By: Gabriela Yareliz Growing up a Francophile made me pay attention to the culture, food, music but also the women who were iconic. My favorite French women: 1] Marion Cotillard-because she is pure brilliance, passion and achievement (and her hair is always amazing). 2] Juliette Binoche-because she is a powerful and real performer. She canContinue reading “Favorite French Women”
Category Archives: culture
Disney Parody
By: Gabriela Yareliz My friend sent me this, and it is hilarious, but so true. The kid’s got pure talent.
Stephen Colbert’s ineffableness….
By: Gabriela Yareliz “I like that ineffable thing, cause I then get to say: I can’t explain it– I am right, though…I am ineffable about everything.” Stephen Colbert, aka: The Catholic, in conversation with John Sexton. As oral arguments approach:
End of the week breather
By: Gabriela Yareliz When your eye starts twitching and you feel stressed to the point where your shoulders hurt. Take a deep breath. Spring is around the corner, and God is ever near. His way is perfect, and you are in His hands.
Daniel’s secret
“Daniel’s clearness of mind and firmness of purpose, his power in acquiring knowledge and in resisting temptation, were due in a great degree to the plainness of his diet, in connection with his life of prayer…” Youth’s Instructor, July 9, 1903, Ellen G. White
Bollywood reaction: To Ram Singh’s suicide
After the main accused of the gang-rape in India killed himself, some in Bollywood voiced their opinions. I couldn’t agree with Sonam Kapoor. Sonam Kapoor: Once a coward always a coward. Don’t celebrate Ram Singh’s suicide. The brute has earned himself an arduous, traumatic trial. Instead he gave himself the easy way out.
Currently watching: CNN
Newly-elected pope speaking from the St. Peter’s Basilica. Argentinian pope was elected. Latino invasion all over. What’s next? Hopefully, the White House. 😉 (And NOT Marco Rucio, please).
Madame Figaro: Olga Kurylenko
By: Gabriela Yareliz I was absolutely captivated by Olga Kurylenko’s photoshoot in March’s Madame Figaro. Wow. Magnifique. The photography is brilliant. Behind this gorgeous face is a young woman who lived through the explosion in Chernobyl; who ate cereals when there was nothing else; who grew up with her mother and grandmother, seeing her fatherContinue reading “Madame Figaro: Olga Kurylenko”
This Week’s Pick: March 4, 2013
By: Gabriela Yareliz Hello survivors, In this life, you’ve got to be a gladiator! Yes. 1] The Telegraph’s: Former French minister Rachida Dati says: Wear lipstick and you lose credibility The FAB Rachida Dati, earning some RESPECT. In this article she talks about the delicate balance of being feminine, glamourous and a respectable leader whoContinue reading “This Week’s Pick: March 4, 2013”
A breath of lavender
By: Gabriela Yareliz If you read my last post, you will know I have a long way to go when it comes to being Christlike (I was in my feisty, law student mode), but I wanted to share the following quote, which really inspired me and poured some peaceful ointment on my agitation from today’sContinue reading “A breath of lavender”
