Warning: there are plenty of spoilers about the Spanish drama Velvet ahead. Fashion Insight: Going through swatch books. Ross and Rachel of the Week: Ana and Alberto Spanish Culture Clue: The terrible treatment of women in this era. Language Point: The dialogue plays off “igual” and “desigual” in several places. Doña Gloria knocks on the door of… [Read More]
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Recapping Velvet: Season 1, Episode 2, “The Seamstresses”
Warning: there are plenty of spoilers about the Spanish drama Velvet ahead. Fashion Insight: How much people relied on magazines for trends, the way they look at Instagram now. Ross and Rachel of the Week: Pedro and Rita Spanish Culture Clue: So much concern about social class!. Language Point: Spanish vocabulary and grammar would never allow… [Read More]
Recapping Velvet: Season 1, Episode 1, “Butterfly Wings”
Warning: there are spoilers ahead. Fashion Insight: The Spanish word “desfile” is more or less synonymous for “fashion show” and “catwalk”. Ross and Rachel of the Week: Ana and Alberto Spanish Culture Clue: There were apparently no fair labor laws in Franco’s Spain. An employer could order an hourly employee to come in early without… [Read More]
See me talk about the City of Chicago’s finances
The City of Chicago’s finances are complicated, aren’t they? The city has pensions to pay, infrastructure to build, and children to educate. We all want stuff for free, which is a problem in collecting taxes. Back in 2015, I appeared on WYCC’s public affairs show, In The Loop. WYCC is no more, sold to help… [Read More]