Recently we gals have been getting together for "chick Flick Movies". You know, the ones the men have no interest in seeing. We saw Julie and Julia together (great), Sex in the City (not so great), and last night night Eat,Pray,Love(far from great). The best part of the evening was, as usual, the dinner and conversation after the movie.
I never read the book from which the film was adapted, but I think I would like it. It's about a woman in an unhappy marriage who leaves home for a year to find herself, to find balance in her life, through her travels to Italy, India and Bali. The photography of the various locations is beautiful, but the movie itself, well I really can't recommend it.
After the movie we came back to Kim's house, watched the sunset from her ocean front location, had a glass of wine, and critiqued the movie. Now that was spectacular. Seven strong women in their 50's and 60's talking about finding balance in life and trying to come up with one word to describe themselves. That's really hard. Just when you think you have the right word you think of something else that better describes you. One of the women said the word to describe me is "collector". By that she meant collector of friends, experiences, things, Another woman thought of herself as a "taster". A taster of life, a little of this, a little of that. I thought that was a really good word.
After the sunset we sat down for some serious eating. Based on the movie, Kim went with an Italian theme. Salad, fresh bread and hard butter, homemade minestrone soup, then pasta and chicken caccitore. The meal concluded with spumoni ice cream and biscotti and shortbread cookies. Oh, did I mention more wine? Yes, there was more wine.
I can't wait for the next chick flick movie extravaganza. The movie cost me $9, but the evening that followed, well that was priceless.
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