Weekend Recap

You probably didn't notice, but I have decided to take a little step forward and buy a legit domain name! My blog is now officially accessible via www.theanchoredelm.com! It's a tiny upgrade, but it makes me feel 110% more official and excited to put more work into this blog!

On Friday afternoon Aaron and I drove over to our wedding venue to meet with our coordinator. We set a tentative menu for the reception and talked about ceremony details as well as napkin colors, timing and other details that go into planning a wedding. 

After our meeting we drove up Six Forks Rd. to explore a bit. We were meeting my cousin, Caitlin, for a 7pm movie, but we had some time to fill before then. We used my Yelp iPhone app to find a place to have dinner. On a whim we decided to try Zest Cafe in Six Forks Station. It was perfect! The cafe has a very fresh menu and it shares a space with a home decor shop. We both had delicious meals and I left with a mermaid post card that will be framed and hung on the wall soon!

We decided to walk to the theater from the cafe and discovered a large patch of honeysuckle bushes! I couldn't resist...

After running a few errands on Saturday morning we drove out to Chapel Hill to visit our friend Jacob. We watched the 1st J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie in preparation to go see Into Darkness. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and cuddling with Skwisgaar, as usual.

On Sunday we were planning on going to Artsplosure downtown, but a massive thunderstorm arrived just as we were about to leave. We decided to stay home and watch a movie instead. I cooked up spaghetti and meatballs and we took ourselves out for a double scoop at Fresh, a local ice creamery.

Hope you had a good weekend! Congrats to all of the graduates!

The Great Gatsby

I am getting so excited about The Great Gatsby movie release this weekend!

The Great Gatsby was one of my favorite novels in high school that stood out against the endless list of boring required reading choices that I never connected with (lookin' at you Tale of Two Cities). 

I rediscovered Gatsby during my junior year of college at OU when I took an English class that focused on taking a critical look at our society and how social norms are portrayed through media.

I'm not a big fan of the 1920's, art deco era, but F. Scott Fitzgerald's story and the characters that he created within that world have always captured me. 

This morning when I woke up I turned on Good Morning America and they were interviewing Baz Luhrmann, who directed this cinematic version of the book. Luhrmann has been one of my favorite directors ever since I saw Moulin Rouge! for the first time (and then the next 5 times that I watched it that same day!)

In the interview Luhrmann talked about how much fun the cast and crew had on set while filming the party scenes in Gatsby's mansion. He also talked about how much his wife, Catherine Martin, who is both costume and set director inspires him. This reminded me of how F. Scott Fitzgerald was inspired by his wife, Zelda, whom he called the "first American flapper".  I love when amazing parallels like that happen!

Are you planning on going to see The Great Gatsby this weekend?