I seem to be on this summer romance kick ever since I saw the movie, “Letters to Juliet” last month.  I get goose bumps every time I watch the movie’s trailer.  Who could resist the enchanting love story not to mention the romantic setting of the lush green hills and vineyards of Italy! 

While visiting Verona, gorgeous and witty Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) finds an old letter tucked away amongst the array of letters in an ancient wall where the love lost write to Juliet (of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet) for a reply.  A group of gracious and dedicated ladies answer the letters on Juliet’s behalf. 

Claire (Vanessa Redgrave…she is absolutely beautiful) wrote the letter in 1957.  Sophie decides to honour it with an answer!  Claire turns up in Verona with her very handsome grandson, Charlie (Christopher Egan) and the three of them travel through the breathtaking hills of Tuscany searching for Claire’s lost love.

I’m going to create my own love story…I’m writing to Juliet!  I’ll sit in my garden (hardly a Tuscany landscape but it’ll do just fine) with a glass of Chardonnay, write my letter and send it to Italy IN THE MAIL to the address on The Juliet Club website.   And then I’ll wait for my reply.  Marriage is wonderful but even the happiest of couples search their hearts for answers from time to time.

Why don’t you write to Juliet too? 

This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.  
– Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Until next Tuesday …

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