Here's the thing...

The internet connection at our house has been slow & unsteady for the last few months. And doing anything...and I do mean ANYthing (checking email, doing a Google search, looking up movie times, etc.) takes about 5x as long as it should. And that is IF you can keep the signal long enough to make things go thru.

We finally found out that our internet speed was only working at 6 mega-whatzits, instead of the 12-18 we have been paying for (yay!) and supposedly this is being fixed by the internet/cable people....you probably know about how fast that happens. In the meantime, it takes me so very long to blog any post that I am about out of patience for the entire week (if not more) by the time it is done. IF i can get it put together. (Big IF.) Therefore, not too many blog posts will be forthcoming until this is repaired...boo!

How to Steal a Million Cupcakes

Of all the Hepburn films I have watched so far, this is definitely one of my favorites! How to Steal a Million came along 13 years after her big success in Roman Holiday-and she has evolved into a stylish, accomplished actress. Audrey & Peter O'Toole are great together and the plot couldn't be funnier. Audrey herself is hysterical as the daughter of an accomplished art forger trying to keep her father out of prison: she shoots an intruder with an ancient pistol, drives her cute convertible like a NASCAR professional, and recruits O'Toole's help in a 'big time caper' in the best looking black lace dress & mask I've ever seen a thief wear. (Givenchy designed her wardrobe for this movie, and for all her movies from the time of their first meeting in 1953 on the set of Sabrina" onward. He & Hepburn were great friends.)

The film did not win any awards for director William Wyler, who also directed Hepburn in several other of her projects, but it wins big with me! I loved it!

Memoirs of a Cupcake

I love it when they turn bestselling novels into movies, especially classics...and those destined to become classics. I know there are plenty of purists that hate it when the story is 'hollywooded-up', but in my mind, the movie-making brings beautiful narratives to the masses who might not otherwise have ever been tempted towards the book. Perhaps, in my ideal world, watching the film may even cause many to WANT to read the book! Anyway, this was a gorgeous story of a life lived under circumstances we Westerners have no concept of whatsoever. If you haven't read the book, it is beautiful. Amazing. And if you aren't tempted by the novel, watch the film. :)

Leave the gun Take the cupcakes

Finished reading The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Read it in one day-couldn't put it down. Violent, yes...but AMAZING storytelling. My only disappointment: Nowhere in the book does he write this favorite quote:

What a Cupcake!- Audrey Part 2

So sweet! Hepburn plays Arienne, a young Parisian iguene whose father is a private investigator. She secretly reads his files and romantically fantasizes about his cases~specifically his most recent: following an American gigilo! This is a very simple, very sweet story: an innocent girl's version of Pretty Woman. Loved it!

What a Cupcake! Audrey: Part 1

Just a few words....Hepburn won an Academy Award in 1953 for

Best Actress-which she earned, she was amazing!- and Gregory

Peck is my new hot crush.

WATCH IT!! 'Nuff said.

A Cupcake Does Yoga

Today was Day 3 of Yoga Camp...I mean, Yoga Teacher Training! Parts of my body are singing the Halleujah Chorus, but it is so gratifying to be stretching those muscles.

In case it is hard to keep up, I switched from visiting Discovery Yoga in St. Augustine, Florida for my training to Porter's Neck Yoga & Spa a little closer to home (check me out in the orange! Ha!) The Major liked the idea of keeping me closer for the duration-and this is where I have been taking classes, so it seemed like a good fit!

There is a lot about yogic philosophy that I find curious~not all of it do I find agrees with my own views. But all of it I find interesting! My lovely and vivacious instructor, Kas, is making every moment full of newness and energy. Tomorrow we participate in a class called Yogalicious....can it get any more fun than that?!