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Contextual Studies – Lecture Four
Modernity and Modernism:
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 to commemorate the beginning of the French Revolution one hundred years earlier. The Eiffel Tower itself is a work of modern art, it was made of iron to symbolise freedom and the industrial revolution that took over Paris. The tower was the tallest standing structure of its time and was designed by an Engineer named Kristof Eiffel. During the planning of the huge monument, Eiffel envisioned his sculpture as a humanoid figure in the center of Paris, the four legs also represent the four corners of the world which projects the message of global modernity. The tower opened to the public nine days after the exhibition. The aerial view gave a whole new perspective to the public, inspiring artists to play with space on their canvases. This historical event is one of many that kickstarted modern art, the new perspective of aerial views also made some critics and artists open to the idea of modernism.
The modernist era made for huge advances in technology, in 1822 (premodernism) the first ever permanent photograph was developed by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce a French inventor. Photography was quite a slow process for the most part of the 19th century. The camera's were huge and took a very traditional path in terms of art. Only the rich and famous were to be photographed. In 1885, roll film was invented by George Eastman which opened doors to filmmaking and photography. In 1888 photography as an artform became more accessible to the public as the first Kodak box camera was invented. The Kodak camera was small, compact and easy to carry. This changed the world of photography.
In the late 1880's, machines took over the world and replaced many workers in mills, factories and farms. A lot of people didn't like the idea of machines, many believed that they would turn on humanity and destroy the world. These sorts of ideologies inspired modern art and are still around in the postmodernist era.
Metropolis (1927)
The Card Players (1881 – 1955) Fernand Leger
There was a new world and it was hitting cities like London and Paris extremely hard. In 1879 the first Edison electric light bulb was produced on a mass scale and houses slowly started to convert to electricity, in 1893 the first Thomas Ford Automobile was invented, in 1892 the diesel engine was invented, in 1895 the first moving image camera was invented, in 1909 the first flight across the English Channel was completed successfully. All of these things made a huge impact on modern art. The creation of the light bulb meant that lighting had changed, artists now started to paint light in orange or blue. The Kodak camera, which was easily acquired stole the limelight and the business from traditional portrait painters which meant that they needed something new. The new modern age had liberated artists from an accurate representation, it allowed them to experiment with shape, size and colour. As the cities boomed, artists were more likely to paint city life rather than rural life. The modern era came out of nowhere, but it took a grip of the world and changed it forever.
I, Robot (2004)
These ideas still inspire works of art even today, this trailer from the 2004 film I, Robot is extremely similar in terms of subject matter. The film is about the takeover of robots, they replace other machines and humans, taking jobs and throwing the human race into a lazy void. However, things go wrong and the robots are evil and attempt to take over the world.
Obviously at the time of early modernism, technology and the industrial take over happened extremely quickly and it was very new to the world. It scared people because it was so new and it took over rapidly. These fears started to change the way some artists made their art.
The Card Players (1881 – 1955) Fernand Leger
This abstract cubist painting by Leger depicts the broken and fragmented images of soldiers playing card games. Their bodies are made of almost a mechanical looking material, the painting itself looks incredibly industrial in terms of subject matter. Leger belonged to the cubists. Cubists were inspired by sharp shapes and distorted subject matters. Cubist paintings also have more than one focal point, the aesthetics of the painting, more specifically the composition, makes your eyes scan the canvas to take the whole piece in.
Three Women (1921) Fernand Leger
Three women, painted in 1921, is a more figurative painting than its predecessor. The painting itself is still abstract in terms of aesthetics, but the subject matter is much easier to put together. The piece is put together using bright and unnatural colors for the time, much later in the late sixties and early seventies, modern art had inspired the world to embrace its wacky laws and eventually, colors like these became the norm. The piece is made up of patterns which aesthetically are created with distorted shapes. The three women depicted within the painting look extremely robotic due to the emphasised joints.
Reflective Practitioner
This is what it means to be a full time student at University. It's financially crippling. I reflectively look back on the absolute stupidity I made which was buy everything I ever wanted ever. I bought clothes, a guitar, games, films, takeaway etc. My student finance was destroyed so unbelievably quickly. I do however, believe that this is quite important in terms of experiences. By doing this you really learn the importance finances and day to day living, so this is why I chose this image of my very empty wallet.
An Exploration of Light
Camera Functions:
- Sensitivity, film or sensor.
- Exposure mode (M,A,S,P – Nikon), (M,AV,TV,P – Canon)
- Focus.
- Compose, visualise and capture.
Taking a Photograph:
- Film speed (light sensitivity) ISO, ASA.
- Shutter Speed (time) seconds.
- Aperture (Size of diaphragm) f-
- Exposure reading/ check.
- Focus (auto or manual)
- Compose, frame and capture.
Shutter and aperture are inversely proportional which means that as you increase one you must incrementally decrease the other. These increments are what photographers call 'stops'. A stop can be aperture, shutter speed or ISO. i.e. 1/60 – 1/125 is equal to one stop. 400 ISO – 800 ISO is equal to one stop. F5.6 – F8 is equal to one stop.
- At 200 ISO, F56 @ 1/125 is the same as f8 @ 1/60.
A photographer adjusts the ISO, aperture and shutter speed to suit the general light level.
- ISO is set to suit the general light level.
- Aperture determines the depth of field.
- Shutter determines the capture of movement.
- You decide what the priority is.
Aperture Priority is when you set the aperture you require and the camera selects the correct shutter speed. This is great for:
- Portraits, where you want to control background sharpness.
- Shots where you want to emphisise small detail.
- Creating soft moods.
Shutter Priority is when you set the shutter speed you require and the camera selects the correct aperture. this is great for:
- Freezing or blurring motion.
- Capturing action.
- Making sure you don't get camera shake.
Programme is for when you just want ti snap away with little thought to settings.
Manual is when you have time to concentrate on accurate expire for maximized capture quality,
Professional Diagnostic
Where do you want to work?
I personally would rather work internationally due to the limitations the United Kingdom has to offer within creative media, especially in photography. Sure, there are places to work and maybe even interesting places to work in the UK, but the world is a very big place to explore and there are so many things to see and to show through my eyes.
What salary would you be content with, five years after leaving University?
I would really like to be traveling five years after university, so I would be content with a salary that would fund that comfortably. Photography is not an easy business to get into, but with the right clients and the right advertising I could do commercial work to fund the creative and more passionate side of photography. A salary that would pay for international trips, equipment and comfortable living would be perfect. I imagine I would have to photograph a lot of weddings.
How many hours a week would you be happy to work?
In this sort of business it's better to be working all the time creatively, but in terms of commercial photography I think between thirty to fifty hours per week would be the most I would work. I certainly wouldn't be earning the funding I need if I worked any less.
Do you like 'set' working hours or do you like changeable hours?
I need a schedule that can be managed easily, of course in this industry I may encounter some last minute bookings, but as long as I had enough time to manage my hours I will be happy. Something chaotic is far to stressful and I would more than likely lose track of time and disappoint clients.
Do you like outdoor work or do you like an indoor environment?
I really don't have a preference and if I did, I probably wouldn't survive in this industry. I will have to work both indoors and outdoors in my many years as a freelance film maker/photographer so if I for example preferred indoors work, the location shoots would be stressful and unenjoyable. Which goes against my belief to never do a job you don't enjoy.
How important is creativity in a job?
Creativity is the most important attribute to have in creative media, anyone who didn't consider themselves as a creative person would never survive in the industry. There minds would be slower, problem solving wouldn't be up to par and brainstorming ideas would be problematic. In terms of other jobs in other industries, I would say that creativity would still be an important asset to have. All skills a creative person develops are completely transferable to all job roles.
How do you like to work?
I personally prefer to work alone. I like to have complete control over what is going on around me when I work. I don't mind working in a team, in fact sometimes working in a team takes my preference, especially on large projects. I always however, need to be in a directional role to feel comfortable. I am open about being a bit of a control freak in terms of work, but I think it is an attribute to be proud of in this industry.
Do you like routine, such as plenty of breaks, lunch hours and home times?
I do enjoy being at home, where I feel the most comfortable. However, when I work I like to be working continuously. I find that breaks and lunch hours send me off target more often than not. If I wanted a break, I would more than likely eat while I was working. Of course I would choose my moment to devour a sandwich carefully, so that I'm focused on my task.
In work, how is your attendance and punctuality?
Currently my punctuality and attendance needs to be worked on. I work in retail part-time and if I'm honest, I don't really care much for it. It's depressing, exhausting, mentally and physically and I hate it. If I enjoy a job, my attendance and punctuality would be much better, but it is something I need to improve if I want to assert myself and sell myself as a professional.
Would you like your job to be…
I would prefer my job to be a little chaotic in terms of actual work, my schedule has to be structured enough to manage but I would like my work to be all over the place. I find that I do work well under pressure, and as much as it is stressful, I do enjoy a chaotic work environment. I also like to face a lot of problems due to the sense of accomplishment I feel when I solve them. I find work much more exciting if it's difficult, anything to easy bores me.
Do you drive?
I currently don't drive as I see no reason to. With the cost of fuel, insurance and sustainability constantly moving up, I find it much cheaper to commute by public transport. Obviously this industry requires you to be able to travel to places where public transport cannot, but until that day, I really see no reason to spend all that money on learning how to drive when someone does it for me.
Contextual Studies – Lecture Three
High Modernism: A New Purpose for Art.
William Hoffman Hunt – 'The Awakening Conscience' (1853/4)
This traditional painting is a Pre-Raphaelite which was painted in the mid-nineteenth century using oil paint on a white canvas. The painting depicts an upperclass male and female in quite a cluttered music room which gives the sense of an urgency or something very fast has happened in terms of narrative. The male has his hands around the female as she appears to push his hands away. The most important thing in this image is the facial expression and the direction of vision within the characters as these characteristics explain the whole narrative of the painting. The narrative speaks of an upperclass man whom has brought the gift of music to his mistress. However the mistress is captured at the point of her 'awakening conscience.' The moment she is overwhelmed with guilt causes her to look out of the window, towards freedom.
This particular Hoffman Hunt painting is painted using oil paints. He uses very fine, realistic brush strokes which gives this polished image an almost photographic look. His brush strokes are also very traditional in terms of perspective as the painting has unbelievably brilliant depth. There is also an incredible attention to detail. The clutter around the room, the decor and especially the cat under the table playing with a dead bird, which is a direct metaphor to the narrative. Hoffman Hunt is telling his female viewers, or projecting his thoughts on equity and behavior. He is essentially telling them how they shouldn't behave.
Henri Matisse – 'Portrait of Madame Matisse/ The Green Line' – (1905)
Matisse, a pioneer in modern art, painted a portrait of his beloved wife Amélie Matisse. There is a huge difference between this painting and the more traditional Hoffman Hunt and that is the lack of narrative. This was the era of Avant-Garde, translates to Vanguard, meaning experimental or pushing for new ideas. The title 'The Green Line' comes from the line in the middle of her face to break up the composition. He uses a variety of colour to create an almost illusive depth to his portrait. The portrait of his wife looks almost oriental which is a representation of Paris' treading fashion during that period.
This painting, in comparison to 'The Awakening Conscience' is not realistic. The brush strokes are visible, where as in the works of Hoffman Hunt, it's very clean and polished to give it that photorealistic look. The brush strokes in 'The Green Line' are very hard and textured within the painting, it gives it a sense of quickness and spontaneity as though the artist was working fast to capture the moment. Matisse also uses very bold and unnatural colour when he presents his work. He is renowned for being uninterested in subject matter and detail, his real interest lies in composition and colour. There is a huge difference in terms of depth between the two images. Matisse uses different shades of colour and harsh, horizontal brush strokes to create depth in the facial features. Hoffman Hunt uses light and size to create his beautifully crafted depth.
Piet Mondrian – 'Composition' (1921)
This painting, which was mentioned in a previous post as being revolutionary in terms of visual culture, ventures further away from even Matisse. This abstract painting has no subject matter at all, it also carries no depth and has no expressive brush strokes. It's a very clean, bold and geometric painting with almost no similarities to it's Pre-Raphaelite predecessor. However, when compared to Matisse, although they are very different, they do hold some similarities that link the two together. They are very different, Matisse is figurative, whereas Mondrian is abstract, which is probably the most different characteristic. They both, however, use a similar pattern. The background in 'The Green Line' uses very similar geometrical and colour patterns giving them both a similar composition. They both belong to the modernist movement which all have the same characteristics.
- Modern Art is the subjective view of the artist whom can use creative freedom to express those views.
- Modern Artists excuse narrative from their art.
- Modernists have a creative essence that eliminates specific details.
- All modern art is autonomous, the art is independent and doesn't rely on the outside world.
James Abbot McNeill Whistler – 'The Old Battersea Bridge: Nocturn Blue and Gold' (1872)
This painting is incredibly important in terms of modern art. Whistler, after being insulted by Pre-Raphaelite Brother, John Ruskin, went to court to defend his painting which was criticized as 'a tin of paint thrown over a canvas'. Whistler of course won the case, despite having only won a penny, won something far greater for the rise of modernism… recognition.
Objects – An Introduction to Lights
Today we had the opportunity to play with some of the lighting kit after a demonstration of how to set them up. We had a brief introduction as to what lights are used for what and the extensions that go with them; soft box etc.
This handout is incredibly useful, it lists the external components and their functions on various Bowens lights. (GM400, Esprit, Esprit 125) It also explains the components and functions of a general light stand.
This is a photo of the light I set up and the soft box I had attached.
Contextual Studies – Lecture Two
The Beginnings of Modern Art
Impressionism was created in the early twentieth century by a group of controversial French artists based in Paris. Impressionism was often criticised for being too unrealistic by traditional artists and critics due to the outlandish composition and shocking style. Impressionist art is very spontaneous in terms of texture. It almost looks rushed as if to capture a moment in time as quickly as possible. The brush strokes are incredibly textured, you can see the bristles from the brush within the paint and you can see how the picture was created. There is no ideas behind impressionism, no religious, historical or even portraits of famous people of their time, it's just life.
Calude Monet – 'The Water Lily Pond' (1900)
Monet kick started the first movement in modern art with his beautiful composition and absolutely outrageous style of painting. Monet angered a lot of critics and traditional artists with this painting in particular. The almost abstract foliage and sketched bridge created one of the biggest uproars in art history. This style of painting was very new in the art world and was instantly branded as 'not art' because people were not used to seeing such unrealistic art. The first impressionist exhibition was set up by Monet and two other influential impressionists. Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The exhibition was held in a photography studio belonging to Nadar which included thirty artists and included 165 pieces of art. The term impressionism derived from Monet's 'Impression: Sunrise' (1873) Originally these artists called themselves 'The Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers etc.'
Claude Monet 'Impression: Sunrise' (1873
Realism was also quite pioneering in terms of modern art. It was created in the mid 19th century after the French Revolution in 1848, and is closer to traditional art than any other modernist movement. Realism is the representation of realistic subject matter and has prevailed as an artform throughout the modernist era. It is one of the cornerstones that built what modern art is today. Realism is a direct protest against traditional art.
Gustave Corbet 'The Stone Breakers' (1849)
Michelangelo 'The Creation of Adam' (1511)
As you can see from the paintings above, 'The Creation of Adam' is very traditional in terms of subject matter. It depicts God as he gives life to Adam, the first man on earth in Christianity. Traditional art will always depict the rich, the famous, religious or mythological figures or historical events. When you look at Corbet's paintings, they depict the working class and normal, everyday people. This very realistic representation of lower-class life is what gives this movement the title of realism. This was the beginning of modernism, a very avant-garde movement in art history,
Reflective Practitioner: Strengths and Weaknesses
Using your future career/interests as a basis, what strengths do you have to ensure your future career is facilitated?
What weaknesses do you have or what areas do you need to improve to ensure your career?
These were the questions we were asked to answer as a small exercise during class time to help understand where we are technically and personally. All of my strengths and weaknesses are plastered all over this blog. Although I did have to write some stuff down to keep the lecturer happy. This is what I wrote.
- Independent
- Teamwork
- Educated
- Organised
- Technical
- Leadership
- Experienced
I think my blog proves these strengths from my previous work in film making. I've directed studio work in a team, I've created films independently and I have used my knowledge to create good work.
- Lighting
- Framing
- Cinematography
- Photography
- Establishment
- People Skills
These for me aren't necessarily weaknesses, but more of areas to improve on. There are obviously a lot more things I could improve in terms of photography or film, but to answer the questions above, I think that these are the most important. Especially to ensure my career goals.
Reflective Practitioner – Thoughts
I understand why this module may be important, but it seems a bit too kindergarden for me. I've been on courses where this sort of module would be important, but I don't think that this would benefit me in anyway. It's actually a little insulting. It will help quite a few people and I really do understand the importance of reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses, to improve your personal skills and technical skills, however I better myself though experience and so far I haven't seen much hands on work. It is the start of the course and there is plenty of time for that, but this module is really not helpful to me personally at all. I guess I'll just have to roll with it.
Contextual Studies – Lecture One
The importance of Fine Art in wider visual culture: Piet Mondrian, (1872 – 1944)
Fine Art, particularly modern art. has inspired visual culture since the early 20th century with its unique design and unexpected impact in modern society. Artists such as Piet Mondrian has created work that has inspired and impacted visual culture throughout the 20th century and even today long after his death.
Piet Mondrian 'Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow' (1930)
This particular painting, which was completed in 1921, has inspired fashion, architecture, engineering and even product design. The images below depict a modern-day Kleenex box, a car, a building and a still from Katy Perry's 'This is how we Do' music video.
As you can see, Mondrian has had a huge impact on modern visual culture, even today his work is still inspiring to those in all creative industries. And it's not just Mondrian in today's limelight. Modern Artists such as; Pollock, Dali, Matisse, Picasso and Monet can still be remembered through things you walk by every day. In a way, their inspirational work has made them all live forever.
What I Should Consider When Looking at Fine Art:
- Colour takes a till on art when it is viewed online or even in a book as it loses it's authenticity of colour when it is photographed. To fully understand an artist and their work I must make sure that the colour composition is absolutely right when viewing it online and if I can help it, I should view it in a gallery.
Pablo Picasso 'Weeping Woman' (1937)
This is an image I found of Picasso's 'Weeping Woman' online, with a quick search in google. However, this is only one version of the painting. Below, you will see two more of the same painting, but there is a difference in colour. One is darker in the areas of white, while the other appears blue.
As you can see, it is absolutely imperative that the colour is correct when referencing or even viewing a piece as you may analyse something that doesn't even exist.
- Scale is also important when looking at art as viewing a piece in a non-physical form could mean that you miss the point of the piece entirely. When looking at art you must always look at the piece as it is exhibited or you will not get the experience and emotional energies that you would when visiting a gallery that displayed that particular art. Of course you won't get those experiences looking at the images online, but you would be far more educated if looking at the exhibited images.
Jackson Pollock 'One' (1950)
Salvador Dali 'The Persistence of Memory' (1931)
As you can see, the images appear to be of similar size when viewed as a scale photograph or copy of the piece. However, this is not the case with these two pieces. 'One', in reality, is much larger than 'The Persistence of Memory'.
These are the real size of these pieces as they are exhibited. I have found images with people in them so that you can get a real sense of the scale of these artworks.
- Viewing non-physical versions of art can also eliminate the texture of the canvas it is created on. The lack of depth of a two dimensional copy can take something away that is supposed to be there.
Here is another image of Mondrian's 'Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow.' This image however is a photograph of the original from 1930. As you can see it has much more texture than the re-created version above.
- The location of artwork is equally as important as the other three points. The location of a piece can make an incredible difference to the outcome of the display. There could be other factors to take into consideration about the environment around the painting. Lighting is extremely important in all artwork as the way the piece is lit could determine the perception an audience has about a piece.
Ron Muek 'A Girl'
As you can see this sculpture is placed directly in the middle of the room due to its enormous scale. This sculpture wouldn't work if it was placed against a wall or even dangling from the roof. This is because Muek wants his audience to take in all of his sculpture and not be limited to how they can view it. The space around the piece becomes part of the sculpture as the viewer can fully immerse themselves and become part of the artwork presented to them.


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This week's cafe review takes a look at Osteria Mazzantini, a new-ish Italian restaurant from Mockingbird Bistro's John Sheely. I first went there on opening night, and though I enjoyed the food, I found myself most impressed by the creative and interesting wine list and the young sommelier who had ... More >>
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Since 2007, Absolut Vodka has been releasing a limited-edition flavor based on an American city every year. The first one was New Orleans, followed by Los Angeles, Boston, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago. This year, the company has decided to create its first-ever state-inspired vodka i ... More >>
Look, I don't know who comes up with these national food and drink holidays. I don't know why. I don't know how many years any of them have been celebrated. And I swear, there are at least four National Pie days every year. What I'm saying is I'm kind of a scrooge when it comes to food holidays. A ... More >>
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For previous posts in our "how-to wine" series, please click here. Like so many women and men across America, hundreds of Houstonians will head to their neighborhood wine shop today to pick up a special bottle of wine for a Valentine's Day dinner. For some of them, it will be an extremely stressfu ... More >>
There isn't a name for it, David Keck, head wine guy at Camerata, tells me. At least not yet. Beer produced by spontaneous fermentation with wild yeast is a lambic. Wine with quite a bit of carbon dioxide caused by fermentation is sparkling. This wine/beer hybrid is a bit new to have a name, perhap ... More >>
Previous entries in our "how-to wine" series have included How to Open a Bottle of Wine, How to Prime Your Stemware, and How Much Wine to Pour and When. The world of wine is often divided between the decanters and the anti-decanters, in other words, those who like to decant aggressively and those w ... More >>
Every college campus needs its own special coffee shop -- something other than Starbucks, at least. For me, it was Common Grounds at Baylor University. Just on the outskirts of the campus you could find a crowd of students sipping on the signature Cowboy Coffee made with the Daily Joe, half-and-half ... More >>
Jack Daniel's and Ginger Ale isn't as simple as it may seem.
Texas spirits are getting some well-deserved international recognition.
Nothing pairs better with drinks than the right food. Except maybe movies. From the White Russians in The Big Lebowski to martinis in any (and all) James Bond films to the French 75, which rose to fame after its mention in Casablanca, films and cocktails have a long, mouthwatering history. Alamo D ... More >>
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Throwing back a tipple or two during the holidays may be par for the course, but if you find yourself less than chipper the following morning, consider bingeing on something other than ethanol to regain your holiday cheer. Here are my top five favorite liquid cures for the dreaded holiday hangover. ... More >>
Movie studios scramble to have big-name stars headline their films, but in many of my favorite movies, food is the star. Few things are better than pairing a foodie film with a great meal so we can enjoy ourselves just as much as the folks onscreen are enjoying their own aliments. In this series, we ... More >>
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It's only been open since July of this year, but already Camerata is on the map. Eater National's map, that is. It's already received a glowing review from our wine writer, Jeremy Parzen, who also put it on his list of the best destinations for wine in Houston. Prior to that, we named it our favo ... More >>
Tia Maria's is famous for the frozen margaritas, and deservedly so.
Hopping around the city last week as I did my Thanksgiving wine shopping, I couldn't help but be reminded what a great time it is to be a wine lover in Houston. These days, as the city continues to become one of the top destinations in the U.S. for fine wine -- driving value and broadening the spect ... More >>
It can be complicated and difficult to properly pair wines with the Thanksgiving dinner. You have so many different types of dishes -- spicy, sweet, savory -- and with so many different types of wines to choose from, which ones should make it to the Thanksgiving table? We spoke with two of Houston' ... More >>
Recently, I wrote about the pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks and McDonald's, and a few of you wanted to know about seasonal beverages available at local coffee shops. While some places are serving their versions of pumpkin spice lattes, such as Dirk's Coffee and Bite Macarons, others have seasonal ... More >>
FM 903 Pop Up Bakery @ Triniti Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 2815 S Shepherd Yes, this pop-up bakery has occurred every Saturday since November 2, but that doesn't mean it's not one of the best things to do this weekend. Spend the morning or afternoon in the lounge at the restaurant munching on fresh ba ... More >>
On November 13, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced the champions from the Rodeo Uncorked!® International Wine Competition, held this past weekend at Reliant Center. Now in its 12th year, the wine competition is one of the highlights of the livestock show and rodeo. The judging involve ... More >>
8th Annual Katy Wine Festival @ The Tuscany Villa Friday, 7-11 p.m. 3330 FM 1463, Katy Cinco Ranch Rotary hosts this year's Katy Wine Festival, which features Italian wines from the Tuscany, Piedmont, Campania, Sicily, Veneto, Puglia and Umbria regions. Purchase an advanced general admission ticket ... More >>
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I have always been a fan of the Pumpkin Spice Latte, or PSL, from Starbucks. It's the first seasonal beverage to arrive after a summer of iced coffees and frappuccinos, and it always gets me in the spirit of fall. However, this fall, another contender might be giving Starbucks a run for its money w ... More >>
For decades, the Houston wine scene has been dominated by the California powerhouse: "California Chardonnay," "Napa Cab," and "Merlot" (in quotes because it denotes Merlot from California) have long been been Houston's go-to wines. And in many circles, they still are the most frequently ordered wine ... More >>
Although kombucha has been trendy for years, I had yet to try it until a few weeks ago. I was rather suspect (as many have been) of the supposed health benefits, and at $3-$4 a bottle, it's not inexpensive. When I learned that Reed's (purveyor of one of my favorite ginger ales) had inaugurated its o ... More >>
More than 20 of Houston's top wine professionals gathered yesterday at the weekly meeting of the Houston Sommelier Association. The occasion was an advanced seminar and guided tasting with winemaker Alessandro Bindocci from the Tenuta Il Poggione, iconic producer of Brunello di Montalcino and one of ... More >>
A new classic cocktail
As our sister blog Eating... Our Words does, from time to time Rocks Off will be giving your our picks for the top taverns in various Houston-area neighborhoods. Of course, the lines can be porous, but here anything with a TABC license that cannot reasonably be considered either a restaurant, coffee ... More >>
I was raised on Tex-Mex food in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Breakfast tacos were the only way to get the day really going, and a huge bowl of chips and salsa seemed a perfectly acceptable dinner dish. I obsessed over finding the best fish tacos in town, and I learned that the best margaritas com ... More >>
Many small brewing companies love any excuse to come out with a special beer to stir up excitement among fans. The idea is that if it's available for only a short period of time each year people will want it that much more. In my case, it totally works. Every year I look forward to fall beers becau ... More >>


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Yellow piping could be more gold, and I hate the crest, but otherwise that's a sick jersey design. Great shoulders, love the cardinal, classic stripes.
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I might follow this up with the team crossing the Delaware if I'm bored this weekend.
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on Sep 20, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Hey, my Livorna West neighbors were right!
The Alamo Music Festival was a great opportunity for all neighbors to come together and enjoy being a community. Congratuations to the Rotary and all other community groups for their efforts. They stood in the shadows and let the community simply celebrate.
And MONEY for music would be a great result for our schools and scholarship programs.
We are a community that can come together more often and create good results. The holidays are coming from Halloween to New Years and lets keep the momentum going.
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Election 2006: Family members vie for 3 seats; growth, consolidation also issues
Firefighting in San Carlos Park just may become a family affair after the Nov. 7 election. For the first time in Lee County history, three members of a single family are running for positions on the same board. Orin Opperman is on the ballot for Seat 1 of the San Carlos Park Fire Board, his wife Margarita is vying for Seat 3, and his daughter Oriana is campaigning for Seat 5.
Lee County elections records indicate that members of a single family campaigning for unrelated positions is not unusual, but show no other instances of multiple family members seeking to fill positions within the same agency. Concerns over conflicts with Florida's Sunshine Laws if more than one Opperman is elected to the fire board have made the family issue a top election topic in San Carlos Park.
The issue of a potentially family-run fire board may be a hot-button issue in the San Carlos Park race, but it is certainly not the only controversy. There are three board of commissioner seats up for election in the Nov. 7 general election, and as with fire board commissioner elections in neighboring districts, the three central campaign issues have been fire district budgeting, the possibility of consolidation of fire district, and the controversy over the prevalence of union firefighters on fire commissioner boards.
The San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District consists of three fire stations — located on Sanibel Boulevard, Island Park Road and Ben Hill Griffin Parkway — and operates under the leadership of Chief Nat Ippolito and a five-member board of fire commissioners. The board members are paid $3,600 per year, and meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at 19591 Ben Hill Griffin Pkwy. The 2005-2006 budget for the district is $8.25 million, up from an approximate $6.4 million 2004-2005 budget, and the district's 2006-2007 budget is listed at nearly $11.7 million.
Seat 1 candidates
Name: Mary Lou Garofalo
Age: 60
Background: Lee County Property Appraiser's office analyst and 26-year resident of San Carlos Park.
Time on board: 21 years
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 21 years
Issues: Garofalo supports cooperation between districts, including closest-station response to an incident, regardless of district boundaries, and the "piggybacking" of major supplies and equipment purchases to increase the "purchasing power" of district and thus merit deeper discounts from suppliers, she said she is not convinced that Lee County is ready for full consolidation.
She also said she understands the citizen concern over the fire department budget, and would like to see the millage rate fall below the $2 mark.
"We are at 2.4 right now, and I wouldn't say below 2 is not in the future," she said. "I personally would dearly love to see the millage rate go below $2, but if we can get it anywhere close within the next year or two, that would be really great."
While many citizens are concerned about the potential conflict of interest brought on by firefighters from other districts serving on the San Carlos district board, Garofalo said she has not seen any instances of firefighters who are also board members acting unethically.
"Once they got on the board and actually see how things went and what monies we had to work with, and saw that we were trying to give them the best we could with what we had, it never became an issue," said Garofalo.
"Basically, if I am re-elected, I will do the very best I can to maintain a balance between the district the firefighters and the community," Garofalo said. "That has always been my goal, and until my last day, that is going to be my goal."
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Name: Oriana Opperman
Age: 22
Background: College student.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 3 years
Issues: "I am running to support my dad, mainly," she said. "But also to help reduce the taxes to do with the fire department."
Acknowledging she didn't understand the consolidation issue enough to have formed a position on the issue, she added that it was, like the fire district budget, something she could learn about. Outside of the lowering of the millage rate, her main goal as a fire commissioner would be to increase the weight of public input in board decisions, and to make the board a more fairly run agency.
"Some people have been there for a long time, some for even eight to 10 years," she said. "It's kind of like a monopoly, and that's not fair."
Seat 3 candidates
Name: Robert Allen
Age: 49
Background: Real estate agent for four years, worked in hotel and restaurant management prior to becoming an agent.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 3 years
Issues: Allen said the issue of consolidation was one worth looking into, but stressed that no concrete and educated decision could be made on the matter without extensive studies and an examination of the benefits of consolidation against the operational and planning hurdles that must be overcome in order to put any consolidation plan into effect.
Allen said he is seeking a spot on the board as a way to support the community he lives in and to help guide the policies of the district to best serve the community while curtailing spending and reducing the impact of taxes on residents.
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Name: Grant Schwalbe
Age: 30
Background: Estero Fire Department lieutenant, attending classes to earn his bachelor's degree in business administration.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 3½ years
Issues: "My main goal is to give taxpayers someone who actually shows up to meetings and takes a genuine interest in the department and the community."
Schwalbe feels it is vital for the department to make allowances in the budget for rising prices such as the increases in the cost of gas that ate into the budget of all departments over the past year. He also stressed the importance of building up sufficient reserves to tide the department over in the case of disasters such as those experienced by fire departments in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
"Over there, there is no tax money coming in to support the services needed now more than ever," he said. "So to say that we don't need reserves is just foolish."
He said the $2 million set aside as reserves in the last two years by the San Carlos department equals approximately 55 days of operating money, but pointed out that the state is now increasing the recommended reserve for fire departments from 90 days to 180 days.
"We were at 2.5 last year and 2.4 this year, I propose a decrease of .1 mil over the next four years to get to that 2.0, but it won't happen overnight."
Schwalbe said he is open to further study on the issue of consolidation, but that he is skeptical of it working because of the discrepancy of service levels, not to mention tax rates, among the separate districts. He also feels it will take away some of the influence and involvement from the community.
"What I like about the fire districts is you can go to the board meetings and express a concern, and chances are you're going to get an explanation or an action," he said. "When you do the county-wide thing, your voice just got a little bit smaller."
Schwalbe said if consolidation does turn out to be the most effective and efficient option, he feels the agency should fall under a special taxing district, not the Lee County Board of Commissioners.
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Name: Orin Opperman
Age: 54
Background: Owns a bail bonds and marriage business and is a former U.S. Coast Guard captain, with a bachelor of Arts and History. He has recently completed a 200-hour course to become a fire inspector.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 3 years
Issues: Opperman feels management. experience, not firefighting knowledge, is the vital skill needed in a fire commissioner. His opposition to union firefighters sitting on fire district boards is a large part of his reason for campaigning. "A bunch of union people are on the boards, but they are not in there to help the community cut taxes," Opperman said. "The are union people; you don't put the fox in the hen house."
Opperman said surplus set aside by the district to comply with state reserve recommendations is a "huge surplus" and is unnecessary.
"They've (firefighters) got a gravy train beyond belief and it's going to take a while to fix."
He also said people are not as vigilant about the actions of firefighters, who are often seen as the last icons of honesty and trust. "9-11 has given them an excuse to kind of do what they want," Opperman said. "Any time you want to show credibility or honesty, they show a fireman — people are afraid to go after the last icons."
As for the consolidation issue, Opperman is all for it if it saves money, but said that is yet to be seen. "I think people are too busy to look at their tax statements and they don't understand them and they don't know they have a way of reducing that," he said. "I am going to spread that message."
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Name: Everett Glover
Age: 48
Background: Fort Myers Beach firefighter for the past 12 years, volunteer firefighter for three years prior. Owns auto sales business in San Carlos Park.
Time on board: 8 years
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 16 years
Issues: "I've got some insights about what the firefighting business is all about and it's more than just numbers and the financial end of it," he said. "There is a big picture that you need to be aware of to make it work and I felt I would be able to see both sides of the fence in that respect."
Along with the issues of budget and consolidation, Glover said an emphasis needs to be placed on continuing to work toward an Advanced Life-Saving rating instead of Basic Life-Saving. He said the difference is vital, and compared the capabilities of a department trained to the standards required for the ALS rating to a mobile emergency room with heart monitors, medications and drugs as well as two additional years of training for the personnel.
Glover said he sees continued growth in the San Carlos Park district in the coming years, and said the budget will have to take into consideration the extra personnel, fires stations and equipment that will be needed to meet the growth. Any reduction in the millage rate must be slow, he said.
"Just cutting that mil down by .1 may not seem like a lot of savings to a resident," he said, "but it adds up to a big deduction in monies for the department to work with."
He said he has no problem with consolidation, if it will work.
"If there is something that will work that wont cut back on services, I'm always open to something like that," he said.
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Name: Joseph Broughton
Age: 27
Background: Electrical engineer
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 5 years
Issues: "Overall, I see nothing lacking in the service provided by the San Carlos Park fire department, but I'm concerned about the budget and would like to see the millage rate go down."
Broughton felt compelled to seek a position on the fire board because of a strong family history and tradition of community service. He said the analytical bent to his way of thinking, honed by his professional training and experience, will be a benefit to the board.
"The budget is directly related to the property taxes and they are just now starting to lower it (the millage rate)," he said. "Their budget is overinflated because they didn't lower it soon enough with the skyrocketing property values."
Although he would seek a reduction in the millage rate, he said he does not see a decrease in the district's equipment or personnel needs.
"This area is growing, so I don't see this department having less equipment or personnel," he said. "In fact, they are going to have to build that new station soon."
Broughton is strongly against fire consolidation under the Lee County commissioners, but would be in favor of consolidation under a special taxing district.
"I don't see how it would be a bad thing for the community overall," he said. "It would eliminate the jurisdictional squabbles, if there are any, and it would level the playing filed between the fiefdoms that each fire chief has going and would do the same thing with the boards."
Broughton also stated his opinion that firefighters from other districts should not be seeking a seat on their home fire district board of commissioners.
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Name: Margarita Opperman
Age: 49
Background: Substitute teacher for Lee County School District, bachelor's degree in business, active in family bail bonds and marriage business.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 3 years
Issues: "I want to help the community" she said, "and the whole family wants to be involved."
Community service is an important Opperman family trait, said Margarita, and family members volunteer for a number or area not-for-profit organizations.
"The budget will be my overriding goal for the coming year," said Margarita. "Saving taxes is the whole motivation of our family. We want to help the taxpayers and then I have no complaints with them (the board) otherwise."
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Name: Stu Senneff
Age: 72
Background: Former FBI supervisor, former police officer and a certified fraud examiner.
Length of time in San Carlos Park: 9 years
Issues: Considering consolidation to be the central issue of the campaign, Senneff said he does not know yet whether it is a good or a bad option, and said that anyone who could give you an answer without more in-depth studies and research is foolish.
"Give me six months and I'll be able to tell you an answer on consolidation,," he said. "The main concern has to be constituent safety."
He said the wreck and crash calls, and even medical calls, need to be monitored and recorded closely to study where fat can be trimmed and where additional personnel or equipment are needed.
Senneff believes the job of commissioner should be an administrative position, not a hands-on position, stating that the commissioner needs to take an overall look at the big picture.
"Yes, you have to look at the micro, but the macro side is is the thing your really have to look at," he said. "First I'd like to get to know the fire chief; talk to him and find out what their goals are this year," said Senneff. "Is there a five-year plan, a 10-plan?"
Despite Senneff's reassurance that he would work closely with the fire chief and firefighters, Senneff is completely against the inclusion of union firemen on fire boards.
"I'm a manager, and I'm a better candidate," for this position," he said. "Bringing in a fireman is like putting the fox in the hen house — it's not my job to be out on the fire truck, and it's not their job to be sitting on the board."
"I would love to be able to compare my management experience, skills and education with other candidates," he said. "I believe I am the most qualified candidate."
Senneff feels his 30-plus years of resource management and his skill at reaching out to people and analyzing budgets suit him perfectly for a position on the San Carlos fire board.
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Greg Peterson, GOP activist charged in sex abuse cases, discovered dead in cabin
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HEBER CITY — Greg Peterson, a businessman and GOP activist charged with raping or abusing five women, was found dead Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the cabin where many of his alleged assaults took place.
His death comes just four days after his release from the Salt Lake County Jail after he met his $2 million dollar bail requirement with the help of a bail bonding company.
"This has been a tragedy of a case from the beginning and there's been nothing good about this case all the way through," Wasatch County Attorney Scott Sweat said Tuesday night.
Peterson, 37, had been ordered to stand trial on 25 charges, including 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse, seven counts of object rape, three counts of rape, and one count each of aggravated kidnapping, forcible sodomy, burglary and sexual battery. A preliminary hearing was also scheduled in Wasatch County on a separate but similar case involving a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by Peterson.
As part of his deal with All Out Bail Bonds, Peterson was required to wear an ankle monitor so the bail bonding company could track his movement. Bail bondsmen had been trying to get in touch with Peterson earlier in the day so they could visit him and recharge his monitor, said Wasatch County Sheriff Todd Bonner.
"They had been trying to make contact with him, was unsuccessful in doing so. So they had made contact with his attorney, and she had not, from what I understand, had not spoken to him or knew of anything that was going on with him," Bonner said.
Peterson's attorney had also sent a text to her client earlier Tuesday to notify him of a new bail hearing requested by Wasatch County in their case, Bonner said. He did not reply to her text. Bonner said the bondsmen did notice activity on Peterson's ankle monitor earlier in the afternoon. It showed he was walking around outside his cabin.
Two bail bondsmen eventually went to Peterson's Heber City cabin at 10160 E. Ridge Pines, about 5 p.m.
"They did walk around the residence, all the lights were out. They noticed a door was unlocked and entered. Both of them were yelling his name as they were going throughout the home. No answer. They did find him … in an upstairs bedroom, appeared to be deceased," the sheriff said.
About 30 minutes later, two of Bonner's deputies who knew Peterson went to the cabin and positively identified him.
"We are shocked and saddened by Greg's untimely and unforeseen death," Peterson's attorneys, Jerry Salcido & Cara Tangaro said in a prepared statement released Tuesday night.
"Greg always maintained his innocence and was confidant that had a jury been presented with the entire case, he would have been acquitted. Greg felt an enormous pressure from the media and their one-sided and inaccurate reporting of this case which villianized him from day one," the statement said.
Following the discovery of Peterson's body, Bonner said he contacted Peterson's mother, who was out of state, to notify her of her son's death.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said his office called the women who testified against Peterson in a preliminary hearing to tell them of his death.
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"I can't speak to whether he should have been let out or not. We'd asked for a $2 million bail for a reason. But he made bail and he was out there," Gill said. "Making bail is a constitutional right."
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Originally posted 03/21/2013 07:20AM
Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for PEOPLE.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach.
"I listened and I observed."
– Denise Stapley, winner, Survivor: Philippines
Maybe it's Stockholm Syndrome, but I really believe there's an undercurrent of good strategy this season on Survivor. It's been drowned out by larger-than-life characters like Shamar, Brandon and Phillip bellowing their cris-de-coeur up and down the Philippine jungle.
Underneath that clamor, though, smart people are making good decisions. We finally saw a glimmer of it on Wednesday's episode, when Corinne gave us a peek of what's going on behind the scenes.
Originally posted 03/14/2013 09:15AM
Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for PEOPLE.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach.
"This is like a constant battle for me – good/evil, good/evil – and I really want to do good."
– Brandon Hantz, Survivor: South Pacific
Wednesday's episode of Survivor may have been my least favorite in the show's 13-year history. Brandon Hantz, of the Louisiana Hantzes, had a complete mental breakdown. He threatened people's safety and poured out the tribe's rice. It was gripping viewing, no doubt. But it was also very sad.
Originally posted 03/07/2013 09:45AM
Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for PEOPLE.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach.
"If there's a merge coming up, we need strong members. But we also need loyal members."
– Stephen Fishbach, Survivor: Tocantins
What a blowout. Wednesday on Survivor, the Fans continued their epic losing streak. They lost the reward. They lost immunity. The Fans are losing so badly, they lost their biggest member to an errant dust particle.
Who could ever have imagined that putting 10 veterans of a game against 10 newbies would be a blowout? The Fans' only hope now is that the Favorites succumb to infighting.
Originally posted 02/17/2013 02:30PM
Survivor just isn't Francesca Hogi's game.
The 38-year-old New York lawyer first played the game in 2011's Survivor: Redemption Island, where she was the first contestant booted. Returning for Survivor: Caramoan, she threatened to "drown herself" if she were the first one voted out. She even picked up a rock and said she would eat it if she were the first to go.
Sure enough, at tribal council, she was the first one to go. (She says she'll follow through on the rock-eating promise at the reunion if Jeff Probst can produce that very same rock for her.)
Speaking to PEOPLE, Hogi can laugh at her misfortune, but names names when it comes to who she thinks was responsible for her misfortune.
Originally posted 02/13/2013 03:30PM
Will Neil Patrick Harris soon be scheming his way to a Survivor victory?
It could happen. Host Jeff Probst has spoken to the How I Met Your Mother star about playing the game – and is currently looking for other celebrities who want to outwit, outplay and outlast the competition in hopes of being Sole Survivor on the long-running CBS reality show.
A celebrity season actually isn't that far fetched. Last season, The Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel made the final three. And, in 2001, Kate Hudson and then–husband Chris Robinson showed up for an open audition for Survivor: Australia, before being turned away by producers. (How awesome would that have been?)
But for now, there's Survivor: Caramoan, the show's 26th season, premiering Wednesday night (8 p.m. ET). Ten new players will compete against ten returning players – with early favorites that include Dawn Meehan, a surprisingly tough 42-year-old mother of six from Utah, and Andrea Boehlke, a pretty blonde schemer from Wisconsin.
Catching up with PEOPLE, Jeff Probst reveals what to expect this season – and how a celebrity version would work:
Originally posted 12/17/2012 08:00AM
The latest season of Survivor was volatile, cutthroat and ultimately satisfying with the crowning of the show's newest winner on Sunday night.
After an intense final tribal council, where the unrepentant final three pled their cases, sex therapist Denise Stapley beat returnee Mike Skupin and former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel by a vote of 6-1-1. The win capped off an invigorating competition that Jeff Probst called "a wild, unpredictable season."
Stapley won $1 million and the title of Sole Survivor.
Originally posted 12/15/2012 04:10PM
In the 25 seasons that Jeff Probst has hosted Survivor, he has presided over 399 tribal councils.
Since the show's debut 12 years ago, 384 contestants have played the game, with 43 of them competing more than once. Seven contestants have quit; ten have been medically evacuated and 23 people have walked away with $1 million and the title of Sole Survivor. (Sandra Diaz-Twine is the only contestant to win the game twice.)
Why all the statistics? Because it just goes to show that Probst knows a thing or two about how to win this game. Here, he evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the final four contestants of Survivor: Philippines for PEOPLE. Who will walk away with the million-dollar prize on Sunday night? Probst won't find out until the live finale with the rest of us, but here's his expert take on everyone's chances.
Originally posted 12/07/2012 01:10PM
Carter Williams was a very popular Survivor player who made no enemies and kept his entire tribe laughing with his sardonic one-liners.
That's why his tribesmates couldn't let him anywhere near the finals and voted him out on day 33. Williams, a 24-year-old track coach from Shawnee, Kan., dishes on how there was more to his strategy than meets the eye.
So, how are you today?
Well, I just watched myself get voted off Survivor. That was a bummer.
Originally posted 11/01/2012 10:00AM
Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for PEOPLE.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach
"Don't sink everybody else and yourself because you're pissed off at one person."
– Ken Stafford, Survivor: Thailand
Call him Ahab.
You know – the crazed old sea captain who leads his crew to their certain doom in his quest to destroy the White Whale?
Except in Survivor: Philippines, the captain is named Jeff Kent. And the white whale goes by Jonathan instead of Moby Dick.
Who knows what trauma caused Jeff Kent's vendetta against Jonathan Penner? Penner didn't rip off his leg. But maybe Kent blames him for his bum knee? The only sure thing is that Kent will destroy everything he loves in his monomaniacal obsession to harpoon his former ally.
Originally posted 10/26/2012 05:00PM
Katie Hanson became the seventh person to leave Survivor: Philippines this week, and just like that, the show was out of beauty queens. (Former Miss Utah Angie Layton was voted out the third week.)
The former Miss Delaware, 22, tells PEOPLE what went wrong – and why she feels Jeff Probst had it out for her.
You were voted off in part because you were weak in challenges.
I wasn't the most athletic person out there; I totally admit that. But they showed my failure again and again, and glossed over others. In one challenge, I had trouble running up a hill, which cost us time. But [former baseball player] Jeff Kent couldn't chop through wood, which also cost us time. Jeff Probst just hammered me a million times about my challenge performance, but let's face it – I wasn't the only one to slow us down.
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