Hey Gilmore! ♥ Let's Go to Stars Hollow!

Happy June, lovelies! I am in disbelief that we are already walking into June and that before we know it, the year will be half over! Summertime will be here in the blink of an eye...just a few more weeks! 

This month on my blog, I wanted to do something different and fun! I'm not the biggest TV or movie junkie, in that I don't venture too far out of my circle of usuals that I enjoy watching. But I do LOVE watching what I enjoy! And I'm totally a binge-watcher and often have my own personal marathons!  I wanted to spend this month shining a light on some of my favorites. I may do another sort of post here or there, but this will be the majority of what you'll see here in June.  

So...pop some popcorn, get a tall glass of iced tea and get cozy on your couch. 

Let's chat about some wonderfully delightful TV shows and movies!

  Oy with the poodles already...

So, if you know me, it's a well-known fact that I absolutely adore Gilmore Girls! It is by far one of my favorite shows of all. I fell in love with this show several years ago, well after it had aired on TV for the first time, yet it was a match made in heaven from the first episode I watched. 

The first thing to grab my heart was, without a doubt, the charming, quirky town of Stars Hollow. Oh, how I wish I could live there! Shortly after I got to know the characters, I fell in love with them as well. My heart gravitates towards Sookie, because, well I love to cook and I just "get" her. One of my goals is to cook as elegantly as she does. Lorelai also has my heart. I dream of having a mouth like hers! Oh to be that witty and sarcastically blunt! One can dream! (I admit to being more like her in real life than I let show through my writing!) And when she and Luke finally get together, be still my heart. 

As I was brainstorming for this post, I was originally planning on sharing my top five favorite episodes. That quickly became impossible when I began looking over all the 153 episodes and had a hard enough time narrowing it down to ten. I feel like there needs to be a confetti party since I actually accomplished that! The following episodes are my all-time favorites, the first ones I go to on any given evening of binge-watching. 

These episodes do not have any particular order in my heart, though to keep order to this post, I did order them according to how they appear in the series. I went searching Google for some photographs depicting different scenes from the episodes and will do my best to share why I love each episode. There may be some spoilers, but not to worry. I'm going to assume you already know the outcome of the series, because let's be honest, who hasn't seen Gilmore Girls? 

Let's get started, shall we?

Love & War & Snow || Season One, Episode Eight

This is the episode in which I learned that Lorelai and I are indeed kindred spirits for we share a love for snow. She confidently declares, "I smell snow" one evening and the next morning, the world is covered in white fluff, to which she insists, "Everything is magical when it snows." Yes, Lorelai, I agree! What's not to love with Stars Hollow all covered in snow?!?!?! 

That Damn Donna Reed || Season One, Episode Fourteen

I love this episode for the sole fact that it is full of comedy. From Rory dressing up like a 50's housewife and surprising shocking Dean (and everyone else, for that matter) with her getup, to Lorelai losing Rory's school assignment, Stella the bird, and calling upon Luke for help, this one is just good for the soul.

The Bracebridge Dinner || Season Two, Episode Ten

This was my very first favorite episode....and it placed a dream within my heart.....to be one of the guests at the Bracebridge Dinner at the Independence Inn. Oh, it looked like such fun! Sookie and Lorelai put on one heck of a party, complete with horse-drawn sleigh rides in the snow.

A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving || Season Three, Episode Nine

Another early love of mine, everything about the episode just makes me smile. From Mrs. Kim's tofurkey, to Sookie cringing over Jackson deep-frying her organic turkey, to Luke secretly wanting the Gilmores to join him and Jess for Thanksgiving dinner. Add in a little Kirk drama and weirdness and you have a winning episode! (Whoever had the idea for the character of Kirk was a genius!)

Ted Koppel's Big Night Out || Season Four, Episode Nine

There isn't any particular reason why I love this episode, other than it is just delightful to watch. It's the Yale vs. Harvard game, and Richard and Emily join Lorelai and Rory to watch the rivalry game. In true Gilmore fashion, no event where Lorelai and her mother are together is without its drama. This is the episode where the relationship between Lorelai and Jason Stiles begins, and all the angels shout "hallelujah!" because it is short-lived.

Last Week Fights, This Week Fights || Season Four, Episode Twenty-One

All the Gilmore Girls fans rejoice in this episode because Luke and Lorelai are just one step away from being official. She accompanies him to his sister, Liz's, shall we say unique, Renaissance wedding. It was a magical episode, and when Luke and Lorelai were dancing....so sweet. That's a moment I'd been waiting for since the first episode of season one. I think most, if not all GG fans would heartily agree. And the song that they danced their first dance to was just gorgeous! 

You Jump, I Jump Jack || Season Five, Episode Seven

Again, there really isn't a special reason why I love this episode, other than the fact that it is so crazy. I would never jump off a tower holding an umbrella in a fancy dress. Heck, I wouldn't do it in yoga pants and a t-shirt. But Logan got Rory to do it...I got to live vicariously through her for a minute and realized that I would stick to my guns and keep my sanity by keeping my feet on the ground. But it made for a good episode, nonetheless. And just for the record, who's stupid enough to join a life and death brigade? Well, Logan Huntzberger, apparently.

A Vineyard Valentine || Season Six, Episode Fifteen

Valentine's Day on Martha's Vineyard. What's not to love?!?! Combine a mother and daughter and their significant others and you can bet you're going to get a bit of insanity. Insert Logan and Luke on the basketball court, and you've got it. Not to mention Lorelai and Rory in the gym getting a massage from two random guys. You go to the gym to work out, ladies! And just when I begin to think that I overpack for a trip, I shall think back to Lorelai Gilmore and her number of suitcases and bags for a weekend trip and I shan't feel bad ever again.

Santa's Secret Stuff || Season Seven, Episode Eleven

Christmas + Gilmore Girls + Stars Hollow + snow = perfection

Enough said.

Hay Bale Maze || Season Seven, Episode Eighteen

And we all rejoice once again because....LUKE & LORELAI MADE UP! I guess you kind of have to talk and work things out when you and the person you're having issues with run into each other in a hay bale maze and you can't run and hide. I was so glad that these two finally settled their issues and this began the hoping that they would once again end up together..this time for good.

Well, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed looking back over my favorite episodes of my favorite show with me. And if you haven't watched Gilmore Girls, or if for some crazy reason you don't know what I'm talking about, crawl out from that rock you're hiding under, and get to know the Gilmore Girls. {{winks}} You'll be laughing the whole time, as you fall in love with some delightful characters who live in the most charming and quirky small town.

Have a lovely day, friends!

*All images taken from Google.com*