A funny thing happened on the way to the end of this second episode: I started to actually like this show. Yeah I know, that was fast. Last week I poked fun at her "real girl" schtick, pointing out how "real" it is to have a second home in Malibu and a personal trainer. All the L.A. bullshit was still present in this one (this time we are at her home in Silverlake, with her model friend and her two shallow male buddies) but she actually taught me some things about cooking. She has also seemed to lose the fake BFF relationship she had with the camera, i.e. "us." She's like Jim Varney as Ernest, only blonde and in ownership of a black American Express card. This time the forced vivaciousness was toned down. She was, dare I say it, more real.
This week Haylie Duff went to a great burger place and then tried to replicate them back at her pad. For a gal who was trying to avoid a piece of pie last week, she sure dug in hard to what can only be described as her version of Paula Deen's infamous Ladies Brunch Burger. Imagine a hamburger with Thousand Island "secret sauce," bacon, a fried egg, and cheese.
The interesting part was the ketchup element; she made her own dehydrated "ketchup leather," like fruit leather. It's easy to do at home, then you cut out squares the size of your burger and add them. She kept tauting how awesome it was to not have a soggy ketchup burger (who cares?) but I was intrigued at the idea of ketchup with more intense flavor and a cool sci-fi look.
Single? You're in the right place, according to a recent "study" by Rent.com. We think they may have wanted to preface it as the number one city for singles who want to stay single.
If you love riding solo, rent.com shares one reason San Francisco is the best place for singles is because of tech. Yes, tech: "San Francisco, the epicenter of tech innovation, hundreds of dating apps, and plenty of single software engineers, was named the #1 city for singles in the U.S."
There are few sadder things than realizing you are at the end of the season of one of your favorite shows, but here we sit. The magic has been slowly building, literally and figuratively, and this episode was chock-a-block with the supernatural. JRR Martin has a restrained hand with his magic, which I have always admired; sometimes there are entire episodes in a row with zero monsters or incantations. "The Children," however, was full of both.
Skeletal warriors broke out of the snow and attacked Bran and Co. The huge enchanted tree beckoned, Dani's dragons had killed one too many kindergarteners and had to be chained up, and some wise old sage informed Bran that he would never walk again, but would fly. Kewl.
Tyrion is set free by his brother and he of course heads straight to Tywin's place to wish him a happy Father's Day. Once there he sees Shae in his father's bed. This is puzzling, and even though I immediately went online to find the answer to "Why?" no one really had a satisfying explanation.
Therapists and priests belong under a character type BD Wong's got down pat -- most notably in his TV roles as forensic psychologist Dr. Huang (Law and Order: SVU) and Father Ray Mukada (Oz) -- and he's well aware of it.
"I've always had a sensibility for playing people who listen to other people, whose life's work is about listening to other people," says Wong. He takes the stage this month to play, yes, another doctor, but warned me: "My character does not fall into that 'listening type' as much as you may think."
The Broadway veteran returns to his home city of San Francisco to star in A.C.T.'s production of beloved Chinese legend "The Orphan of Zhao". The historical drama was the first Chinese play to be translated in the West and has spawned countless stage and screen adaptations. Artistic director Carey Perloff brings an all Asian American cast, astonishing set and costume design, and a Bay Area state of mind for the U.S. debut of poet and playwright James Fenton's adaptation.
