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Gigi

Watched Gigi while making Grandmom Zeccardi’s sweet bread. Sang at the top of my lungs. Scared the birds to death. Dogs hid in office downstairs. I was in my thirties before I watched it and understood that she was being groomed to be a mistress. In my Catholic school youth, I couldn’t ever figure out why she got so mad the first time he asked her out. Now I look at it and think the most relevant and beautiful song in the whole movie is Maurice Chevalier singing “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore”.

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Alaska King Crab

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Best Christmas present ever to give. Size doesn’t matter. Color not an issue. Never goes out of style. Just add some melted butter, pour yourself some vodka over ice to cut the buttery overload that eventually happens in your mouth and VOILA! good eating.

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Auntie Mame

If you’ve never seen this movie, go get it and watch it. It is one of the best movies ever. Just make sure you get the original Auntie Mame with Rosalind Russell and not the abomination Mame with Lucille Ball. I can watch it over and over and over and see new things each time that I missed the last time. Truly this is the performance Rosalind Russell was born to give.

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