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If you could use a little girlie, chick-flick, escapist Springtime fun, then go! This weekend. Because the nutty $ men only count the box office results of the first weekend, of a film. That number makes or breaks it. Nutty, yes. But that's the way it goes.

So if it would be fun to spend a couple of hours, munching on popcorn and seeing beeeeeeutiful clothes, and hair styles, and decor, and an idealized version of life in "The Big Apple," and lots of cocktails and champagne, and yes! At the very end, the "Cosmopolitan" cocktails you've been looking for, the whole film! -giggles- And seeing lots of shoes, those high heels which I could never wear, not even when my feet wouldn't have bothered me. ,-) And the highs and lows of relationships. The 'perfect' and the 'imperfect' man/woman relationships, and the gorgeous wedding gowns.

{'The Gown' ~ getting into limo ~ "Like stuffing a marshmallow through a keyhole" -giggles-}

Yes, I said plural! Oh wow, that wedding gown photo shoot is deeeeeelicious! And girlie fun, did I mention girlie fun? Of course, even someone like me, who never watched the tv series, knows it was all about girlie friendship... The highs and the lows of that, too.

And I've said I love Sarah Jessica Parker's character of "Carrie." But that I didn't like the other characters. Now I've come to a greater appreciation of the "Charlotte" character, as played by Kristin Davis. They are all ditzy. That's part of the fun of course. But, now I like "Charlotte's" brand of so-cute ditziness too. :-) But I don't think I'll ever exactly 'warm up' to "Miranda" and "Samantha." I actually like "Samantha" more than "Miranda." Hmmm, so I guess that makes my "I Like" Meter on these fictitious gals...
1) Carrie 2) Charlotte 3) Samantha 4) Miranda. -grin-

Now there is an earth-shaking statement, if ever there was one. :-)))

Maybe I like "Charlotte" more now, after seeing her in the film version... because she looks more like the 'me' I was. 5'3" and 110 pounds. For a while, in college, I went with a gorgeous West Point Cadet. We girls who were going with cadets, rode down to West Point on special weekends and ... lived 'a dream.' :-))))) Anyway, Richard called me "his fragile equipment." -sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- Isn't that precious? Poor ol' Richard is dead now, according to my H.S. friend Michael {couple of star general when he retired... My HS friend Michael, that is}. Richard is dead, but will be remembered, for giving me the sweetest compliment I ever received. "Fragile equipment" :-))))

I stayed 110-112, till I was about 30. Even after 3 pregnancies. And without having to do one single thing, about it. {Nirvana, but I didn't appreciate it then} Then, in my very late 20's, I had my 4th child and... Quelle Horreur! I had 5-9 extra pounds on me! Eeeeek! How could this be!!! I didn't come home from the hospital easily, in the same size I'd been, before getting preg! {I used to get a new dress, in my same 'before' size, to wear when we brought the babies home from hospital.} But after my last child, I panicked at those 5-9 extra pounds. And starved myself. And eventually, couldn't keep starving myself. And gained weight. And I've been yo-yo-ing my weight, ever since. :-((((((( If only I'd not panicked at those extra 5-9 pounds!!! -sighhhhhhhhhhhh-

But that's life!

Also but! ~drum roll, please~ I've lost another pound with my LI and careful eating, only to satisfaction. 9 down. {But I won't tell you, how many to go. -grin-}

And another 'but'... Of course, if now-and-then glimpses of perfect forms of the human body, upset you, I suppose you might have to avert your eyes from the screen, at times, with this movie. Myself, I figure we all have one... a human body that is. And so what's the big deal, about glimpses of some perfect forms, of it? >,-) No, even I don't "need" them, to be "in action." But... I can stand it. ,-)

Sooooooooo, it's not Shakespeare, or Austen, or Wharton, or any of the Brontes. It's pure escapism. Like eating bon-bons {which don't make you fat}. And like drinking lots of Champagne {which doesn't make you drunk, only makes you giggly}. And the fun of watching a small group of fictional girl-friends-for-life. Which, if we're lucky, we have memories of being part of such a group, once. Or if we're not so lucky, we can make-believe, we had it, once. :-)

I'm going again this weekend. My d-i-law wants to go with me, but was {near the real NYC"} at Ellis Island yesterday, with her daughter's class field trip. But, she wants to go today! ,-) Maybe we'll stop somewhere, for a 'Cosmo,' after. I have never had one! Can you imagine that? Never-had-a-Cosmopolitan-cocktail. -sigh- How *sad* is that hu? ,-) Seems like it's time to rectify this "missing link," from my life. :-)

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And last but not least! Please look below at this lovely lady. "Lady Of A Certain Age"!

Look at this lovely looking, obviously older lady, at the NYC premier! Who says one can't look stunning, at any age?!? Her name is Lynn Cohen. Have no idea who she is, but I'm certainly going to do a search on her! :-)

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