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...Spring Effervescent "My Mom's Favorite Season"
I think of my mother in the spring. When the cool rain settles in, warmer than frigid icicle raindrops tap-tap-tapping on our windowpane...
6 days ago


...Sparkly White "The Age of Adaline"
I recently saw an Instagram post about the typical “movie-watching experience” of the different zodiac signs. Apparently, grounded...
Mar 9


...Alien Cute "Greetings, 2025!"
Starting this New Year right. Yes, I was gifted with my first little alien! He has an adorable red scarf and orange ear muffs. Awww. ...
Jan 1


...Starstruck "Hello, Jack T. Colton"
Here's the video from that starry October night with Michael Douglas (aka Jack T. Colton from "Romancing the Stone"). Yes, dreams come...
Dec 24, 2024


...Frenetic "Stop, Drop, and Breathe"
As 2024 draws to a close, I am, first, supremely surprised at how fast this year flew. Like a racecar! Or better yet, that miraculous...
Dec 21, 2024


...Summer Fresh "Goodbye to Chickpea Salad"
Halloween has passed y'all! And with sweater weather comes warm apple cider, mulling spices on the stove, and that random cozy candle...
Nov 3, 2024


...Sci-Fi Silver "Kubrick Trivia a la Flickside"
Summer is all about looking up at blue skies and midnight stars. As we sit s'more-side during this wonderfully hot, atmospheric time of...
Aug 3, 2024


...Argentina Pink "Where Borges Wrote of a Labyrinth"
Twenty years have passed. August 2004. Since I descended into that magical world of fog and rain. Not at all what I imagined my first...
May 5, 2024


...Newbie Green "My Flickside Foray into the Screenplay"
Check out my first screenplay analysis article for Flickside! See me dissect the Oscar-winning script of 1976's Network. It was...
Apr 22, 2024


...A Red Heart "Remembering 'Family Ties'"
News Alert: Antenna TV is at it again. This channel is playing all my favorite shows! Not only did I recently have the pleasure of...
Apr 22, 2024


...Cinematic Gritty "Flickside's Ode to 1970s New York City"
Calling all De Niro, Pacino, Scorsese, and Lumet lovers! Here's my ode to that wonderful New Hollywood decade where directors, cast, and...
Mar 29, 2024


...Gravy Brown? "Yup, I Love Poutine"
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. I agree. Gaping into my kitchen cabinets, then fridge, then freezer, the other...
Dec 29, 2023


...A Rustic Castle "Cka Ka Qellu"
Once upon a time, there was a castle. In a teeny city next to New York City. Inside, it had beautiful white walls with stone, and...
Nov 12, 2023


...Umbrella Blue "Home Sweet Home"
As Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" (1939) once said, “There’s no place like home.” Cue those glittery red shoes. And for travelista...
Nov 12, 2023


...Vertigo Vibrant "Flickside YouTube Celebrates Hitchcock"
What an exciting "Flickside YouTube" summer it has been! What was my favorite Flickside video? Alfred Hitchcock of course! Here's the...
Sep 2, 2023


...Starry-Eyed "The Star of India"
Donned in my pastel spring and Sunday best (aka a treasured yellow linen jacket she had gifted me with a decade earlier before her move...
May 29, 2023


...A Culinary Oops "My Audrey Hepburn Bust-Up"
All hail the thoughtfully crafted cookbook "Audrey at Home: Memories of My Mother's Kitchen" published by Audrey's son Luca Dotti back...
Apr 30, 2023


...1970s Rust Orange "The Enduring Magic of 'Three's Company'"
I realize at forty-something years of age (ahem) that I have subconsciously modeled my life and relationships after that zany fun...
Apr 30, 2023


...Weepy "My Ode to 'Penny Serenade'"
As the saying goes, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to.” And the flick “Penny Serenade” from 1941 is a perfect example. Melodrama...
Jan 29, 2023


...Melancholy Blue "My Karen Carpenter Biopic Wish"
Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old Sometimes I’d like to quit Nothin’ ever seems to fit Hangin’ around Nothin’ to do but frown Rainy days...
Dec 5, 2022
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