Flicks and Food

Hey, all!

I was up until a little past 2 this morning working on a project, and I couldn’t fall asleep. You know, I think some of my best ideas come about right before I fall asleep, and I lose so many of them because I don’t get to write them down. I used to have a pen and paper near my bed, but last night I realized they were missing. Luckily for me, I remembered my brilliant idea in the morning, and here it is.

Why is it brilliant? Well, first, because it’s MY idea. Obviously. Second, it’s brilliant because I think it might have something to do with a potential career. You see, I’m a junior in college, and I’m having a hard time trying to figure out what I want to do when I graduate. I’m a business communication (that’s the short version) major at a mostly-business school, and I’m finding more and more that I’m leaning toward writing and being creative than a PR-related job, which is where most of the “business communication” majors at my school wind up. I think a lot about when I marry and have kids, and want to have a job that I can potentially do from home, allowing me to have some intellectual stimulation while being able to raise my children the way I want them to be raised. Yes, I know, this may not sound very original, but I find myself being surprised at how much more I am pulled towards a family than a career, quite unlike my fellow students.

Anyway, back to the brillant idea. Again, it may not be hugely original, but I plan to make it my own and have fun with it, and pray it turns into something I can make some money doing. The idea? A ‘dinner and a movie’ blog. Each week, or however frequently it turns out to be, I’ll do a combination of two things: eat dinner and watch a movie. I can either make dinner and rent a movie, rating the recipe and the DVD, or I can go out to dinner and catch a movie at the theater, rating the restaurant and the movie. Here’s my rationale behind it: I love to cook and eat food, and I love watching movies. And I love to write and share my experiences. End of story. It’s pretty simple, and I like it that way.

It may turn out to be kind of complicated, though, as I am a college student (read: broke) and I don’t have a kitchen while I’m living at school. Oh yeah, and my DVD player attached to the TV is busted, so I have to watch movies on my laptop. At any rate, I will do my best to update at least once a week, though I can’t tell you how varied the entries will be. The restaurants will all be located in the Boston/Greater Boston area, and I’m always interested in new places to check out. Have a recipe you recommend? Send it over! If I need some ideas, I’ll likely use my daily e-mails from AllRecipes.com for a start- I save the ones that sound the most appealing.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!