Author Archives: Risa

1001 Movies, Part 8. 20×10

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Risa

20 movies, 10-word reviews. In hindsight, I should have done haikus! Giant – Texas rancher’s life seemingly unfolds in real time. Reeeaaaalllll tiiimmmmmmeee. Some Came Running – Unrequited three way love triangle leads to tragedy. As usual. The Thin Red … Continue reading →

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Home Again – The Fishing Trip That Was

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Risa

This is a short two-purpose post. We were, in fact, successful in our fifth attempt at ocean fishing for salmon! Warren, of the wonderful First Fish Charters, took us for a 7 hour adventure around the south coast of Bowen … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Coast – The Fishing Trip That Wasn’t

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Risa

Jeff and I are generally pretty lucky. We find a Costanza parking space, we get the convenient break on our property taxes just when we need it, and we luck into a great trade-in deal when buying a new car. … Continue reading →

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1001 Movies, Part 7. The Quotables.

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Risa

There are a lot of movies that I have been wanting to see based solely on the fact that they contain a line of dialogue that made top 100 list of Hollywood’s best quotes of all time. I’m just that … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Girltalk!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Risa
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1001 Movies, Part 6. Men Behaving Badly.

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Risa

There’s no end of movies in the 1001 book of men behaving like big fat jerks. Here are seven of them that we “enjoyed” throughout pandemic house arrest. Mean Streets – Harvey Keitel is a conflicted catholic/gangster, who places upon … Continue reading →

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1001 Movies, Part 5. The Good Guys edition

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Risa

Two Buster Keaton silent movies feature in the 1001 Movies book: The General and Steamboat Bill, Jr. I can’t even find the words to describe how great these movies are, and what a fantastic comedic actor Buster Keaton is! (I … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Sat-Sun

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Risa

We rented a boat on Saturday with some friends from Vancouver and there’s not much more to say about that except post a little picture gallery. Really. All we did was drive fast up and down the lake until our … Continue reading →

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Coronavacation 2020 – we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Risa

We took a break from movie watching to go on a vacation to BC, which is a) where we already live and b) what Dr. Bonnie Henry has deemed to be acceptable. And what better place than to head to … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Thurs-Fri

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Risa

Friday is officially our last winery tour day, which is just as well since we are already about 4 cases in. Getting straight to business, we headed over to Quail’s Gate. We arrived about noon to find out they were … Continue reading →

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