August Loves and Loathes

What's lighting up our summer... and what most definitely is not

Loves

Summer holiday smugness: Any conversation where you can squeeze in, ‘Oh, next Tuesday? I’ll be AWAY. On HOLIDAY. Yes, I’ll be AWAY on my HOLIDAYS, so I won’t be here. Sorry! Did I tell you where I’m going, on my HOLIDAYS?’ is OK with us. If you’ve got it, flaunt it.

Batman: The Dark Knight. Christian Bale’s voice drops another three octaves for the latest Batman instalment. It’s more of a growl. (Yes, bats do growl.) But this has got it all – and believe us, we had high expectations: one of the best baddies on-screen in years (RIP dear Heath), little gadgets that make big explosions, lots of falling off tall buildings against the Gotham skyline, and possibly the fiercest motorbike we’ve ever seen. Amazing.

Brothers and Sisters: So good. So gooooooooooood. What an ending to series 2. Come back Walker siblings! Come back with bigger and better twists, forthwith! 

Duffy: She’s little, but with lungs of dynamite. She’s got us begging her for mercy!

Barbecues: A friend’s garden, a bottle of wine, a deck chair and loads of sizzling snacks. The only way to spend a sunny afternoon. (Don’t forget to check out Sophie Michell’s lamb and Greek salad pittas in this month’s features – summer perfection!)

Green and Blacks chocolate – OK, so it’s a bit more money, but it’s SO good. Has anyone tried the butterscotch one? If so we want feedback. By that we mean we want it fed back to us. Mmmm.

Picnic blankets and wicker hampers. Pack up your troubles in your old picnic bag and smile, smile, smile.

Loathes

The new Bold fabric conditioner adverts. Well, well, well. Yet another company thinking that selling things to women involves assuming that they’ve got two dried peas rattling around in their heads instead of brains. ‘Bold Infusions Ruby Jasmine’: mmmm the enticing smell of jasmine and the . . . wait, rubies don’t smell of ANYTHING. They are rubies. Therefore it is utter twaddle.

Craig David: Two of us at BtS were out and about when we happened to hear ‘I’m Walking Away’, and within thirty seconds we were merrily crooning along. It made us very nostalgic for the days of Craig past, when he’d happily wear a beanie at every opportunity and take all the Avid Merion abuse on the (large) chin. We’re not so pleased with the new, super-serious Craig who brazenly shows off the top of his head and threatens to sue anyone with a sense of humour. He’s six of one and half a dozen of the other, quite frankly.

i-Phone show-offs: Yes, yes, you touch it and stuff happens, but has it got the Mexican hat dance as a theme tune? I rest my case.  

This will be controversial but . . . Daniel Craig as Bond. We just saw the trailer for Quantum of Solace (what??). Daniel has some nice pecs, but whatever happened to the raised eyebrow and the cheeky one-liners? Far too serious and pouty.

Posted 12/08/2008 10:34:05 by The Between the Sheets team with 2 comments.