~Saturday~ After having recently watched the HBO miniseries of Mildred Pierce, and since Bob owned a copy of it and offered to watch it with me, we watched the 1945 movie version of it. The synopsis After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but cannot seem to … Read more
~Saturday~ Compliments of Amazon Prime, I watched the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce. The synopsis Mildred Pierce is the epic story of a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The trailer My thoughts and observations I really enjoyed this "epic" film. I didn't … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, The Main Event, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Hillary Kramer (Streisand), a successful perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, A Star is Born, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, Funny Lady, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis A sequel to the 1968 film Funny Girl, it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her marriage … Read more
~Saturday~ You may remember (or not) this picture from day 6 of our Michigan vacation: As I noted in that entry, Bob’s sister, Mary, has been slowly going through her mother Ruth’s stuff (she passed away 5 years ago) and decided that she was ready to let go of some things. One of the things … Read more
~Monday~ I woke up at 11:50, after only having been asleep a couple of hours, and I couldn’t fall back asleep. After about 10 minutes, I whispered to Bob, “Are you awake?” “Yes,” he whispered back. “Do you want to just get up and go?” I asked. “Yes,” he said. We had pretty much packed … Read more
~Sunday~ I gloriously slept in this morning. When I got up, there was coffee waiting for me, and Barbara had made bacon and eggs for us. We sat out on the porch, where Bob and I woofed down breakfast. It was all so good. Bob—using Charley’s new-fangled car—had run to a local donut shop called … Read more
~Saturday~ We started off our day by meeting more of Bob’s relatives for breakfast. We met Bob’s niece Stephanie, her son Drew (youngest of 4!), and her mom, Mary, at the Country Kitchen in Marshall, MI. We enjoyed catching up, and hearing about their busy lives. Stephanie, Bob, Mary, and Drew Back in Battle Creek, … Read more
~Friday~ We had breakfast at the Hamilton Inn Select Beachfront hotel, since it was complimentary. Then we packed up to check out and start our day, which consisted of going over the Mackinaw Bridge to St. Ignace on the upper peninsula, and later crossing back to the lower peninsula to head to Ocqueoc Falls State … Read more