Oscar Night
Happy Monday kids! Shaun and I had a film-filled weekend. We spent Saturday eating way too much popcorn at the AMC Best Picture Showcase viewing 4 best picture nominees. It was SO fun! The day kicked off with Winter's Bone, followed by Black Swan, Inception and The Social Network. The day was topped off with The King's Speech which we skipped out on since we had seen it a few weeks ago. Plus the 2 barrels of popcorn and bucket of diet Coke left us feeling not-so-much after 8 hours.
I think my favorite movie of the day was Black Swan.
It was haunting, but fantastically done. The camera work alone was Oscar-worthy in its conveyance of Nina's meltdown. I had super low expectations of this film (since I am still haunted by Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream...eek.), but I ended up really, really liking this one. I also thoroughly enjoyed Winter's Bone (which we knew absolutely nothing about before we saw it) and The Social Network (which I had no expectations for). My least favorite was Inception. It seemed a bit disjointed and I honestly just didn't 'get' it. I wanted to though! Anyone else with opinions on these films? I will say that my top 2 movies of the year were The King's Speech and The Fighter, followed by Black Swan and then The Social Network.
The Oscar weekend culminated at a little Oscar party with my mom and my cousin Veronica on Sunday night at my parent's house. We kept the night light and healthy with some delicious eats. We made cheesy, low carb tortilla pizzas...
Shrimp cocktail...
and a lightened up chicken Caesar salad...
Before getting super sleepy on the couch, Mom and I made some tea and snacked on her newest creation, healthy coffee cake muffins!
These were so good and a perfect sweet treat to top off the night! I slept at my parents house and now I get to drive into work with my Dad, our old tradition that was lost after I got married and moved out of the house. Before Shaun and I got married, I lived with my parents and would drive into Manhattan every morning with my dad. We were both so sad when our daily tradition was broken, so it's very fun to dabble in this again, if even for a day!
So that's my Monday story. What did you do this weekend? What was your favorite movie this year?
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Those muffins look SOOO good! I loved The Kings Speech and Social Network the most. Really liked Black Swan too. More enjoyable than Requiem but not quite as haunting. I still need to see Winter's Bone, 127 Hours, The Kids Are Alright, and The Fighter. I slacked this year!
xoxo
Sounds like a fun weekend! So cute that you and your dad have that tradition:-)
I haven't seen any of those movies, so I have no opinion at all---but it's nice to hear that Black Swan is worth seeing. I am kinda on the fence with that one.
The food looks great---I'm such a big fan of coffee cake...the cupcake/muffin version of it looks so much more reasonable to me (in terms of portion control...because I'm terrible at that!).
My weekend was low key, but I did go see Stomp, which is traveling through town----and it was great!
i saw black swan too. my hubby loved it. i thought it was very well made and loved natalie portman but it was a little creepy for me!
Great idea for a low carb pizza. Do you remember what tortillas you used? Love your blog! I am a new follower!
xo
Lisa, I've heard great things about Stomp!
Erica, so happy you found us!! We used Mission Carb Balance, which you can probably find in most grocery stores. Here's the link:
http://www.missionfoods.com/Pressroom/OurProducts.aspx?t=432&id=6376
Mmm!! The cheese on that tortilla pizza looks soo good. I'm a sucker for cheese!
I really liked Black Swan, too but I really think The King's Speech won fair and square. That movie was SOO good and very simple with a great script. No bells and whistles needed if you know what I mean. All the Oscar movies I saw were the best of the year for me....Inception (MIND...BLOWN!) Social Network (Facebook rules!) True Grit (Woman power!) and of course the other two I loved.
That is so sweet about riding with your Dad! :D
I have two words after seeing all that glorious food up there.
feeeeeed meeee!
Looks so good - wish i was there!!
I really want to see Winter's Bone and the Fighter! But I am happy with all the winner's - the 3 I saw all got a little something something! And Toy Story 3 got props too!
I actually haven't seen any of the best picture nominees yet! Your mom's coffee cake muffins look delish.