Warning: there are plenty of spoilers about the Spanish drama Velvet ahead. Fashion Insight: Seamstresses at a high-end boutique don’t know how to wear berets? Really? Spanish Culture Clue: This country has no labor laws? Really? Language Point: The subjunctive is killing me. Gloria arrives at Velvet to drop off the wedding guest list as well… [Read More]
Footlooser: With dancing in public outlawed due to social distancing, Ren McCormack becomes a TikTok star. The Breakfast Club II: While waiting for their teacher to log in, the kids in English class who never talked to each other find that each is different than they thought. They eventually realize that they logged in to… [Read More]
Warning: there are plenty of spoilers about the Spanish drama Velvet ahead. Fashion Insight: You can never go wrong with Chanel Ross and Rachel of the Week: Clara and Mateo Spanish Culture Clue: An out-of-wedlock child isn’t nearly as scandalous as one would expect it might in the Catholic Spain of the Franco era. I suspect… [Read More]
I like the Olive Garden. I know, that’s a loaded statement. Chain restaurants are one of the things that link us in this large and diverse nation, and for whatever reason, Olive Garden is the one that everyone loves to hate, and I’m not sure why. The soup, salad, and breadsticks make a fine vegetarian… [Read More]
Beer commercials are life. The Super Bowl means a lot of things: another year of sorrow for Cleveland Browns fans, another run on avocados for guacamole, and another series of Budweiser ads. Budweiser uses its long association with the NFL and huge Super Bowl ad buy to make a statement, and usually it is that… [Read More]
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