Pete Holmes - A Great Guy

I was lucky to have been invited to my cousin-in-law, Pete Holmes' seventieth birthday party yesterday at Duffy's Sports Grill.

Movie: BEFORE THE RAINS

Before the Rains is set in 1930s southern India. While his wife is away, the English planter has an affair with his beautiful Indian servant leading to tragedy and moral dilemmas. The casting and performances are superb. The cinematography is luscious. There is everything to like about this movie and I highly recommend it. I saw it today at The Four Arts.

Dining Out

Billie and Jerry hosted Dining Out yesterday at Sweet Tomatoes.
The night before (Tuesday) I ushered at the Kravis for the pianist, Richard Goode. He is very very good but I had trouble keeping focused on the music, partly because I was so far away in the Mezzanine.

Apoxee Park Hike & Jane in California

Alan Collins led a very good walk this morning.

He had all his ducks in a row.

On the same day, Jane was hiking the Sutter Buttes in California.

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Excellent film - THE COUNTERFEITERS

I found Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) well worth the trouble of reading the English subtitles. It's an excellent movie about the Nazi effort to counterfeit British and US money during WW II. I highly recommend this outstanding film. I saw it today at The Four Arts.

Saint Patrick's Day

Yesterday we went to the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Lake Worth.
Here's the PARADE VIDEO
Last night we volunteered at the Kravis for Legally Blonde: The Musical. It was well sold and seemed to be well received but I didn't care much for the show.
Jane left this morning for California to visit with her daughter, Kelly.

City Walk

We had 15 walkers today on Lake Trail in Palm Beach.

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John Prince Park Picnic

This afternoon we enjoyed a windy picnic in John Prince park with Doris & Roy, Laura & Richard, and Jim & Betty, and Barb & Dick.

Two Movies - The Reader & GranTorino

We saw The Reader last night and Gran Torino tonight. Of the two, I preferred The Reader and highly recommend it. The many and prolonged sex scenes made me uncomfortable. It wouldn't have hurt the story to leave most of them out. It was an excellent and engaging story that took place in Germany after WWII and up to the present.
Gran Torino was also a good story but I felt the script and directing should have been better. Still, I recommend it.

Today for lunch we entertained Marcia & Ed Fee and Al Barash. Jane made hot chicken salad and lemon meringue pie. We enjoyed our guests and they seemed to have a good time.

Sea Cloud

Last night at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County lecture series we enjoyed the lecture "Majorie Merriweather Post's Sea Cloud -- the Storybook Tale of a Legendary Ship."

Oh Hell!

Oh hell! -- That was our game of choice last night. Cheri trounced the field of five players.

Also yesterday morning after Paul's aerobic walk in John Prince Park we went to Kofski Antiques' estate sale where many of the once-wealthy victims of Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme were selling off their treasures. Living In this area are very many formerly wealthy people who were wiped out by the scam.

Movie and Concert

Today at The Four Arts we saw My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami), a delightful French comedy with subtitles. We needed this lighter film after so many serious ones. It was perfect especially for me about someone without friends being taught how to have friends.

Tuesday we ushered at the Kravis for The Neville Brothers and Dr. John & The Lower 911. The patrons seemed to love it but I and several other ushers hated it. I felt sorry for myself having to be there.

Wednesday at the Armory Arts Center we attended a really fine lecture and slide show on the Art Deco architecture of India.