It was warm enough to wear shorts today, so I put some on for the first time this season. We live in a microclimate that can change a lot throughout the day. As easily as a day begins cloudy and then clears up, it could just as well go the other way around.
It’s been warm and sunny these past few days. We’ve been having lunch out back where we have a picnic table. It’s a great relief to be able to sit outside and bask in the sun, which we enjoy whenever we can. The forecast shows summery weather tomorrow, just in time for the weekend and getting into the summertime mood.
But then again we should probably brace ourselves for a summer of restricted activity. I wonder if the beaches and parks will open up or what will happen.
For now bask vicariously in summertime by going back to summer camp with Wes Anderson’s fun and cute Moonrise Kingdom. Wes Anderson’s films, or Wes Anderson the filmmaker, can sometimes rub me the wrong way. He has a propensity to be a little too precious, and it can be unbearable. But this one is good fun, especially for that summer feeling.
If your days already involve dealing with kids like at summer camp, then move on up to The Graduate. Now that we’re residents of Oakland bordering Berkeley, I’ll have to revisit this film, especially since we can’t go to The Graduate, our neighborhood dive bar.
The film captures a certain malaise that is very much this moment in time. Too bad all the social distancing means no seduction or summertime shenanigans. Alas we’ll have to settle for Mrs. Robinson, portrayed by the amazing Anne Bancroft (hello, she immortalized Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller’s teacher, in The Miracle Worker).
Of course you could just watch Brad Pitt shirtless in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Basically the sexiest scene of last year(s) and will turn you on to summer no matter the weather and nevermind pandemic.