girls just wanna have fun
For "Women's Night" this month we tried a little something different, and I think the results were amazing!! In any case, I had a blast!
Generally, this super fun gathering is held in our home once a month and is meant to be an evening of inspiration, fun, intellectual stimulation and creativity - kind of a haven for the ladies. This month, we decided to take a field trip! On Saturday, a bunch of us went to see a documentary called "Playing House" at Facets Cinematheque in the city. The film is about a group of pre-adolescent girls at a boarding school in the Northeast and follows their lives - ups and downs - for a school year. It was such a thought-provoking piece for me, and it was very funny too. My overwhelming thought afterwards was I wouldn't want to relive that age in my life for anything! The drama! The hormones! Yikes!
But the film was so interesting to watch. And the director herself was at the screening, so we got to ask her questions. So fun!
Kudos to Kari, by the way, for being audacious and networking with the director! You go, girl!
This all was after having a perfectly lovely brunch with my friend Layli whom I have known since I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. And it was before having a FAB-U-LOUS dinner at Wishbone with all the ladies who came to the film. Yummmm! And we had such great conversation, largely centered on the film.
But to top it all off, a smaller group of us headed to the mall for a little walking and found ourselves trying on prom dresses for a couple of hours. Just for kicks. It was HILARIOUS!! Seriously. Addy took photos, thank goodness, so much mayhem will be posted here soon.
It was just such a fun day. Really. Thanks, ladies!
Comments
it's all about the poof.
Posted by: delara | April 24, 2004 11:56 AM
Lace, you should've seen D-Lara's poof. Dang, she looked good!
Posted by: +mojan. | April 13, 2004 01:03 PM
rock on, my sisters.
Posted by: delara | April 13, 2004 10:58 AM
To quote Tiffany, it was "multi-cultural Barbie" night. Thanks for the wonderful day ya'll! I am still thinking about the girls in the movie and feel touched by seeing their lives so intimately.
Hooray for friends!
Posted by: Layli Elena | April 12, 2004 08:42 PM
Yes, yes....there was some major poofage going on...I can't wait to see the evidence. These ladies were looking quite lovely. Cyndi Lauper would have been proud of us (maybe a little jealous too!).
Posted by: Tiffany | April 12, 2004 05:55 PM
total poof, lacey. total poof.
Posted by: kari | April 12, 2004 05:21 PM
I heard there was some poofiness? Talk to me about the poof, please.
Posted by: lacey | April 12, 2004 04:10 PM
my favorite dresses are the short yellow one tiff wore and the gorgeous light blue throwback that you wore, moj. GLA-MOR-OUS!
Posted by: delara | April 12, 2004 03:04 PM
Oh man, I haven't had that much fun in a long... no, I don't think I've *ever* had that much fun! I'm still laughing.
Posted by: +mojan. | April 12, 2004 02:57 PM
oh my gosh, delara! "girls just want to have fun" is exactly the line that went through my head when i thought of how i would blog about our saturday night adventures. i might go with my other option "look how they have fun" -- lyrics from a diana ross song circa 1980.
thanks for the props, delara. i probably wouldn't have actually done it had you not encouraged me to really look through my purse for a business card. i would have just sat and thought "i wish i could go up and talk to her." so, thank you!
Posted by: kari | April 12, 2004 02:11 PM