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Family, Friends and Pixar: A Memorable Weekend

My youngest son flew home for the weekend to celebrate Father’s Day and his 24th birthday. As a young adult living away from home, I cherish each visit.

This weekend also coincided with the opening of the latest Pixar movie, Inside Out 2.

At Pixar Studios

My husband’s company provides Pixar with technical services. They hosted a vendor appreciation weekend, inviting vendors and family to a premiere showing at the Pixar Studios in Emeryville. We attended many movies there over the years, but once COVID hit, it ended. Four years later, we’re thrilled to be invited back.

The entire movie industry is struggling to find its legs, so I’m encouraged by the success of the opening weekend. Inside Out 2 received an audience rating of 96%

Here is the synopsis from Rotten Tomato: “Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor’s emotional intelligence.”

Also, this past weekend, I attended a free seminar at our local library about growing culinary herbs with my friends Cami and Mary. We picked up various growing tips, and now I know the difference between herbs and spices: herbs are leaves and spices are from other parts of the plant or tree including bark, roots, rhizomes, and the like.

“From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis on Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers.”

Saturday night, we attended a celebration of our friend’s daughter from pharmaceutical school. We’ve lived next door to their family for almost thirty years. Watching her grow up next door has been terrific, and we’re equally joyful about her success.

Suffice it to say I kept dozing off on the couch Sunday night, but it was worth it. It’s been one of the best weekends in recent memory.

25 thoughts on “Family, Friends and Pixar: A Memorable Weekend”

  2. Sounds like you had a great weekend – so satisfying when that happens isn’t it.

    I don’t know anybody in England who pronounces ‘herb’ with a silent ‘h’ but of course there will be some and I know lots of Americans do. In the UK I think it comes off to some people as if you’re being pretentious so despite having lived in France I definitely don’t say Paree for Paris or otel for hotel for fear of mockery. Of course when we lived there I had to leave off the ‘h’ as they don’t pronounce it. So I spent 16 years being called Mme Outon instead of Hutton. Mon Dieu! 🤣

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  9. What a wonderful weekend, and you certainly packed a lot in. I missed out on many of the Pixar movies…not having kids to encourage me to go and see them, I guess. But now that I have a cinema very close to me, I might just wander along to this latest one.

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    • I’m glad you can grow herbs outside your door. Fresh herbs are the best, and so much more affordable to grow ourselves. I used to plant basil and tomatoes at the same time, only to have the basil bolt. I learned to plant it much later.

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  11. It all sounds like so much fun! It’s funny that I knew the difference between an herb and a spice, just not how to explain it. Thank you for that. I’m looking forward to Inside-Out 2. Glad you remembered to rest after all that fun. Hugs, M

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