Vancouver BC Good Morning Sunshine!..

After three days in Bellingham WA we arrived yesterday on a typical NW day..grey and drizzling. But who cares! Our place here in downtown is on the 22nd floor of a high rise on Hornby street. the condo has windows everywhere and overlooks the city and the mountains in the distance.
At 7 Am today I am sipping my coffee and watching the sun burn away the clouds..looks like a nice day today!

The three days in Bellingham were planned to be spent with Paula's friend Sharona and her
husband Daniel. But unexpectedly, one of Sharona's friends from Phoenix died the day before and she had to return to Phoenix to officiate at her funeral (Sharona is the former Cantor at Temple Chai). So instead of exploring the Puget sound on their boat we made the best of it enjoying the cute little villages in the area and hiking in the local forests. Did get to spend some time with Jonathan, their youngest a 20 year old UDUB (Washington) senior in Seattle. Nice young man, but with two older brilliant siblings (one a Rhodes Scholar), he has some tough acts to follow.

Yesterday we arrived at around 11AM and we had some time to kill and, with the rain and all, we decided to take in a movie, Julia and Julie. I loved the movie. Have you ever watched a flick where you are totally transformed into the time and place in which it takes place? This was one for me. The "Julie' part, taking place in NYC around 2002 was nice and Amy Adams plays a sweet and charming young woman (very different from the book according to Paula). Ms. Adams is very talented (she played the young nun in "Doubt") and she does not disappoint in this role as well.
But for me the stars of the show are Merrell Streep (Julia Child) and Stanley Tucci, her husband. What a performance by the two of them! It did not hurt that their part of the movie took place in Paris in the 50's. What a remarkable woman and personality Julia Child must have been and the love between the two of them was evident throughout the film. "You are the butter on my bread, the breath to my life" his words to her repeated. They also showed a classic Saturday night Live scene with Dan Ackroyd playing Julia. It was the one where he/she cuts herself and blood is everywhere..a classic. Everyone in the theater was howling! Its good to know Canadians appreciate humor as much as we do.
I will not be surprised if Ms Streep gets nominated for an Academy Award again..she is so versatile and gets better with age. She seems to have no boundaries with respect to her talent. As far as Stanley Tucci goes, I love the guy. Add this one to"The Terminal' and
"Big Night" as my favorites. By the way, he must have had fun with this movie. He is a food nut. We have his family cookbook.