Happiness

A chilly night + corn chowder + cornbread & honey + oranges & grapes + ouzo (opa!) + early birthday gifts + Pirate Finnadore + dreaming of Iceland + delicious red-hot sugar cookies + snuggling under a cozy quilt + Rainbow Brite = one very magical evening with the dearest of friends.

(I actually saw this movie when it was released - in the theatre - at the SeaTac Mall with my friend Anna Huff. I couldn't have been any older than eight. We were the only ones in the show and therefore felt free to do cartwheels in the aisle. It was a dream come true. What amazed me watching it again for the first time in over 20 years (!!!) last night was how much I remembered about it and how real it seemed to me as a child...what if Spectra was completely covered in that awful net?! What if earth was doomed to winter forever?! Should Rainbow choose Krys the space warrior or Brian the only person on earth that can see her (or Buddy Blue)?! Would I really rather be Stormy or Rainbow Brite? And why doesn't Indigo have more lines?)

Across the Universe

Hey, Jude...















I want to travel, fall in love, and sing...a lot.

A Loyal Ram

You know those kind-of-pathetic people who constantly relive the glory days of their high school years and you feel kind of sorry for them because they really believe that the best times in their life are behind them and they were never more of a superstar than when they were sixteen (think Uncle Rico)?

I think sometimes I'm one of those people.

Here I am in front of the newly remodeled Mt. Rainier High School. They completely demolished the old building about two years ago and built a grand new school on the site. Open House was Monday night and you better believe I couldn't wait. My best friend from MRHS said, "It may be a new school but you can bet that nobody will ever have as much fun at that school as we did." I really believe it's true. I am one of the lucky few who loved high school. I'd go back in a second. Walking around those halls and classrooms I had a very strong desire to pull a Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed. Go Rams!!

LBC Forever

Nine summers of our dear Steve Balee as DCM. One fabulous party to celebrate and reminisce. So much laughter is good for the heart.

1998 - 2007

"Since 1979"

Bob Only

No more Flo.

My grandmother, Florence Hanson, went home to be with her Creator and loving God this morning. Her heart had been yearning for this journey for quite some time. Rejoicing, relief, and sorrow at the empty space at our family table. Please pray for my father and his brothers and sisters who no longer have a mother, and for my grandfather whose love of 60+ years has gone on before him.

Cinemaphile

For no particular reason, in no particular order: my top ten favorite films.
(Today anyway.)

The Royal Tenenbaums
















"'Did you tell Margot about me being in love with her?'
'Did she tell you that? Yes, I did. Why would she repeat that, I wonder?'
'I would ask you the same question.'
'And rightly so.'"


Good Will Hunting
















"You're suspect! Yeah, you! I don't know what your reputation is in this town but after what you tried to pull today you can bet I'll be looking into you. Now the business we have, heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney. Good day gentlemen, and until that day comes, keep your ear to the grindstone."


The Virgin Suicides

















"What lingered after them was not life, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a wall, a room dim at noon. And the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself."


Reality Bites









"'I was really going to be somebody by the age of 23.'
'Honey, all you have to be by the age of 23 is yourself.'
'I don't even know who that is anymore.'
'Well I do. And we all love her. I love her. She breaks my heart again and again, but I love her.'"


The Last of the Mohicans

"...and one day there will be no more frontier. And men like you will go too, like the Mohicans. And new people will come, work, struggle. Some will make their life. But once, we were here."


Mansfield Park

"Run mad as often as you like, but do not faint. Beware of fainting spells. Beware of swoons."


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind













"'If you wanna be with me, you're with me.'
'Okay.'
'Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a screwed up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.'"


The Graduate
















"'Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?'
'You got me.'"


The English Patient


















"The heart is an organ of fire."


The Secret Garden











"I can't go outside; the spores!!"

The enthralling fashion adventures of one Erin K. Hanson

Gwen and I went on a shopping spree Saturday...the Factoria Nordstrom Rack!

I found my boots:

Maybe not exactly what I described below, but they do have a 3 1/4" heel and are just the exact right height for an ankle boot. I'm so excited to wear them with tights and dresses (or skinny jeans.)

I also bought something I've wanted for a very long time...a Marc by Marc Jacobs dress. (Bridget, you pushed me over the edge with your lovely perfume. I wanted something Marc too!!) I scored a great deal on a dress from last fall's collection. The feather pattern is similar to the below...I couldn't find a picture of the dress itself but imagine a v-neck, empire-waisted, cotton sateen, knee-length merlot-colored dress with a turquoise feather print...(looked great with the boots, too.)

But the pièce de résistance of the day was the dark grey cotton jersey tennis dress I found silkscreened with a print of tennis rackets and the face of Richie Tenenbaum. I am indebted to the designer as I believe it is now my very favorite piece of summer clothing.

"Go, Mordecai!"