Breland and I spent a long weekend together here during what wound of being a beautiful, perfect-weather weekend. We attended the annual Cherry Blossom Festival here in the District. The cherry blossoms really are a great accent to the Tidal Basin area, which stretches from the Jefferson Memorial along the National Mall. We especially enjoyed the Kite Festival on the National Mall, not sure if you can really see how many kites there were on the mall that Saturday, but it must have been hundreds.
While she was in town, Breland and I saw "Blades of Glory," which was funny. But the night she left I saw a sneak preview of "The Reaping" with some of my friends in Georgetown. The movie, starring Hillary Swank and filmed in Louisiana, is downright awful. Besides having a plot that confuses more than it clears up, it portrayed every bad stereotype of Louisianans that you could possibly imagine. I.e. we don't have running water, are all evangelical Christians, talk with a twang, etc.
The only bright spot of the movie was some scenes set on LSU's campus and seeing LSU's logo all over stuff. Wonder how much they got paid for that?
Don't see the movie. Don't support the industry that took Louisiana's tax credit program to town. It's so awful it's currently ranked with a 7 percent on Rottentomatoes.com, listing it as simply an awful movie. The movie itself has also been in production and post-production forever, (the movie is so old it still uses the old LSU logos from 2005).
I'm coming down to Louisiana next week for an LSU Law visit day. Hoping to see everyone in Baton Rouge.
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