(Modern) Brit Love

So, once upon a time, I was an American Expat living in England.  Before you go thinking, that sounds cool/fun/exciting, you should know that I was miserable in modern-day London-town (specifically the Richmond/Twickenham area) for one whole year.  I hold my husband, the weather, and movies like Notting Hill, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones Diary personally responsible for my predicament.  You see, we moved for my husband’s professional “opportunity of...

Never saw THAT coming…

Greetings Treat-A-Weekers, this next recommendation is not normally something I’d include in my blog because it does not qualify as a “feel good” – there is not a single sweet or saccharine thing about it.  That said, the twists and turns in the plot of this movie and the story and the amazing acting by Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett who play two high school teachers make it an unexpected...

Comfort Films

  Okay, so my entire family is in town  – parents, sister, nephews, brother etc., so this post is going to be a quickie.  You know how sometimes your brain is too fried to cozy up to a good book and you just want to watch something delicious that comforts you? Well, I have two Irish inspired treats– one for the more refined palette and one for those of you...