Waitress
Waitress Directed: Adrienne Shelly Starring: Keri Russell, Jeremy Sisto, Nathan Fillion A waitress with a knack for making unusual, but yummy pies, dreams of getting away from her selfish husband, and starts fantasizing about her doctor when she finds out she is pregnant. Do not watch this movie if...
Baby Mama
Baby Mama Directed: Michael McCullers Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Signourney Weaver, Dax Shepard Trailer A woman wants a baby, but adoption and conception are not an option for her, so she turns to a surrogate mother who is a tad immature. I found this movie mildy...
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects Author: Gillian Flynn A newspaper reporter at a small Chicago newspaper is sent on assignment to her old hometown in Wind Gap, Mo. to find out why young girls keep showing up dead. This was a really quick read. I found it very enthralling, especially the parts...
A Dirty Job
A Dirty Job Author: Christopher Moore A man loses his wife just after she gives birth to their daughter and he discovers he is a death merchant that needs to collect soul objects after people die. I loved this book. I loved the way Christopher Moore described completely normal, everyday...
Top Chef: Wedding Bliss & Blues
Top Chef: Chicago Wedding Wars Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Mise En Place Relay Race Elimination Challenge: Cater a wedding Some might be sad that they replaced Restaurant Wars with Wedding Wars, but since Restaurant Wars usually end up being horrendous, and...
MWG: Heathers
Stacy has joined the Movie Watching Group so she picked the May movie. She was a big fan of Christian Slater in the ’80s. She was going to go with Gleaming the Cube, but that was not available to rent on DVD so she went with Heathers. I think...
Iron Man
Iron Man Directed: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow A billionaire industrialist gets captured by bad guys and builds a flying killing machine to escape and then do good stuff. Awesome! What I loved about Iron Man was it was just a...
Top Chef: For the Kids
Top Chef: Chicago Common Threads Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a fabulous entree in only 15 minutes Elimination Challenge: Feed a family of four a healthy, nutritious meal for only $10 The challenges tonight were tough ones. I could do the...
Lost: Where For Art Thou Claire?
Lost Something Nice Back Home I forgot that Jack’s dad was also Claire’s dad. We knew Claire didn’t make it off the island, so I thought she blew up in the previous episode, but no, and then it looks like she might have gone missing after she wandered off...
Top Chef: Weird Combos
Top Chef: Chicago Improv Sorry about the delay. I had surgery last Friday and thought I’d have time to get something up here before then, but my gall bladder decided to have on last hurrah on Wednesday and in between recovery and pain medications, it has been slow going...