I don't know about you but by the time I made it to last Thursday morning, I was so ready for the long weekend. The true "holiday season" hasn't even started and I'm ready for a break. Looks like I'll need to pace myself. Anyway, this weekend, in between plenty of couch time, we found all kinds of things to do—some worth the time and some not.
Thursday afternoon, the boyfriend and I caught an afternoon showing on Bobby, the new film by Emilio Estevez that tells the story of 22 people who were at LA's Ambassador Hotel on the day RFK was assassinated. The cast is definitely star-studded. In addition to Estevez, the cast list includes Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Martin Sheen, Harry Belefonte, Lindsay Lohan (yes, even Lindsay Lohan), Laurence Fishburne, and Freddy Rodriguez (of Six Feet Under Fame). While Stone and Moore both give great performances and Lindsay Lohan proves that she can act, even if she can't sing, the story is far too convoluted and difficult to follow for this to be the big hit that many thought it could be.
Thanksgiving was a quite day at home. In the morning, I hit Fort Greene Park with one of our dogs, Zoe. That was the extent of the day's physical activity. That night, though, we braved the icy rain for an outstanding Thanksgiving dinner at Wallse, one of my favorite holiday dinner spots. Since Dave made the
reservation a couple weeks ago, I had been mentioning our plan to friends. Considering the restuarant has been open on its quiet corner in the West Village for a few years now, I was shocked by the number of people who hadn't even heard the restaurants name, let alone darkened its door. All I can say is plan a dinner there asap. It is a wonderful experience from beginning to end.
Friday was a bit of a wash since we spent it traveling back and forth between our vet dealing with a small medical emergency for our other dog, Angus. He is fine now and recovering nicely, but that night we couldn't stand to leave him by himself all groggy on pain medication.
Even though we live in Brooklyn, until Saturday neither of us had been to the Brooklyn Museum. The Annie Liebovitz exhibit running late January gave us a good excuse to make the trip. Obviously we weren't the only people who had this idea. Even when we arrived not long after noon (the museum opens at 11am on Saturdays) there was a healthy line to get in. Having be a big fan of Liebovitz's work for a long time, I was excited to see he photos up close and personal. Strangely, the exhibit is a mix of her 
personal and professional work. As she puts it, "I don't have two lives. This is one life, and the
personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it." Whatever. The combination of the two made the exhibit a bit confusion and hard to follow. And the museum could manage the flow of people much better so that it is easier to see and enjoy the exhibit. If you decide to give the museum a try (and judge for yourself) you can also catch "Looking Back From Ground Zero," an engaging exhibition of works from the permanent collection that includes
paintings, photographs, prints, and drawings of the Lower Manhattan
area around the World Trade Center site before, as well as after 9/11, and an installation of the hyper-real sculputure of Ron Mueck.
Then Saturday night, we join a full house of fans for a showing of For Your Consideration. Continuing the theme of the day, though, the film didn't deliver on its positive hype. I'm still a huge fan of Christopher Guest and what has become his house ensemble of actors but this isn't their best film.
Unless you are living under a rock, you already know that the film of the holiday season is going to be Dreamgirls. If I can't score a pass to a screening, you know I'll be at the theater on December 15 to get me some Dgirls.
