Monthly Archives: October 2015
21 Brilliantly British Halloween costumes
While Americans are paying top dollar to buy a Minion or Joker costume this year, the Brits are having a ball dressing up as alcoholic beverages, TV presenters and, of course, Tardis.
Take a look at Buzzfeed.com’s countdown of 21 brilliantly British Halloween costumes.
As for me? I’m going as Wenda or Wilma, the Girl Friday to Where’s Waldo? or Where’s Wally? (which varies, depending on where you live!) Have a happy Halloween!
What if Gordon Ramsay went nuts on “Masterchef Junior” kids?
What would happen if Gordon Ramsay treated the contestants on “Masterchef Junior” like contestants on “Hell’s Kitchen”?
Someone just put the two into a blender and, well, the results are quite magnificent. NSFW on account of the crazy bad language.
The best of Winnie the Pooh
I spotted this on Facebook and had to share!
A.A. Milne’s first volume of Winnie-the-Pooh stories was published 89 years ago today. Here are great quotes to celebrate:
1. “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. ‘Pooh!’ he whispered. ‘Yes, Piglet?’ ‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.'”
2. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
3. “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
4. “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
5. “Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them..”
6. “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”
7. “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
8. “I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
9. “Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
10. “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”
11. “‘How do you spell love?’
‘You don’t spell it…you feel it.'”
12. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
“Man Up” review
Have you heard of the rom-com, “Man Up,” starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell?
We rented it last night, without having any background on what it was about, and found it positively charming. Simon Pegg and Lake Bell have great chemistry and the film features some nice shots of London. Plus, Lake Bell’s British accent is very believable and good (and she’s genuinely likable. Another one to watch with her: “In a World.”)
Oh yeah, and it’s 88 minutes (meeting my “I’ll-give-any-movie-a-try-that is-90-minutes-or-less rule). (I’m a busy lady.)
Check out the trailer! (Or don’t! Go into it blind like I did – that works, too!)
BRITRISH.COM 