A LIST: FILMS I COULD WATCH OVER & OVER
Even before cameras and photographs, it was films for me... my brother and I used to use my Dad's camcorder to make movies when we were kids, although neither of us were very good actors, I think we just loved the process of getting the angles, coordinating the scenes, writing out the scripts. I was feeling nostaglic that Dave and I hadn't had the chance to visit the drive in theatre yet this summer, so the other night we brought the laptop out onto our third floor deck, snuggled on a sleeping bag with two beers and watched one of our faves, because movies really are better under the stars.... haha, we're nerds.
Does everyone have those films you could go back to again and again, or is it just me? ...you know, those films that just get it. Here are a few of mine (click on the names to see the trailer & maybe you'll find a new favourite of your own!):1. Juno // dave and i once dressed up like juno & paulie for halloween, so2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind // meet me in montauk3. Lost in Translation // beautiful...4. The Game // an oldie & a goodie (whoa they make the trailer look scary!)5. Chocolat // chocolate + going against convention... love6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel // brings out the vagabond in me7. Last Chance Harvey // the trailer is garbage, just trust me on this one8. 13 Going on 30 // when i need a good cheer up -- i know, it's silly9. It's a Wonderful Life // every christmas eve, a must (trailer is all sorts of amazing)10. The Darjeeling Limited // beautiful film making mixed with the kind of humour i love11. This Short Film // called Apricot -- the most beautiful series of moving images that i've seen, period12. Moonrise Kingdom // favourite movie of 2012, wes anderson does it againHave you guys seen these ones? If Dave had contributed there would be a lot more Star Wars on this list, ha! What are some of your go-to movies? I'd love to hear if there are more that we should add to our list!We have a weekend off, which will be used to catch up on work and hopefully make it outside and enjoy a movie if we're lucky. Enjoy yours, whatever you're up to! Images above from a few weekends ago on our phones. xo, jenn
COLOUR & 48 HOURS IN NYC
…..if that. Maybe more like 30 hours. We drove into the city in darkness on Friday night after having driven all day from Toronto. Last time we were there was 2.5 years ago, or, in other words, a lifetime. We stood watching the New Years Eve fireworks over the skyline from the banks of the Hudson River in Hoboken, January 1 2010. It’s always been one of my favourite places in the world. Does it ever happen to you, where you come back to a place where you haven’t been for a while and it’s like you’re suddenly transported back into the shoes of that person you were the last time you were there? That happened to me as we were driving in and it sounds so cliché to say but I can’t believe where life’s taken us in that short time.We’d booked it off many months ago and told ourselves we’d do something fun and just for us this past weekend, also as a way to take time out to do a little celebrating of our six married years together. Then we found out about the Color Run in NYC was that same weekend and it was a done deal. To be honest in the week leading up to it, I was feeling a bit stressed out and I wasn’t even sure I wanted to go/could afford the time to go…. that sounds horrible but it’s true. But what I learned in the going is that it is in the most chaotic times – the times where you start almost forgetting yourself – it is then that you must do the things you think you might regret because those will always be the very things you never ever will.We didn’t venture into Manhattan once, but instead explored the little neighbourhoods of Brooklyn, good coffee, flea markets, food stalls, and just laying on a bench, my head in Dave’s lap, in a park overlooking the East River and the same skyline as that New Year's Eve a couple years back, but this time from a new perspective. Just like the colours thrown at us as we ran/danced our faces off that Saturday morning, the memories from our short few hours in New York will not soon fade…. :) xo, jenn
NYC captured (mostly) on the D700 and because of the slightly messy nature of the Color Run, those shots are a combination of our Instax/Holga/Phone cameras! | Brooklyn, New York, August 2012