This week on TV, my housewives gave me everything I wanted and more. On the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we still weren’t quite over Taylor’s performance last week, and she tells Lisa at lunch that she was so drunk she doesn’t really remember her meltdown. Thus, Lisa suggests a trip to Vegas, naturally. She blames Camille and her friend, blah blah blah. Taylor actually ate something in Vegas, which was shocking. Adrienne and Paul appear on the Doctors to discuss a healthy lifestyle, and off camera, Adrienne yells at him for his unhealthy habits and lying. His idea of a few small meals is popcorn, candy and other bad stuff. We love Paul in every, single episode. Pandora takes Lisa to go see the Chipmunks male performers, Lisa won the lap dance contest, and she shocked us by how much fun she is capable of having. Lisa will always remain one of my idols. The girls had a night at the Palm, and Adrienne has Camille Brandi and Dana to her suite where they bowl and go to the club, and Brandi and Camille get a little lesbionic, which we love. Kyle has a photo shoot for her book, but, what the hell is her book about? Shock: Kim can’t go either. Kim and Kyle cry together, she’s upset because her kids don’t like her new man who is way too controlling. Kyle, on her high horse, knows that she’s been right the whole time. By the end of the episode, I was tired from watching. On Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kims baby is born! Its actually really cute, and I kind of love Kroy and am even happy for Kim for once. The gold digger found her happy ending. Kroy was really cutely nervous. I’m still confused why Kroy chose this nutcase. The labor was surprisingly calm, for once. Meanwhile, Sheree’s “chateau” isn’t being built as fast as she wants. How is she affording this anyway? She’s contemplating serving her ex- with a child support lawsuit, but he pleads poverty and asks the court to lower the payment. He sucks. Kandi puts her mom on a dating sight, our favorite character on the show. Cynthia and NeNe go to New York on business, her ex boyfriend turns out to be Russell Simmons, huh? She chose peter over him? NeNe goes on a date with some scumbag who she can’t stand. It was really cringe worthy. This episode kind of disappointed this week. Finally, on Kim and Kourtney take New York, a lot happened. Scott wants to have a threesome, so Kourtney flirts with a girl because she knows he won’t actually do what he says. She gets shway and we love it. Scott goes with Kris to host the today show, the two get drunk after the meal, and their relationship really seems to be doing good. I almost vommed when they talked about having sex at night, though. Kim and Kris first really big fight that may have led to the divorce is shown. Kim wants to have kids, but LaLa and her mom convince her to wait until she’s certain about her career and future. She asks Kris about moving to Minnesota, and he tells her that she’s not going to be famous in a few years anyway, to quit her work and take care of kids. She is hesitant to tell him she wants to wait. I hate him more and more every minute. He is a literal five-year-old child. And stop talking about how important “basketball” is, you suck anyway. I feel sorry Kim actually married that loser. Gossip Girl didn’t return this week, so we are left in suspense whether Chuck or Blair’s baby survived. Obviously, nothing can go right in this show.
This week in TV ROCKED. Finally, something happens on 90210. Naomi is assigned to Holly’s b-day party, not knowing the relation to her boss. The two had just started working out their friendship, but the rift causes Holly to hate Naomi for stealing her mom’s attention, which she has never been able to get, and Naomi catches Austin hooking up with Holly. Obviously, something has to go wrong in every episode. Annie breaks into Jeremy’s and records him saying that he hated his grandma and that he would do anything to get the money from the old hag. Finally, her life can move on. Liam, in a quest to find Annie after finding out about her escort job, gets in a motorcycle accident right when Annie left him a message wanting to get back with him. Navid gets beaten up by his uncle’s partners when they catch him with a wire, and ends up in the hospital, and Silver catches him talking to the detective, forcing her back with the new guy. YAWN. On 2 broke girls, after a much awaited return, Caroline and Max try to get chestnut a job since its too cold for him to stay outside. However, he’s to out of shape to be an actor. Eventually, Caroline convinces Peach, who is auditioning for a spot on the real housewives, that her horse is in need. She faces her former life in order to save Chestnut, and Max cries during their farewell. This was the most emotional episode yet, and I loved it. Caroline’s comedic skills are honed more and more each week. In the best episode of the season for Gossip girl, Lilly throws Charlie a coming out party, and she sends a tip to GG that Chuck and Blair are meeting to take the attention away from her, as her boyfriend hopes to reveal her identity once and for all. Thus, paparazzi follow the two, who FINALLY plan to be together despite the paternity of her child, and the two end up in a massive car accident and in the hospital. Chucks condition is unclear, but Blair awakes. Charlie finally realizes she should leave town, as she hurt the people she has grown to love. At the Malibu Beach Party from hell on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, drunken Taylor one more time causes a 50-minute screaming session that made my ears bleed. We get it, your battered and its really sad, but Bravo could have done a little better with the editing. Wasted Brandy makes me sick, and Taylor’s cigarette scene was really difficult to watch. PLEASE LET IT END. On Modern Family, the gang realizes they will not be together for Christmas. Phil plans an impromptu express Christmas. Everything goes wrong. Mitch and Alex run over the tree, Gloria and Luke/LOOK run over the angel ornament, Manny accidentally stun-guns Phil and he ends up crushing the 200$ baseball card he got for Jay, and Cam is hurt when Jay doesn’t remember the significance of the wine cork he saved and gave him as a gift. In the end, Jay provides fake snow in the backyard and once again, humor is combined with actual, emotional Christmas cheer. Modern Family is the gem that saves this blog and my hope for the future of television every week.
This week, on 90210 Dixon continues to pursue Adrianna. This couple is weird, and I don’t like it. She resists until he goes to rehab. Ivy and Raj continue to fight; obviously they shouldn’t have gotten married at 20 because he had cancer. Liam plans a holiday dinner, and his mom shows up. She claims she broke up with his stepdad, but asks Liam for financial support in order to leave him. I cried. He kicked her out. Brooding Liam strikes again. Naomi tries to prove to Austin that she really does like him, but Austin wants one thing, for them to talk and not just have sex. These two are actually pretty cute. On 2 broke girls, Caroline and Max get jobs at Santa World as elves, this is all I really need to say for you to understand the hilarity that ensued. Caroline starts to miss her past life and relationship with her father, but Max helps her to realize what she has to be thankful for. A truly beautiful scene. Han opens the restaurant to feed the needy, and the holiday cheer is spread. On Gossip girl, Serena plans the most flawless Tiffany themed baby shower of all times, complete with the surprise gifting of a diamond ring to one lucky guest, but it ends in Blair telling Louis to leave due to his involvement with Gossip Girl. The best part of the episode is the false information planted and Blair’s panicking about fast food being served at her shower. Chuck seems to be truly good, and comes to save Blair, and we all continue rooting for the two. On the real housewives of Beverly Hills, Taylor and Camille continue to feud, and Taylor plans a ridiculous western party for her daughter, featuring the awkward performance by some American Idol nobody. Kennedy gets a horse, and Russell’s first sign of temper is shown when he attacks Dana for thinking the cake should come out first, scary! On Modern Family, Mitch doubts Cams punkin chunkin story is true, and the family divides into a team of believers and non-believers (Jay, Mitch and Claire). Phil accuses Claire of holding him back when his millionaire former neighbor who idolizes him claims his entire secret was doing what Phil would do in every situation. Haley and Alex hide the dent they did to claire’s car, and this part of the story was phenomenal. The family goes to the football field to prove whose right and whose wrong. In the end, the family unites to make the slingshot work, and the ending was actually pretty emotional. Modern family is the only show that can do such an amazing job at combining humor with emotion.
This week, I wasn’t at all impressed with what TV had to offer me. All these CW shows and reality shows need to quit dragging out the plot for 4 episode arches and get to the point already. For example, on 90210 Teddy’s wedding footage is leaked, as expected, and his uncles campaign and his reputation is threatened. It’s actually very, very sad and disheartening for the gay community. Liam somehow becomes a supermodel, though his body is pretty lackluster. He is forced into a contract, and we know something bad will eventually happen. Annie tries to pay for Dixon’s rehab by continuing her disgusting relationship with Patrick, gag. With Raj’s cancer gone, Ivy and Raj seek to plan their futures, his as a doctor and hers as a photographer, YAWN! These two are the most boring couple to hit TV since Peter Brady and Adrienne Curry. On 2 broke girls, Max and Caroline are hired to sell cupcakes at an art show, which turns out to be hosted by Johnny’s girlfriend, who seems to know something is going on between them. Caroline helps Max escape, and helps her get over Johnny and face her feelings. I can’t help but love every second of these two becoming closer. I still want her to end up with Johnny in the end, though. On Gossip girl, I’m not really sure what the gang did but they ended up at some obscure party with performers and masks. Charlie’s boyfriend shows up as Serena’s date, and Charlie panics. I want Charlie to be exposed and gone forever. How annoying can this plotline get? Diana tries to use Serena to take down gossip girl, and releases a list of all the email tips ever sent in, making Serena mad at Nate and Nate mad at Diana. Who the hell is Diana anyway? On the real housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa holds a tea party, that I wish I was invited to, something she just “threw together” that blows any set up out of the water. Taylor confronts Lisa about her condemning manner, and the party EXPLODES. Taylor’s erratic behavior is now just sad, as we know the cause of it. But really, I cannot listen to one more minute of these women fight like this. It was actually nausea inducing. Lisa says shell treat Taylor better, they put the feud behind them, and all the ladies confront Taylor for claiming Russell beats her, an uncomfortable subject for all involved. On Modern family, a fire destroys a neighbor’s house and Claire organizes a drive to help the family. Cam ends up driving a delivery truck. I can’t really describe the hilarity that follows. The best part of the episode, Phil gives Jay a massage for back problems. Midway Jay claims he loves Phil, a huge mistake because of Phil’s desperate desire for Jay’s approval. At that instant, he receives a call offering him a new job opportunity, Jay doesn’t realize, and Phil takes the call outside in excitement. Jay thinks he left because he said I love you and Phil couldn’t handle the joy. The whole miscommunication was one of the funniest moments on TV thus far.
As an American student studying abroad, I had to evaluate multiple factors before deciding on Barcelona above any other European city to live for three months of my life. Besides the rich cultural experience I pitched to my parents and advisors, one outstanding factor put Barcelona way above all the rest. All my friends who had previously studied here came home with one definitive word that was unanimously “inexplicable:” nightlife. The nightlife in Barcelona is world renowned and I can now say with confidence that it is rightfully so that Barcelona claims the title of “best nightlife” of any city. Several factors differentiate the nightlife here from any I have seen in the world (saying a lot coming from Miami myself). First of all, the hours and scheduling. In Barcelona, my friends and I typically do not go out before the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. This is ideal, because in America, where we go out by 10:00 p.m., you often choose not to go out if you have had a tiring or busy day, because you are not allotted any time where you could nap, get ready, and mentally prepare for the night. Furthermore, if you nap prior, you can stay out until later without tiring. Second, specific days have specific clubs designated to that day, which makes narrowing down the “place to be” very easy. For example, George Payne’s for football and beer on Sundays and Suite 191 for the musical stylings of Dj Papis on Wednesdays. The night is guaranteed to be packed with people to socialize with and drink specials to boot. Next, the musical stylings. As the electronic and house music genres have begun to massively grow in popularity in the states, the excitement and utter amazement at the music in Barcelona is simply unbelievable for Americans to set their ears on. The Dj’s are nothing less than phenomenal in every club in Barcelona and it is impossible not to dance the entire night away any night here. Furthermore, it is very commonplace for clubs here to regularly schedule appearances by world famous Dj’s like Afrojack, David Guetta or Avicii. Its truly a dream come true to have these options available every night of your life for three months. The music that is standard any night here would be the most exceptional night in America. People here appreciate the diversity and talent required to produce such magnificent sounds, and the music is appreciated without enhancement by drugs or alcohol as well here. Next, the aesthetic design of each club. Every club in Barcelona is a magnificent sight for the eyes. The architectural set up designates specific areas to dancing, smoking and socializing, or watching the DJ from afar. The clubs are beautiful, spacious, and intricate. Magnificent LED and neon lights drape the entirety of the clubs, with chains on the walls or fountains in the middle of the clubs. Furthermore, impersonators like Edward Scissorhands or Dani Vi with his electric neon violin or incredible dancers painting the stage or the man wearing the transformers-esque light up suit robot-ing through the crowd are nightly occurrences. The eyes are always pleased every night and you simply can’t believe that this is a regular occurrence in your life. Next, the people. Everyone in the Barcelona clubs are beautiful and outgoing, and seem to love every second of being there. They dance and drink and socialize and make you feel at home. I cannot not mention the alcohol situation. Typically, promoters have some sort of all you can drink special before certain hours for a certain price, or free champagne for ladies. One quality that cannot be ignored is the amount of alcohol you get for your buck. In America, a red bull vodka might have 2 shots maximum in the drink. In Barcelona, you are given half a glass of vodka, with a red bull on the side. 12$ for about seven shots is nothing to be distraught about. The nightlife in Barcelona is difficult to describe in words. But the consensus between my friends and I seems to be that every night of our life is the best night of our life. The music will keep you dancing and the visuals make you unable to tear your eyes away. When friends are visiting from other countries, they simply cannot believe what we have at our disposal. Two months later I now can offer my insight on some of the best clubs here. First of all, the clubs can be divided into districts, so wherever you are staying you have something that you can do until the sun comes up. The club scene here is much bigger than the smaller bar scene in America, so you better be ready to go hard every night of the week, as their is ALWAYS something going on. El Born district boasts Cat Bar, one of my favorites, a guaranteed good time. Raval is home to 7sins lounge, with a basement dance floor that is a great spot to pre-game the night. My favorite area by far is Port Olimpic. CDLC is a must see for out of towners, I saw Paris Hilton there last week! Shoko is perfect for Friday nights for the first half off the night. The red fountain-walls and outdoor VIP section always make for an amazing night. The music ad dance performers are standard there. Opium Mar defines saturday nights. It doesn’t get more definitely Barcelona than here. The club is large with a large dance-floor and great music. The outside deck is also large, a great place to take a breather or talk to your friends. The multiple bars make access to drinks easy and the music is always great. The VIP section boasts its own bar as well. The Ice Bar is a cool sight for tourists to see. Everything including the furniture and the glasses are made of ice. The bar is held at a temperature of sub-zero and coats are provided to guests to keep warm. Also, if you aren’t in the mood to dress up and battle the lines, there are multiple chiringuitos near the beach, a slurry of smaller beach bars where you can get instant access and a more low key night. Other cool places include Chupitos, a shot bar that boasts flaming shots and a list of hundreds to choose from (try the monica lewinski for a real sight to see). At Sutton Club, girls dress like movie stars and the people seem to be outstandingly beautiful here. Otto Zuts has some of the best music in Barcelona and a cool multilevel vibe. Razzmatazz is a must see for out of towners/ Five stories of all different genres of music packed with THOUSANDS of people. The bar and pub scene is much smaller. Dow Jones is a cool bar where prices of drinks change with demand, and every so often the “market crashes” and drinks are near nothing. Obama bar has a karaoke hour, and George Payne karaoke/football Sundays are a favorite. Go to any local bar, and you’ll have a good time sipping Barcelona beer or sangria brewed in house. The nightlife in Barcelona is difficult to describe unless you’ve seen it yourself. My friends and I go out at least four times a week, and simply cannot stop. Every night is different from the one before it, and the music and aesthetics of the club are enough to fuel stories for hours to tell at home. The nightlife is much different than in America, and sometimes its too much to handle. Barcelona boasts the coolest clubs I have ever laid eyes on and every night is unforgettable. If you love music, having fun, partying, and socializing, Barcelona nightlife cannot be avoided. It is truly a breed of its own.
This week on TV, my housewives gave me everything I wanted and more. On the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we still weren’t quite over Taylor’s performance last week, and she tells Lisa at lunch that she was so drunk she doesn’t really remember her meltdown. Thus, Lisa suggests a trip to Vegas, naturally. She blames Camille and her friend, blah blah blah. Taylor actually ate something in Vegas, which was shocking. Adrienne and Paul appear on the Doctors to discuss a healthy lifestyle, and off camera, Adrienne yells at him for his unhealthy habits and lying. His idea of a few small meals is popcorn, candy and other bad stuff. We love Paul in every, single episode. Pandora takes Lisa to go see the Chipmunks male performers, Lisa won the lap dance contest, and she shocked us by how much fun she is capable of having. Lisa will always remain one of my idols. The girls had a night at the Palm, and Adrienne has Camille Brandi and Dana to her suite where they bowl and go to the club, and Brandi and Camille get a little lesbionic, which we love. Kyle has a photo shoot for her book, but, what the hell is her book about? Shock: Kim can’t go either. Kim and Kyle cry together, she’s upset because her kids don’t like her new man who is way too controlling. Kyle, on her high horse, knows that she’s been right the whole time. By the end of the episode, I was tired from watching. On Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kims baby is born! Its actually really cute, and I kind of love Kroy and am even happy for Kim for once. The gold digger found her happy ending. Kroy was really cutely nervous. I’m still confused why Kroy chose this nutcase. The labor was surprisingly calm, for once. Meanwhile, Sheree’s “chateau” isn’t being built as fast as she wants. How is she affording this anyway? She’s contemplating serving her ex- with a child support lawsuit, but he pleads poverty and asks the court to lower the payment. He sucks. Kandi puts her mom on a dating sight, our favorite character on the show. Cynthia and NeNe go to New York on business, her ex boyfriend turns out to be Russell Simmons, huh? She chose peter over him? NeNe goes on a date with some scumbag who she can’t stand. It was really cringe worthy. This episode kind of disappointed this week. Finally, on Kim and Kourtney take New York, a lot happened. Scott wants to have a threesome, so Kourtney flirts with a girl because she knows he won’t actually do what he says. She gets shway and we love it. Scott goes with Kris to host the today show, the two get drunk after the meal, and their relationship really seems to be doing good. I almost vommed when they talked about having sex at night, though. Kim and Kris first really big fight that may have led to the divorce is shown. Kim wants to have kids, but LaLa and her mom convince her to wait until she’s certain about her career and future. She asks Kris about moving to Minnesota, and he tells her that she’s not going to be famous in a few years anyway, to quit her work and take care of kids. She is hesitant to tell him she wants to wait. I hate him more and more every minute. He is a literal five-year-old child. And stop talking about how important “basketball” is, you suck anyway. I feel sorry Kim actually married that loser. Gossip Girl didn’t return this week, so we are left in suspense whether Chuck or Blair’s baby survived. Obviously, nothing can go right in this show. 
Abr-ossip Girl 