KODACHROME: “Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.” — E.B. White, One Man’s Meat Kodachrome imagines one such road trip, inspired by a 2010 true story in a New York Times article chronicling the imminent demise of Kodachrome and the frantic race to Dwayne’s Photo, the last Kodachrome processing…
CLAIRE’S CAMERA: Claire’s Camera was a feature presentation at the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival, (SFfilm). Equal parts think piece and mystery, the story unfolds when three Koreans and a French woman fly into France for the Cannes Film Festival. A series of random encounters bring together Manhee (Kim Minhee), a film sales assistant,…
Combine your love of travel and films with a visit to the San Francisco International Film Festival April 4-17. Besides the almost 200 films, including 66 directed by women, there are several special moments, like the tributes to Wayne Wang and Charlize Theron. Here’s the Tango Diva shortlist: CLAIRE’S CAMERA: Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher,…
Planning a visit to San Francisco? Tango Diva has compiled a one-minute tour featuring sights considered “Only in San Francisco”. You’re welcome. WATCH HERE
Here’s what happened at the dentist today. My lovely 30-something dental technician, not pictured here, was chatting about this and that. Let’s call her Midge. Midge related a funny story about getting a text from a friend saying #MeToo. Assuming it was a mistake, she thought nothing of it. And then on Facebook lots of…
Have you noticed it’s getting harder to look chic whilst pretending that giant expandable shoulder boulder is petit and light? Here’s a list of travel-worthy toothbrushes to lighten your load. There’s a surprise category… wireless! ELECTRIC OralB: Pro-8000 Everything you need, the case, brush, charger, and Bluetooth. SonicCare: Diamond Clean – an elegantly designed case…
JANE WITHOUT TARZAN: A beautiful young British girl dreams of living in the jungle with animals. Being the 1940s, this surely wasn’t going to happen. And yet, 26 year old Jane Goodall, lacking any scientific background, and the handicap of being a woman, meets the famed anthropologist Louis Leakey, who sends her to Tanzania on…