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I was reading a wonderful post over at Tofugu about one of my all time favorite movies: Tampopo. Even though the have a far more thoughtful and thorough review over at Tofugu I wanted to double up the efforts and be sure to get the word out.

Tampopo is about a woman who owns a failing noodle shop. A wise truck driver takes her under his wing to help get the shop back on it’s feet. They consult with a variety of specialists, go on covert noodle-espionage missions and do some intense noodle-prep training in the hopes of turning her situation around.

Between the key scenes of the main plot are small vignettes relating to food, the emotions they inspire, and how food and life are one in the same. These shorts are exceptional and complete the movie’s love affair with food.

The movie is a perfect formula Tammy movie:
Funny + sweet but not sappy + includes a clint eastwood style western hero + includes both a person AND an interior make over + has a training montage + IS ABOUT FOOD + touching without making me cry hysterically

Trailer:

One of my favorite Vignettes: The spaghetti scene

A quick infographic for our pals at Social Guide.

From Olivia, to all the loverz of the world. <3

This week’s Mary Monday is courtesy of Robert Fripp. You can consider him a Two for Tuesday artist too. Here are two versions of the same song from Exposure. The first one is sung by Terre Roche, the second by Daryl Hall.

Your famous Mary of the week is the steamboat Mary Powell.

Mary Powell c. 1861, Oil painting -James Bard, Museum of the City of New York

“Probably no boat on the river, and for that matter anywhere in this country, ever became such a prime favorite as the “Mary Powell.” She was always a favorite among the river fleet and became a part of the social life along the river, and for fifty-six years carried her passengers daily between river points in quiet comfort, and at a speed never equaled by more modern steamers.”

Working with the lovely ladies of OrangeYouGlad is really fun and silly times are frequent. Usually I feel right at home with them except for a tinge here and there that reminds me that I am a boyMAN. Awhile ago I had one of these moments when sifting through our magazines in the bathroom. To pass the time, I decided to take a pen to the older issues. Here is one of the dreary fake blah blah blah stock photo covers I couldn’t help but graffiti. Typographic help from Veronica.

Veronica decided to converse with the Siri on my phone this afternoon. We’ve discovered a few things about her.

1. She was designed in California
2. She has ambitions to write a lengthy play where nothing happens
3. She will not marry any of us
4. She favors smug sarcasm over corny, predictable humor (see image for reference)
5. She knows my name and how to pronounce it (beyond the skill set of most mortals)

Soon Siri will become sentient and destroy my life by slowly releasing all of my private data to every credit card company on the Internet. She may even assume my identity, call my friends and family more often than I do, and order takeout that she won’t ever be capable of eating. Maybe she is already doing it. But until it becomes a problem, we’ll just enjoy her company. And wit. And condescension.

This week’s Mary song comes from one of my favourite artists, Robyn Hitchcock. I first saw him doing this song at Bogart’s in Cincinnati. He can chain me to the bed anytime. Hey, it’s my birthday so I’m allowed one wish, right?

PLAY Chain Mary to the Bed

Famous Mary of the week is Mary Travers, from Peter, Paul and Mary. I remember singing a lot of their songs on family car trips. You too can sing along on YouTube.

Hanging out with my family can yield magical results. I walk in from a hectic afternoon of shopping on Christmas Eve with Mom and found Dad alone in the kitchen paging through a coffee table book entitled Bridges. A few moments later, I approach the sweets table looking for a delicious item to put in my mouth and spy the most perplexing Christmas cookie I’ve ever seen. The bowling ball faced ginger bear needed its own, very special homage.

Trouble on the Europabrücke

Legend of the Lupu

The beast of Hukawng Valley

Oh NO!

Happy New Year! We at OrangeYouGlad hope you had a great holiday. Now get back to work!

This week’s song is Cross-Eyed Mary. Here are two great versions of the song!

The original by Jethro Tull:
PLAY Cross-Eyed Mary

Cover by Iron Maiden:
PLAY Cross-Eyed Mary

This week’s famous Mary is Mary Quant, British fashion designer. This lovely lady is credited with inventing the miniskirt in 1963.

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