Friday, May 12, 2006
Oops. I had a TiVo screw up. It recorded a different program and I didn’t realize it until about 9:40. I will recap what I have. Sorry about that.
Maite, Victor and Elvira are chatting in the restaurant. Apparently, Elvira gave up being a madam to work as a cashier in the restaurant. Jacaranda married a rich guy and also left the world’s oldest profession. They are anticipating Veronica’s return from school in Canada and mention her difficult childhood, which led her to invent things, etc.
Andres, one of Unibrow’s sons, the one who wants to be bullfighter, goes to a restaurant to make a pitch to a Don Miguel who is going around looking for bullfighting talent. He tells all this to a complete stranger in the restaurant and concludes by saying that he’s heard that Don Miguel is pedantic and haughty. Then he leaves. Of course, the stranger was Don Miguel.
Manola and Gustavo have given Rodrigo a sporty car for his birthday. Federico shows up and says that he has come to ask Nicolas, Manola’s father, to help him with some financial matter at Jacinta’s hacienda. [I see that adult Rodrigo is played by an actor who was in Contra Viento y Marea (as was the actor who plays Federico). The actor who plays Rodrigo, played Imanol, a man who went crazy with jealousy about his wife and ended up trying to kill her. He can make the veins stand out on his neck and head and do a really good crazy.]
Veronica appears to be all alone at the school and tries to study up on the chateaux of the Loire where she (as Vera) told the other girls that she was going during the vacation. However, she is twitchy and is changing from one personality to another.
Jacinta is praying again before the unchained woman in flames.
Daniel, the other son of Unibrow recalls Maite from the time they lived in Aguascalientes. Unibrow says that he never found out what became of her. Maite recalls Unibrow’s sons. How old must they be now?
Valeria and Juanita’s flight to Mexico City has been cancelled and they are back in the dorm with a nun. They see Veronica’s bag and the nun tells them that Veronica’s trip to France was a lie to cover up for the fact that her parents couldn’t afford to buy her a ticket to go to Mexico. Valeria decides to get a ticket for Veronica to go to Mexico with her and Juanita. They invite her and she accepts.
Maite, Victor and Elvira are chatting in the restaurant. Apparently, Elvira gave up being a madam to work as a cashier in the restaurant. Jacaranda married a rich guy and also left the world’s oldest profession. They are anticipating Veronica’s return from school in Canada and mention her difficult childhood, which led her to invent things, etc.
Andres, one of Unibrow’s sons, the one who wants to be bullfighter, goes to a restaurant to make a pitch to a Don Miguel who is going around looking for bullfighting talent. He tells all this to a complete stranger in the restaurant and concludes by saying that he’s heard that Don Miguel is pedantic and haughty. Then he leaves. Of course, the stranger was Don Miguel.
Manola and Gustavo have given Rodrigo a sporty car for his birthday. Federico shows up and says that he has come to ask Nicolas, Manola’s father, to help him with some financial matter at Jacinta’s hacienda. [I see that adult Rodrigo is played by an actor who was in Contra Viento y Marea (as was the actor who plays Federico). The actor who plays Rodrigo, played Imanol, a man who went crazy with jealousy about his wife and ended up trying to kill her. He can make the veins stand out on his neck and head and do a really good crazy.]
Veronica appears to be all alone at the school and tries to study up on the chateaux of the Loire where she (as Vera) told the other girls that she was going during the vacation. However, she is twitchy and is changing from one personality to another.
Jacinta is praying again before the unchained woman in flames.
Daniel, the other son of Unibrow recalls Maite from the time they lived in Aguascalientes. Unibrow says that he never found out what became of her. Maite recalls Unibrow’s sons. How old must they be now?
Valeria and Juanita’s flight to Mexico City has been cancelled and they are back in the dorm with a nun. They see Veronica’s bag and the nun tells them that Veronica’s trip to France was a lie to cover up for the fact that her parents couldn’t afford to buy her a ticket to go to Mexico. Valeria decides to get a ticket for Veronica to go to Mexico with her and Juanita. They invite her and she accepts.
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thanks Jean. Ive been too busy to watch so Im keeing up with the recaps for the last two nights. I also watched Contra Viento.... and Imol was one crazy guy. Im sure the actor will bring those crasy aspects to this novela. Oh dear the theatrics like cake whacking have just begun!
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 8:53:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 8:53:00 AM EDT
Hello,
Thanks for the recap,Jean. I liked seeing the flamenco dancers last night,it was a nice change.
-Marie
Thanks for the recap,Jean. I liked seeing the flamenco dancers last night,it was a nice change.
-Marie
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 11:52:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 11:52:00 AM EDT
Hey Jean, I know- I wanted them to pan the camera, but it was all feet and hands, even the band. This novela...the show you every minor detail of a killing or cruelty to children, but hey you get a nice dance scene...they cut it off. Ugh!
-Marie
-Marie
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 4:34:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 4:34:00 PM EDT
Here are a couple of funny coincidences:
1) This morning one of my work pals (Susan) arrived with a big tote bag that she recently purchased in Guanajuato. The design on the bag is our mystery saint, the unchained woman in flames. She is St. Bernadette. I am not Catholic and I have no idea what the symbolism means, but here is another picture of her I found on Google. It's the Gorey Details website, postcard #171
http://www.goreydetails.net/show.php?alpha=797
2) Susan also brought a couple of cans of huitlacoche. If anyone noticed this is the special food item that Juanita's dad was bringing to the Valladolid kitchen for the welcome home meal for the girls. It is a fungus that grows on corn and is considered a delicacy. It used to be called corn smut but now people call it by its true name or, if they think they can get away with charging more money, will call it corn truffles. As far as I know it's nearly impossible to get fresh around here (SF Bay Area). I used to cook for a living and could occasionally get some when in season at a ridiculous price. Susan said there is a great hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Guanajuato that only opens during Huitlacoche season (the rainy season) because that is all they serve. Susan is going to make us some Huitlacoche quesadillas even though the canned product isn't nearly as good as the fresh. Still, it will be fun to try.
1) This morning one of my work pals (Susan) arrived with a big tote bag that she recently purchased in Guanajuato. The design on the bag is our mystery saint, the unchained woman in flames. She is St. Bernadette. I am not Catholic and I have no idea what the symbolism means, but here is another picture of her I found on Google. It's the Gorey Details website, postcard #171
http://www.goreydetails.net/show.php?alpha=797
2) Susan also brought a couple of cans of huitlacoche. If anyone noticed this is the special food item that Juanita's dad was bringing to the Valladolid kitchen for the welcome home meal for the girls. It is a fungus that grows on corn and is considered a delicacy. It used to be called corn smut but now people call it by its true name or, if they think they can get away with charging more money, will call it corn truffles. As far as I know it's nearly impossible to get fresh around here (SF Bay Area). I used to cook for a living and could occasionally get some when in season at a ridiculous price. Susan said there is a great hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Guanajuato that only opens during Huitlacoche season (the rainy season) because that is all they serve. Susan is going to make us some Huitlacoche quesadillas even though the canned product isn't nearly as good as the fresh. Still, it will be fun to try.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 15, 2006 at 12:34:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 15, 2006 at 12:34:00 PM EDT
Hi Sylvia: Well, the info on the woman in chains is very interesting. The best know St. Bernadette is is Bernadette of Lourdes who had visions of the Virgen a number of times in the mid 19th Century in France. I searched in vain for anything in her story that would correspond to a woman with broken chains in a fire and I couldn't find anything. So, I'm guessing that this is a different St. Bernadette, perhaps a Mexican one. So far, my efforts to find out anything about her have been unsucessful but I will keep looking.
I didn't know about huitlacoche either.
I didn't know about huitlacoche either.
UPDATE!! Apparently I should not have believed just one picture. Do a search on "Anima Sola" and our mystery woman will pop up in spades.
"The Anima Sola or Lonely Soul is a Catholic depiction of a suffering person -- almost always a woman -- in chains amidst the barred prison doors and flames of Purgatory, the place where sinners go while awaiting final judgement."
I thank one of my catholic co-workers for this bit of info.
"The Anima Sola or Lonely Soul is a Catholic depiction of a suffering person -- almost always a woman -- in chains amidst the barred prison doors and flames of Purgatory, the place where sinners go while awaiting final judgement."
I thank one of my catholic co-workers for this bit of info.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
Great work, Sylvia! I thought I knew something about Catholic imagery but I didn't know about the Anima Sola. It's good to get a little new knowledge in addition to improving our Spanish!! Thanks.
Jean
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