Love Letters to Old Hollywood

How lucky am I? Christina Wehner has asked me to co-host her latest blogathon, which I'm thrilled to announce just days after completing my first co-hosted event with Phyl of Phyllis Loves Classic Movies . (You can click here to check that out.) Without further ado, let me introduce you to En Pointe: The Ballet Blogathon! As an obsessive fan of musicals, I can't tell you how excited I am to be a part of this blogathon. Ballet is such an amazing and lovely art form, and it has influenced some of my favorite people and films. If you'd like to participate, just read our rules, pick a topic, and grab one of the wonderful banners Christina's friend Andrea made! The rules: 1) Your topic, obviously, needs to be about ballet. However, that doesn't mean it has to be a musical. It can be any film that has ballet in it, such as Waterloo Bridge where the female protagonist is a ballerina. You also have the option of talking about filmed performances of actual ...

The end has come. We've looked at a lot of incredible homes, and today is our blogathon's wrap-up. Phyl and I hope that you guys have enjoyed this event as much as we have! Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 I go through the many rooms of one of TV's best sets, the mansion from The Addams Family .

If you go to 0001 Cemetery Lane, you're likely to find a family that is creepy, kooky, and altogether spooky -- in other words, you'll find an incredibly fun group of people. Ever since I can remember, I've been enamored of The Addams Family . Morticia and Gomez are two of my favorite characters, TV or otherwise, and their family's unique perspectives are hilarious. As someone who admires set design, their mansion remains the gold standard. Let's take a look, shall we? Outside of the house, you can find the ever-helpful Thing collecting the mail. When I get my own house, I am definitely making a sign like this to warn visitors.  The iron gate is very polite -- it opens and shuts (and locks!) itself to save you the trouble. The porch is quite lovely, and the front yard is perfect for moonbathing. In my opinion, the best room of the house is the living room, which is the room you see the most of. Because of its spaciousness, ...