Enchanted

Next week Matt and I will be flying out to Houston together for the first time! I've been thinking a lot about this move lately. I feel like there are three types of people. The people who love where they live and totally embrace it, the people who are content but aren't crazy about where they live, and the people who are just biding their time until they can leave for whatever reason. Now I understand that everyone's situation is different, but I just really want to be one those first people! I know there will be things I don't love about it, but I can't wait to get to know my neighborhood, explain all the nooks and crannies of the city, find the best restaurants, learn the surface streets, and become a true Houstonian. Why not, right?

Nora Ephron, the incredible screenwriter of my favorites: You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and Julie and Julia, passed away last week. She wrote an article about her "love affair" with her Upper West Side apartment and, let me tell ya, this women loved where she lived.

Here's a quote from Tom Hanks about Nora Ephron:

"Knowing and loving Nora meant her world — or her neighborhood — became yours. She gave you books to read and took you to cafés you’d never heard of that became legends. You discovered Krispy Kremes from a box she held out, and you learned that there is such a thing as the perfect tuna sandwich. She would give your kids small, goofy parts in movies with the caveat that they might not make the final cut but you’d get a tape of the scene. For a wrap gift, she would send you a note saying something like, “A man is going to come to your house to plant an orange tree — or apple or pomegranate or whatever — and you will eat its fruit for the rest of your days.” Rita and I chose orange, and the fruit has been lovely, sweet and abundant, just as Nora promised — a constant and perfect reminder of the woman we loved so much."
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/27/nora-ephron-a-life-of-voice-and-detail/

She sounds like such a cool lady! So there you go. Bring it on Houston. I'm ready to be enchanted.

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