FILMS FOR CHRISTMAS ...

Dear readers, this week ‘F’ IS FOR *F*ILMS ... FOR CHRISTMAS ...   

The following are reckoned to be among the most romantic films ever made. Do you agree? Films like:

When Harry Met Sally (above and below)

The Graduate:

Annie Hall:

Brief Encounter:

Breakfast at Tiffany’s:

The Apartment 

Casablanca

My Night With Maud

Notting Hill

Play it Again, Sam

Some Like it Hot

ANY OTHER FAVORITES?

Do tell me! And do check out other posts  @ Jenny Matlock-Alphabe-Thursday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Macro Monday2, Ruby Tuesday, Outdoor Wednesday & I Heart Macro.                                                 

                                     HAPPY HOLIDAYS...

                                 ... AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And, finally, thank you to all our dear readers who visited or commented this past year!

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)

NEED A LITTLE ZEST IN YOUR LFE?

Dear readers, this week, Z is for NEED A LITTLE *Z*EST IN YOUR LIFE? Or VACATION? Maybe take an idea from these politicians’ vacation spots (or maybe not!)

PM David Cameron & wife (Cornwall, UK, below)

President Barach Obama & daughter (Martha’s Vineyard)

President Vladimir Putin (Siberia)

Former President Yeltsin (Black Sea)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Ischia, Italy)

Tony Blair with Belusconi (Sardinia)

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy & wife (France)

Former PM Margaret Thatcher & husband (Cornwall)

Former PM Churchill (Marrakesh)

FANCY ANY OF THESE HIDEAWAYS OR GOT ONE OF YOUR OWN?

HOW DO YOU ADD ZEST TO YOUR LIFE - ANY SECRETS ?(THEY'RE SAFE WITH ME!) 

Do tell me! And do check out other posts  @ Jenny Matlock-Alphabe-Thursday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Macro Monday2, Ruby Tuesday & Outdoor Wednesday.

And, finally, thank you to all my dear readers who visited or commented.

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)

IDEAS FOR THAT X-TRA SPECIAL OUTFIT? MAYBE NOT ...

Dear readers, this week, X is for X-TRA SPECIAL OUTFITS? ERR, MAYBE NOT ...

Tina Turner (above) - and the bride wore green ...

Katie Price & Peter André:

Emma Thompson & Kenneth Branagh:

Model Mary Charteris:

Rolling Stone Bill Wyman:

Banarama:

And, finally, not forgetting outfits for Hallowe'en!

ANY THOUGHTS?

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And, finally, thank you to all my dear readers who visited or commented.

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)

WESTERNS - SHOT IN SPAIN ...

Drive a few miles north of Almería here in Spain and things start to look oddly familiar. 

The Tabernas Desert (below) is genuine cowboy country: dusty with barren hills:

Remember how hot and dusty Lee van Cleef and Clint Eastwood looked in A Fistful of Dollars: 

and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

These movies were filmed here, along with many others. This was where Sergio Leone shot his Spaghetti Westerns.

As you approach the area, you suddenly see a "real" Far-West town, like those in the movies. There's an old wooden church, a saloon, a barber’s, a blacksmith’s, even Indian teepees outside of town. It's one of the theme parks in Tabernas, less than an hour's drive from Almería.

Dear readers, this week, ‘W’ IS FOR *W*ESTERNS ... shot in Spain (and elsewhere!)

The "Spaghetti" Westerns listed above and these below are reckoned to be among the all-time greats – do you agree?

Unforgiven (1992)

Heaven’s Gate (1980)

Ride with the Devil (1999)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Ride the High Country (1962)

The Man from Laramie (1955)

Red River (1948)

High Noon (1952)

Stagecoach (1939)

3.10 to Yuma (1957)

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WESTERN OF ALL TIME?

Do tell me! And do check out other posts  @ Jenny Matlock-Alphabe-Thursday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Macro Monday2, Ruby Tuesday & Outdoor Wednesday.

And, finally, thank you to all my dear readers who visited or commented.

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)