Did I mention that I ate chhurros last night? Warm, crisp, freshly baked, lightly dusted with cinnamon and sugar with a small pot of molten chocolate to dip into. I had first had chhurros (a Spanish dessert/ snack) in Los Angeles - Disney Land. I remember it being really hot and I was wearing a thin, pink printed tee and wanted something sweet and crispy. The version I'd had there, if I remember correctly, was alittle softer, more chewy, and came with a lot more cinnamon. Instead of chocolate, though, it was a honey-apple relish. Totally yummy. Any chocolate alternative is. I don't like chocolate. Maybe white chocolate. Long time ago, Barista used to make a tasty white hot chocolate which was so good! Then they stopped.
I love courtroom dramas. I love non-linear storytelling. I love thrillers. I love tender love stories that embellish such series of grit, grime, and blood. This series delivers on all counts, dips somewhat after a couple of seasons, gets uneven and predictable (when it is less courtroom and more drama) and then finishes strong. The series centers around Annalise Keating who is a fierce, black criminal lawyer who also teaches a class in criminal law (which she calls 'How to Get Away with Murder'). As a teaching methodology, she gets her class to weigh in on her live cases. Part of her strategy also involves picking a handful of promising students and have them work in her 'lab' where they get to help her in strenuous arguments and civil suits, etc. The plot thickens, a murder happens, people get involved, incriminated, incarcerated, and dead. I found a couple of characters in this cast to be really unlikeable - Michaela, Laurel, and Bonnie. After the first couple of se
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