This weekend, instead of passing out candy on Halloween, my husband and I spent time locked up in the darkenss of our home watching movies. We were not in the mood for anything too serious (he didn’t have the energy to concentrate) or too scary (I don’t have the energy to be scared out of my wits), so we opted for a couple of comedies featuring some funny leading ladies. First up was Spy, featuring the often foul-mouthed Melissa McCarthy. Photo Source: IMP Awards via Pinterest Melissa McCarthy was hilarious as a spy’s assistant-turned-spy in this comedy co-starring Jude Law, […]
The Dapper Gentleman: Eddie Redmayne
“Please know this, I am fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man.” – Eddie Redmayne said on accepting the Best Actor Oscar for The Theory of Everything in 2014. Eddie Redmayne portrayed Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. He sang his way into our hearts in Les Miserables. And most recently, he transformed himself into a transgender woman in The Danish Girl. Photo Source: WWD via Pinterest Eddie Redmayne with Stephen Hawking / Photo Source: Refinery29 via Pinterest Photo Source: PopSugar Entertainment via Pinterest I first fell in love with Eddie when he starred alongside Michelle […]
The Lovely Vanessa Redgrave
“I don’t think I ever felt beautiful until I was pregnant and when I gave birth to my children. I had terrible acne when I was a teenager and I was very tall, so tall I couldn’t see myself in my mother’s long mirror.” – Vanessa Redgrave Photo Source: Vogue My mom once told me that she named me after Vanessa Redgrave, because that was her favorite actress around at the time I was born and that she just liked that name. Lucky me, in that the legendary and talented actress and I were both born in the month of […]
Amy Schumer is Breaking the Mold
“The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.” Amy Schumer Tonight is Amy Schumer’s comedy special on HBO, which was directed by Chris Rock. My husband has loved her for several years, but I just discovered her within the past year. Today is also my 17th wedding anniversary, so I feel like Amy Schumer is giving this comedy special to us as an anniversary gift! She is so thoughtful! Photo Source: InStyle via Pinterest She is funny, honest, and she can poke fun at herself in a […]
Celebrating Girl Bosses on Boss's Day
Today is Boss’s Day and I celebrated it by making pancakes for the office in honor of our Practice Manager, Toni. And yesterday, I made a special batch of my office-famous sausage balls for my other “boss”, Dr. G. Never before had I celebrated it, but all the talk of pancakes amonst us ladies in the office earlier this week, coupled with the office holiday of Boss’s Day… well, it just seemed fitting to celebrate Boss’s Day with a pancake breakfast. So it got me thinking… who are some other pretty awesome big and small screen “bosses”? Not male bosses, […]