1.   Because gripe as I might, I loved all the attention my big opening weekend engendered.

2.   Restaurants seemingly open one weekend and close the next.

3.   The film opened last weekend in New York and Los Angeles, and is expanding around the nation over the next few weeks.

4.   Queen Elizabeth II opens jubilee weekend with classical concert at Buckingham Palace.

5.   Box-office receipts for slasher films tend to tumble steeply after opening weekend because the hardcore horror crowd already has come and gone.

6.   League play opened last weekend much as expected with defending champion Atletico de Madrid and hotly touted FC Barcelona notching victories.

7.   Several thousand pro-Palestinian activists marched through Paris on Saturday, opening a weekend of demonstrations in many French cities to condemn a surge of violence in the Middle East.

8.   The water park opens Memorial Day weekend and stays open through Labor Day, while the rest of the activities are open from March to September.