Sometimes disliking a movie is not enough. There are movies I've seen more than once and that I tried to understand and enjoy but ended up abhorring them. My feelings towards these movies are just as intense as my feelings towards the movies I love. (You know how they say the opposite of love is not hate but indifference?) And the funny thing...
Do you remember that episode of Friends where Ross’ girlfriend has a really messy, dirty apartment and in the end Monica shows up at her house saying she can’t sleep because of it and offers to clean it? I totally understand Monica. Not so much her urge to clean, but I have organized my sister’s and my mother’s wardrobe voluntarily just... for fun. ...
Alba Madonna by Raphael A little bit of history Date: 1510 Located in the National Gallery, Washington D.C. This painting depicts one of Raphael's favorite subjects, that of Our Lady with the Infant Jesus. However, unlike his famous Madonnas, this one presents another figure, Saint John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin and precursor, as a child. All three figures look directly at the reed...
*spoilers* I have a love and hate relationship with Woody Allen. So much so that I only watched Midnight in Paris because it was being played at my gym. The movie was so interesting that I ended up working out for much longer that I wanted to. Midnight in Paris is about a young Hollywood writer, Gil, who is inexplicably transported to 1920’s...
Sorry everyone for leaving the blog a bit abandoned. I was half busy, half out of town and half without ideas. Speaking about traveling, I had a very difficult decision to make on my last trip - what book to read on the train. It might seem a banal decision but it’s one I take seriously. Even though technology helps passing the time while...
I love going to museums and while I was visiting the National Gallery in Washington the other day I realized how important it is to have a light bag filled with everything you need to enjoy your museum trip. Here what I usually take with me: 1) Small notepad and pen. Once I had to ask the security guard for a pen and...
