On Saturday morning, Whispering Angel Rosé and South Beach Wine & Food Festival hosted their first-ever Celebrity Chef Pickleball Tournament at the Miami Beach Golf Club in Miami, FL.
Stepping into the venue, I was blown away by the charismatic and indulgent atmosphere that enveloped me. Hazy fog swam in the air, and jets of neon lasers flashed through the dark rooms, illuminated only by those striking blues and purples. All I had known from the invite that this would be the unveiling of a perfume product from a secret new brand, and dozens of high-end perfumers spun through my mind as I took in the scene. Was this the work of Dior or Versace? Or perhaps it was the tried and true Chanel? I took a wiff at a smelling station, a mysterious box with a button to release the vapors, and wonderful hints of geranium and cedar hit my nosebuds. Excited to unmask this new line of scents, I looked up to read the description—and was shocked to see AXE written in electric blue letters.
![Claudia Andujar, [A guest decorated with vulture and hawk down feathers at a feast, Catrimani], 1974. Gelatin silver print. 26.4 x 39.8 inches (67 x 101 cm). Artwork © Claudia Andujar. Collection of the artist.](https://theknockturnal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/103_Claudia-Andujar_-A-guest-decorated-with-down-feathers-1170x782.jpeg "Claudia Andujar, [A guest decorated with vulture and hawk down feathers at a feast, Catrimani], 1974. Gelatin silver print. 26.4 x 39.8 inches (67 x 101 cm). Artwork © Claudia Andujar. Collection of the artist.")
Laser focused in scope but wide ranging in material, The Yanomami Struggle augments fifty years of Claudia Andujar’s emotional photography with eighty works by contemporary Yanomami artists.
When I think of this week’s The Last of us, the first thing that comes to my mind is that they should have saved this for season two.
Sure, the acting between Bella Ramsey and Storm Reid was good, but some of the dialogue exchange between the two did not translate well from the Left Behind DLC of the game. Here for television, it turned into a bottle episode with a little plot progression.
I was also left with questions. Why should I care about Ellie wanting a magic horse? Why were there fully functioning arcade machines out of the blue like this? It was beyond unrealistic for this to happen.
45 minutes it took to get to the scene where Riley discovered Ellie was bit from a clicker. That is too long for an episode that had a whole lot of nothing. It does not help that there were no clickers or undead the hat was roaming around in that mall. I guess the budget went to the product placement spots of GAP and Victoria’s Secret because those two brands had more airtime than the actual clicker later on.
There are two more episodes of The Last of Us and this story needs to speed up. I would have been fine if this one was early on the second season. We are this late for the story to wrap up and there should not be anymore filler episodes like this. Episode three’s placement was right for it’s slot and I cannot say the same for episode 7.
I did not want to be harsh, but this episode of The Last of Us was a waste of my time. Nothing of value will be remembered when I look back on this and I fully recommend you to either skip it, or play the game’s DLC.
This week’s BMF pushed the boundaries to the maximum with this explosive episode that will be remembered by the time the finale premiers.
I was fortunate enough to sample the unique cuisine offered by Stephen and Emily Wallace’s Wah Gwaan on a Sunday afternoon at Café Balearica.
INHERENT‘s mission as a brand extends beyond the calendar dates of New York Fashion Week (NYFW). “We began as a small online store in 2020 and soon grew into a flagship boutique storefront in Colorado Springs, CO, only a year later,” the company’s founder and designer, Taylor Draper, announced ahead of his latest runway presentation. The mogul has openly battled mental health issues, including depression, and aims to utilize his growing enterprises and collections to destigmatize the conversation around seeking therapy and wellness resources.
TRESemmé brought us backstage for the LaQuan Smith NYFW FW23 runway show, where Unilever Stylist and Celebrity Hairstylist Lacey Redway showed us how she created “The Satin Ponytail.”
If you would have told me 20 years ago that Ant-Man would be a successful movie franchise, I would have laughed in your face.