Today was not the best of days. We had. I chores and nowhere to go. I was bored for the most part. I guess this is vacation. Home all day. Raining all day. We had nothing planned in the am and I guess I should avoid that in the future.
We do have plans this evening. We are going to opening night at the Maine Intl Film Fest. The movie we will be seeing is called Blow the Man Down. I know nothing about it.
We are going with Ed and Helena. Our plans start at 3 when they pick us up. The festival is in Waterville about 20 miles from where we are. We went to Waterville and stopped at a furniture store, Modern Underground, a favorite of all of us. They and us have spent plenty here on some beautiful mid century furniture. Sometimes we go just to look since we can’t afford all the nice things we see. Helena ended up having a long negotiation over two chairs she loved. They are nice. In the end, no movement in price and she did not buy. Ed told her to do it but she is stubborn. We saw a few things we liked, but did not love. Saw many things too pricey for us too. So it goes.
We left. Went out to the Proper Pig.its a local eatery and bar very near the venue for the festival. I had a passable prickly pear margarita. Mine are much better. Since we had not eaten and won’t till much later, we shared Poutin. It was really quite good.
The theater was only a few hundred yards away, so at about 530 we headed over. The opening night film is Blow the Man Down. I know nothing about it. Turns out it was shot in Maine in winter which has to be tough. Movie being shot here makes it a crowd favorite. It was a thriller with a lot of small town backstory and plenty of twists in the plot. Almost entirely all female cast. I loved it, and I was not alone. After we got the usual Q n A with the producers and such. Fun stuff. We
After the movie, we headed back to Ed n Helena’s for eats and liquor. Some cheese and crackers and a few shots of nice tequila. We sat around enjoying ourselves for quite some time. Late in the evening to was home to bed.