Les Misérables

I only have a moment to blog as I am not feeling well and am going to go lie down shortly. However, I wanted to take a moment to say that I had a great time with my girlfriends, Anya and Erin, this weekend. We like to have our little theme movie dates, you know, so this event was a viewing party for Les Misérables. We drank sparkling cider (a nod to champagne), had cute little croissant sandwiches, crackers with fancy cheeses, fresh fruit (so refreshing!), and adorable Napoleons (puff pastry with nutella, whipped cream, and strawberry jam). We had a great time catching up on what's going on in our lives, eating delicious food, and watching the musical.

I had grown up with a few of the songs from Les Mis but had never heard the whole soundtrack, or seen any version of the movie, play, or musical. I read a brief synopsis a few weeks ago (maybe on wikipedia?) just so I'd have an idea of what was going on. I really enjoyed it! The singing was great (better than I expected), the scenes were impressive, and the story was wonderful! I was surprised by how much religion was in the movie. I had read or heard that Hugo was anti-religion, maybe even anti-Catholic, so I had zero expectation of a favorable view of religion. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to see how much of a role religious themes played in the production. It was very touching and very well done. :)

Next up for our theme parties is Anna Karenina. I have no idea how we will find something delicious that has any kind of Russian theme. Russian food does not seem to appeal to me, but we are creative people so we'll figure something out! :)
Gotta run, but everyone take care!