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Margo Orlando Littell's Blog
Bewitching Barcelona
Yesterday at 2:03pm
From the crowds pouring from the Tower Theater Friday night, I see I’m not the only one who was eagerly awaiting the opening of Woody Allen’s latest film/travelogue, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. For obvious reasons, I was highly looking forward to seeing how Woody Allen would apply his wonderful...
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Reading with One Eye Open
4 days ago at 1:30pm
A glossy cover. Hard-bound pages. Crisp black type on creamy paper. Such a professional-looking package—too bad what it contains is a pack of lies. You can’t believe everything you read, which is a lesson we’ve all learned well by now. That slick website with the great graphics? A closer l...
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A Spanish Snafu
5 days ago at 12:52pm
Look at that image again. Yes, you saw it right the first time. Did your jaw drop? Mine did: That’s the Spanish basketball team pulling the skin around their eyes in an effort to “look Chinese,” in an advertisement for Seur, a Spanish courier company that’s sponsoring the team. The ad sta...
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Another Day, Another Scandal
8 days ago at 5:15pm
It’s disheartening, at a time like this—on the cusp of presidential change; in the midst of the Olympics; facing a “recession-like” economic slowdown; at war; witnessing war; watching boatloads of Americans struggle to pay healthcare costs—that yet another politician has made the news f...
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Shakespeare by the Lake
8 days ago at 4:09pm
Now is the winter of our discontent… There was nothing to be discontented about on Friday evening, as the sun set over a shimmering, cerulean Lake Tahoe and the brilliant stars slowly emerged in the wide black sky. Andrew and I had taken my parents, visiting from Pittsburgh, to the Lake Tahoe ...
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Turn Back. Just Turn Back.
13 days ago at 3:33pm
Planning to be on the road this afternoon? Then my advice to you is—watch out. Better yet, stay home. I’ve got a brand-new, house-size Jeep…and I can barely drive it. Is the Jeep mine? Please, no. Is it mine for a few days? Yes. Our beloved Volvo is in the shop again (eleven-year-old cars ...
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