I'm with Mr. Big

I liked this movie because this flawless character reminded me of my Ricardo. And really, the whole fashion stuff - I think we can all agree that it's not my gig. But my Ricardo is just as dreamy with all the right lines as this guy.

This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of road tripping with 3 lovely friends of mine for what I refer to as a "Brace yourself for 24/7 with your kids cuz schools over, summer is here - preparatory weekend". And since it was a weekend full of hormones, spa treatments and shopping, we checked into the hotel, and went straight to the late show of Sex and the City. Because after all, we could stay up as late as we wanted, sleep all night long without taking one kiddie to the potty or scare off monsters at midnight, and then sleep in. Wheeee!

I never watched the Sex and the City tv show, so much in fact, I thought it was called Sex IN the City. Which would be a much different show, I'm sure. We got there late, because, we needed popcorn, duh. So, we had to sit on the front row. The last time I sat on the front row, it was for the premier release of E.T. Extra Terrestial. And it was by choice. This, we settled for.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, trust me when I say, there are close ups in this movie that indeed, the back row, in the next theater would suffice. On the front row, it's outright offensive.A couple of times, I thought, "What's that, OH MY GAWD" and then "MY EYES! MY EYES AAAAAACCCCCCKKK MY EYES." But only a couple of times. Ultimately, and I love Sarah Jessica Parker, but really, she's got some pretty good man hands. I would have never noticed had my neck not been bent back at a 90 degree angle. Sarah, if you're reading this, does it help to know that Kim Catrell looked really tall and had really really wide shoulders? Or that Candice Bergen had put on a little weight - for the role of this movie?

From a non-Sex And The City tv show watcher, I give this movie 2 thumbs way up. It was worth sitting on the front row for those crazy scenes and it was worth the $10. Yep, $10 - apparently the price of movies has gone up because of the exhorbant amount of inflation to truck in all that popcorn. Seriously. "Why not just raise the price of the popcorn, then?" I asked. "We did that too." Oh, okay, that makes sense.

The movie was worth it because I was with three ladies that are more magnificent in character than even the writers for movies could develop. And being the only female 30 something that never watched the tv show -it is, in my very humble opinion, the next great girlfriend movie. You can put it right up there with Beaches, Steal Magnolias, Thelma & Louise, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. It was a perfect weekend. But the movie is all I can tell you about. Everything else I'm vowed to my girls and/or court ordered not to talk about.
Hey, whatever I need to do to reach the goal. And I'm now ready for my kids 24/7 summer.

That's how I roll.