The restaurant we went to this week is a diner called Jim Dandy. It is on NE Sandy Blvd. It has been there since 1937. It still looks like it originally did on the outside. The inside is slightly updated. But there are still the diner booths and all that. The food is classic diner food, burgers and milkshakes. They have a lot of milkshake flavors. I got chicken strips and fries. It was fine. Not great but not horrible. There is a lot of Portland memorabilia. Old photos of the coast from the 20s and 40s. Pages of the Oregonian from the beginning and end of WWII, and so much more. Most of that is in the back room. The front room has memorabilia from the 50s. Lots of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. The service was good. I would go back and try a milkshake.
Monday: The Girl in White (1952)
This is based on the true story of the first female doctor in New York City. The story begins with Emily and her family moving after her fathers death. Her mom faints and needs a doctor. Emily runs to the closest doctor. The doctor happens to be a woman. At first she is hesitant about having a woman doctor help her mom. But after the doctor, Marie, saves her mom she gains a new perspective. She now sees that it is possible for her to become a doctor. Marie helps her. Emily goes to school to study medicine. There she meets Ben and the fall in love. He wants her to give up being a doctor and just be a housewife. Being a doctor is more important to her so they break up. Later after struggling she gets hired at a hospital. All the other male doctors show little respect for her. She has to work twice as hard. She gains the attention of the administrator. His opinion of her changes. Emily realizes that she can be a doctor and have a love life. I liked this movie.
Wednesday: Good News (1947)
This is a musical about a college senior class that don't want to leave college. Pat is a new student. She loves speaking in French (usually incorrectly). Immediately all the boys want to date her. All she cares about is money. She goes for the guy who she is told has the most money. Babe is dating the biggest guy on the football team but she has fallen for the nerdiest and smallest member of the team. She can't break up with her boyfriend because he might get violent. Connie is working her way through school as a librarian. She is unlucky in love. Tommy is the star quarterback. He wants to date Pat. He gets help from Connie to learn French. She falls for him. He likes her too but is still after Pat. To help out Babe tells Pat that Tommy is very rich. Pat is now interested in him. Tommy is happy to have Pat at first but it's not all that it seems. I liked this movie. It is a fun musical. Although there is one song about Indians (native americans) that probably could be cut because it is offensive.
Thursday: Effie Gray (2014)
This is based on a true story set in the mid 1800s. Effie marries the art critic John Ruskin when she is very young. She is in love with him and has known him most of her life. He is older. Married life is not all what she thought it would be. She feels useless with nothing to do. She is isolated. He never touches her. Effie becomes mentally ill. To help her get better her husband takes her to her native Scotland. He also brings the painter Millais to paint his portrait. Millais sees how she is mistreated. She does start to get better. Effie and Millais fall in love. They must find a way to be together. I thought this movie was interesting. It was good.
Friday: The Goldfinch (2019)
Theo faces tragedy in middle school. When he is at a museum with his mom a bomb explodes. His mom is killed as well as many others. He steals a painting of a Goldfinch. Theo goes to live with the family of a childhood friend. He forms a strong bond with the mother. He also meets an antique salesman, Hobie. Hobie was partners with the man who also died after the explosion. He had sent Theo to find Hobie. Hobie becomes friends with Theo. Then his disaster of a dad shows up and takes him to Nevada. His father and his girlfriend are horrible to him. He forms a friendship with a boy named Boris who also has a hard life. Theo continues to face hardships into his adult life. The whole time he must hide the paining and hope to never be discovered. This movie is so good. The cast is great and so is the cinematography.
Sunday: Smoke Signals (1998)
Thomas lives at the Coeur D'alene reservation. When he was a baby a fire burnt down his house killing his parents and many others. He was saved by Arnold. His grandmother raises him. He wants to friends with Arnold's son Victor. They are very different. Arnold is depressed and abusive. One day he disappears. Now as teenager Victor has grown to be a jock, while Thomas is nerdy and very into his Native American culture. Thomas still strives to be Victor's friend. One day they get a phone call saying Arnold has died. Victor must travel to Arizona to get his father's ashes. He has no money. Thomas offers to pay if he can come too. He liked Arnold and wants to help. Reluctantly Victor agrees. They travel together, and learn about life and how things are not always what you think. I liked this movie. It was well done. I liked the transitions between the past and the present. An example is a basketball would be thrown into the air in the past and be caught by a character in the present.
Monday: The Girl in White (1952)
This is based on the true story of the first female doctor in New York City. The story begins with Emily and her family moving after her fathers death. Her mom faints and needs a doctor. Emily runs to the closest doctor. The doctor happens to be a woman. At first she is hesitant about having a woman doctor help her mom. But after the doctor, Marie, saves her mom she gains a new perspective. She now sees that it is possible for her to become a doctor. Marie helps her. Emily goes to school to study medicine. There she meets Ben and the fall in love. He wants her to give up being a doctor and just be a housewife. Being a doctor is more important to her so they break up. Later after struggling she gets hired at a hospital. All the other male doctors show little respect for her. She has to work twice as hard. She gains the attention of the administrator. His opinion of her changes. Emily realizes that she can be a doctor and have a love life. I liked this movie.
Wednesday: Good News (1947)
This is a musical about a college senior class that don't want to leave college. Pat is a new student. She loves speaking in French (usually incorrectly). Immediately all the boys want to date her. All she cares about is money. She goes for the guy who she is told has the most money. Babe is dating the biggest guy on the football team but she has fallen for the nerdiest and smallest member of the team. She can't break up with her boyfriend because he might get violent. Connie is working her way through school as a librarian. She is unlucky in love. Tommy is the star quarterback. He wants to date Pat. He gets help from Connie to learn French. She falls for him. He likes her too but is still after Pat. To help out Babe tells Pat that Tommy is very rich. Pat is now interested in him. Tommy is happy to have Pat at first but it's not all that it seems. I liked this movie. It is a fun musical. Although there is one song about Indians (native americans) that probably could be cut because it is offensive.
Thursday: Effie Gray (2014)
This is based on a true story set in the mid 1800s. Effie marries the art critic John Ruskin when she is very young. She is in love with him and has known him most of her life. He is older. Married life is not all what she thought it would be. She feels useless with nothing to do. She is isolated. He never touches her. Effie becomes mentally ill. To help her get better her husband takes her to her native Scotland. He also brings the painter Millais to paint his portrait. Millais sees how she is mistreated. She does start to get better. Effie and Millais fall in love. They must find a way to be together. I thought this movie was interesting. It was good.
Friday: The Goldfinch (2019)
Theo faces tragedy in middle school. When he is at a museum with his mom a bomb explodes. His mom is killed as well as many others. He steals a painting of a Goldfinch. Theo goes to live with the family of a childhood friend. He forms a strong bond with the mother. He also meets an antique salesman, Hobie. Hobie was partners with the man who also died after the explosion. He had sent Theo to find Hobie. Hobie becomes friends with Theo. Then his disaster of a dad shows up and takes him to Nevada. His father and his girlfriend are horrible to him. He forms a friendship with a boy named Boris who also has a hard life. Theo continues to face hardships into his adult life. The whole time he must hide the paining and hope to never be discovered. This movie is so good. The cast is great and so is the cinematography.
Sunday: Smoke Signals (1998)
Thomas lives at the Coeur D'alene reservation. When he was a baby a fire burnt down his house killing his parents and many others. He was saved by Arnold. His grandmother raises him. He wants to friends with Arnold's son Victor. They are very different. Arnold is depressed and abusive. One day he disappears. Now as teenager Victor has grown to be a jock, while Thomas is nerdy and very into his Native American culture. Thomas still strives to be Victor's friend. One day they get a phone call saying Arnold has died. Victor must travel to Arizona to get his father's ashes. He has no money. Thomas offers to pay if he can come too. He liked Arnold and wants to help. Reluctantly Victor agrees. They travel together, and learn about life and how things are not always what you think. I liked this movie. It was well done. I liked the transitions between the past and the present. An example is a basketball would be thrown into the air in the past and be caught by a character in the present.
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