The Clothes
Day One: Chan
Luu Scarf // Adam
Lippes Sweater // JBrand
Jeans // Zara Jacket // Zara Boots // Rouland Mouret Sunny G's
Day Two: Zara Jacket // JBrand
Jeans // Zara Sweater // Isabel
Marant Hidden Wedge Boots // Stella
McCartney Sunny G's
Extras: Marni
Fur Stole // MbMJ Earrings // Marni
Purse // Zara Beanie // Jennifer
Fischer Cuff
This coming Thursday the notorious B-Rad-G and I
are headed to Park City, UT for five-glorious-days of wine, food,
relaxation, skiing, family time, and the Sundance Film Festival. A little background, my
parents retired in Park City the summer after I graduated from high school and
I've called the place my second home ever since. Despite the fact that they
have had a place there for nearly 10 years, I have only attended one Sundance.
This is because my parents house is 1) far, far away, basically a half days
travel (not exactly ideal for a weekend visit), 2) it takes place right after
the holidays when we've typically had a enough travel & family, 3) my
folks winter in Palm Desert, CA, so, there's not much action to be had in their
empty house. But, this year is different because we spent Christmas working in
Houston without our families and my parents are going to be home, for once, for
the festival.
Brad and I are really excited to escape the
Houston city limits for a long weekend and I cannot wait to be back in PC
amongst the hustle and bustle of Sundance.
Of course, the questions has arisen, "what to pack?" With the weather
in Houston being more beautiful than ever (helllllloooo 72 degrees &
sunny) it is a bit of an effort to switch gears to cold weather mode.
Thankfully a lot of my heavy duty stuff is in my closet in PC already, so, the
rest is the fun part.
Above I have laid out some of my favorite items
for a ski trip, but as some of you may have noticed there are actually no real
ski clothes. I have a secret to admit: I am not a skier. In
fact, I hate to ski. Two houses in two ski towns and not a single desire in
my bones to get back on the slopes. I grew up skiing and then snowboarding
(thanks, teen angst), but when I blew my knee out in 11th grade I walked (or
hobbled) away from the slopes forever. However, you will happily find me in the
lodge (see bar) or the spa (see hot tub/massage table) or in the
case of Sundance season on PC's Main Street shopping, seeing films I have never
heard of, and looking for famous people. That's why I have only included two
outfits. My other days will be spent indoors in full on relaxation mode.
Side note: Everything on Zara is
super-duper on sale. Hurry, the good stuff won't last long.
The Films
I really hope to see the following films, but
without any tickets I recognize that my chances are slim. However, the use of
the eWaitlist and the fact that it is the second weekend of the festival (most
of the premieres are the first weekend and therefore most of the stars have
come and gone by the second weekend - reducing the riff raff). My goal is to
see at least 2 movies. Here are my top 3 and here's the list of the top 9 by Kevin P. Sullivan, if you
are curious, where the reviews are from. I will let you know how it
goes!
"I Origins"
In the
last few years, a fun Sundance lifehack has become more and more dependable. It
goes like this: if Brit Marling is in a movie, it's probably good. The writer
and actress has appeared in four Sundance films in the last three years, all of
which has been consistently good. This year, Marling returns with her
"Another Earth" director Mike Cahill in another drama with sci-fi
elements.
"A Most Wanted Man"
Famed photographer Anton Corbijn has made two movies since
his jump to film ("Control" and "The American"), and his
third is set to debut at Sundance. An adaptation of the book by John Le Carré
("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), "A Most Wanted Man" revolves
around German intelligence agents, who must find out whether their target is a
Islamist terrorist or not.
"Wish I Was Here"
At Sundance, 46,000 Kickstarter contributors are going to
find out what Zach Braff made with their money. This is the first major film
project of this scale to face this kind of scrutiny from the people who funded
it, so early reviews of this title could mean a lot for the future of movie
funding.
Can't make the festival this year? I've got
something for you...
The top 15 short films of
Sundance are live streaming right now on Youtube. It's
the future! As of Jan. 16 they've all been available online. I've embedded them
all below for you to enjoy. I haven't watched them yet myself, but I hear people are really into Dig.
Happy watching.
Happy watching.
