Enough said?

We had a quiet Friday night dinner and had dear friends over for lunch on Saturday, and they stayed well into the afternoon. Over the past year, Barry and I have been playing Rummikub on Sabbath afternoons, generally going for the best two out of three games. Lately I have been winning the first two, but admittedly I have been quite lucky in drawing at least one of the jokers. Yesterday Barry won the first game, I won the second (I drew one joker), and then Sabbath was over so we called it a draw.

This morning we headed into The City to see “Enough Said,” the new movie starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini. A.O. Scott of the New York Times liked it, calling it “a small miracle of a movie,” and it received a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but it was hard to know how much those were influenced by Mr. Gandolfini’s sudden and untimely death at age 51 in June of this year. I am glad to report that the reviews were well deserved.  The two main characters are each divorced, and each has an 18 year old daughter about to leave for college. They meet and their humorous flirtation quickly leads them to fall for each other. But a rather-unlikely-in-real-life complication (I do not wish to spoil the movie for those who might want to see it) leads them to a break-up. The film does not insist on tying up the package with a perfect little bow, so ends on a cautiously optimistic note. We both thoroughly enjoyed it.

The movie left me singing an old James Taylor song, “The Secret of Life,” which I will attach here, along with the movie trailer.

We then went to Noi Due for a mid-day meal. With all the holidays, we had not been there in a month or so, so it was nice to be back.     

I have a big week coming up with my classes resuming this week. The students in the music class had decided to study Beethoven this term. And I am returning to the memoir writing class. I am hoping to put more effort into that this time around than I was able to do last year.

Meanwhile, have a good week.

Love,

Rebecca