Today is a day ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler and I observe as a significant anniversary.
For a short sentence, that one carries a number of footnotes. For one thing, it's not a wedding anniversary, since we never did the wedding, so we aren't limited to a single day in each year, but yeah, an anniversary of significance to us (also in the sense that it's - actually, I couldn't quite believe this when I first worked it out, but it is a 50th anniversary. Good grief!) For another, when I say we observe it, we are not punctilious about having celebrations on the actual date, and in factdurham_rambler has gone into Newcastle for the evening, to attend a meeting about (I think) WordPress plug-ins - which is why I am here and posting. But we did go out to lunch, at the Garden House: pub food with pretensions, but very pleasant (top tip: it is worth paying 50p extra for the triple-cooked chips).
Yesterday we went to see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, curious to see how see how something as essentially undramatic as a profile of Mr Rogers could support a feature film, anf encouraged by the Guardian's glowing review. We both emerged saying, well, that was interesting, but what I'd really like is to read the article it's based on. Thanks to Eaquire magazine, it's right here: and while I enjoyed the visual charm of the film, particularly in the use of the miniature town- (and city-) scapes, the article wins in its richness and nuance as a portrait. The film is handicapped by its rather saccharine plot (there is both hugging and learning) in which the fictionalised journalist is healed by Mr Rogers' intervention.
durham_rambler and I observe as a significant anniversary.For a short sentence, that one carries a number of footnotes. For one thing, it's not a wedding anniversary, since we never did the wedding, so we aren't limited to a single day in each year, but yeah, an anniversary of significance to us (also in the sense that it's - actually, I couldn't quite believe this when I first worked it out, but it is a 50th anniversary. Good grief!) For another, when I say we observe it, we are not punctilious about having celebrations on the actual date, and in fact
durham_rambler has gone into Newcastle for the evening, to attend a meeting about (I think) WordPress plug-ins - which is why I am here and posting. But we did go out to lunch, at the Garden House: pub food with pretensions, but very pleasant (top tip: it is worth paying 50p extra for the triple-cooked chips).Yesterday we went to see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, curious to see how see how something as essentially undramatic as a profile of Mr Rogers could support a feature film, anf encouraged by the Guardian's glowing review. We both emerged saying, well, that was interesting, but what I'd really like is to read the article it's based on. Thanks to Eaquire magazine, it's right here: and while I enjoyed the visual charm of the film, particularly in the use of the miniature town- (and city-) scapes, the article wins in its richness and nuance as a portrait. The film is handicapped by its rather saccharine plot (there is both hugging and learning) in which the fictionalised journalist is healed by Mr Rogers' intervention.
