Adapting

As my lovely Ris commented on the last post, there was in fact a movie made about Orlean's book "The Orchid Thief", called Adaptation. The movie was a really interesting take on adapting a book for screen. It centers around Charlie Kauffman who is a cynical screenwriter who needs to adapt "The Orchid Thief" for the big screen. It isn't going so well and to make matters work Charlie's twin brother (both rolls played by Nic Cage) seems to write scripts with the greatest of ease. As you watch Charlie go through his own personal crisis, you get to watch all the book's action and lucky for us Orlean's roll is played by the lovely Meryl Streep.
I haven't seen this movie since it came out so I may need to add it to my Netflix que in order to refresh my memory. I remember liking it quite a bit, and of course I love Ms Streep (I just watched The Hours last week for the first time, and then again right after because I just adored it).
How sad that I missed Ms Streep's appearance at a favorite local independent theater, The Coolidge, in 2006 to accept an award. Especially since she brought with her some other favorites including the late Robert Altman, Kevin Kline, Chris Cooper, John C. Reilly (who I love), Charlie Kaufman and "The Orchid Thief's" Susan Orlean. Where was I that night? What could I have been doing that was better than that? Hindsight.... To read about that and more Coolidge events visit here.
Tuesday night was our Brainstorming night for the Boston Design Salon and it went great. We lined up come really great monthly events taking us through October. (Also I finally got to meet the great Kate of Three Square Design). The group is open to area women (sorry boys) designers and those that love them. It has been a great networking event and we've had wonderful speakers so far such as Kristin from Urban Living Studio. It is a great mix of graphic designers, store owners, interior designers, product designers, design entrepreneurs, design bloggers and more. If you are interested in joining send me an email and I will put your on our email list!