Month: December 2015

  • A quick run down of Champagne

    I went out to buy a bit of bubbly for  New Years Eve. Label Information is important so here is a quick brief: Sweetness: Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Dry, Sec or Semi Sec Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Vintage or Non Vintage Bottle. Vintage Bottles are more expensive and usually are one grape. Temperature […]

  • New Years Champagne

    2016 is coming.  What do you drink?  Champagne of course!  The drink of Celebration. “Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.” Mark Twain Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Dorothy Parker In victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it. Napoleon “So […]

  • Christmas Gifts for under the tree

                   

  • Tangerine

    Tangerine

    Sin Dee, a transgender prostitute, was released from a short stay in prison. Learning her Boyfriend/Pimp was not faithful during her incarceration, Sinn Dee (Kitana Rodriguez) embarks on a Christmas Eve journey through the sub-cultures of Los Angeles with her best friend Alexandre (Mia Taylor). Director-Writer Sean Baker’s Tangerine shows the underbelly of the city […]

  • Printemps

    Printemps

    Parisian Department Store Printemps celebrates its 150th anniversary.  I had a tour of the beauty section and the main building for the Christmas Decorations.

  • Labyrinth of Lies

    Labyrinth of Lies is the story of bringing light to a dark history. The economic miracle of German is in full swing in 1958 Germany. Johann Radmann is the new Public Prosecutor. Journalists Thomas Gnieka causes a scene in the court spurring Radmann to investigate a former Auschwitz Guard. Lacking support from his superiors, Johann […]