Word: muffins
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...second cup of coffee, a big muffin, a soft chair, and I'm ready for a full, unexpurgated dose of Ken Starr. Our earlier TV encounters had been so cryptic, so unsatisfying: Starr on his driveway comparing himself to Joe Friday and bidding reporters vaya con Dios. But now, into the hallowed chamber where the articles of Nixon's impeachment were debated, comes Clinton's nemesis--in the flesh and under oath...
...small, sleepy town of David's favorite '50s sitcom. The "knows-best" father, George (William H. Macy), and his wife Betty (Joan Allen), all starched sweetness, are convinced that David is Bud, a.k.a. Sport, and that Jennifer, now outfitted in a poodle-skirt-and-sweater set, is Mary Sue--Muffin to her doting dad. Weirdest of all, the whole town is in black-and-white. "We're supposed to be at home, David," Jennifer scolds her brother. "We're supposed to be in color...
...that whatever its message, the movie bubbles over with felicities. The actors, once they get over their early overplaying, are uniformly splendid. Ross gets plenty of smart fun from the collision of '50s and '90s: a "healthy" breakfast loaded with pork products, a mother-daughter sex talk in which Muffin explains the facts of life to Mom. Carpeting the film is Randy Newman's richest score, tremulous and true to the period; those yearning violins express an ache the Pleasantvillagers don't yet know they have...
...lunch counters like the Waldorf and theMug n' Muffin started to close their doors,restaurants aimed at students took their places...
...umbrellas of the Charles Hotel courtyard, this patio area provides the perfect venue for outdoor studying minus the distractions of the Yard and the Mac Quad. Order an iced-cappuccino from the bar inside the famous brunch/power-lunch mecca, Henrietta's Table, or indulge in a treat of a muffin or fresh fruit from the market stand. This peaceful sanctuary benefits from all the amenities of the Charles, including telephones, ATMs and lavish restrooms...