but they decided to come down to meet me to provide support in my hour of need. I just had gotten laid off earlier in the day.  I was happy and grateful to have the company. Needless to say that I enjoyed 3 vodka martinis to celebrate and not commiserate. 

I love House by the way. Its a cute place on 17th between Park Avenue South and third. I just like the ambiance of the place and its not Mexican or too too crowded.  I have never eaten there but only gone for drinks. I am sure the food is fabulous and one day i will.  

I had to pick Alex up from Friday Night Fun Night, a chance to meet up with her preschool friends. 

We continued onto my apartement for some chinese and more banter. All in all not such a bad ending to a terrible start. 

Twilight - why it pays to be 15 and overlook stuff

I went to see Twilight because I read the book (and liked it) and the times for Slumdog Millionaires did not work for me. First, the book is so much more appealing as a story than the movie.  The two leads for the most part are perfectly cast and have a lot of chemistry together. Sadly, the dialogue is just ridiculous and not believable. It was so cringeworthy but again I am not 15. I just kept thinking back to the book which I never felt that it was written that way.  The special effects and fight scenes were not great either. Maybe its because the studio did not believe in the movie and was only budgeted at $15 million. There was one scene where Bella and Edward as whizzing through the trees and my only thought was Crouching Tiger did it better and I wanted to see more of the scenery. That is not what I should be thinking, right. 

this is another pet peeve of mine for hollywood movies. Why they cant seem get naturally dark haired actors to look like natural looking blonds. Every actor who was supposed to be blond looked bad. The coloring was so off it was annoying and distracting. Also Jacob's wig looked like a wig. Cant these people see this in the camera when they are filming. 

I am hoping the success of the movie will lead to bigger budget that gets them a better screenwriter and special effects.