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'There’s no shortage of glowing things to say about Ripley, Netflix’s masterful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, which is proof that hiring great artists is the surest means of producing great art. Written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List, The Irishman, The Night Of), shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), and starring acclaimed actor Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Fleabag), this is a sumptuous, suspenseful, and altogether stellar black-and-white series. It not only avoids making a misstep along its cunningly winding journey, but it also manages to exceed expectations at every turn, such that there isn’t a gesture or suggestion in its eight episodes that doesn’t enhance its overpowering overall effect. Premiering April 4 on Netflix (after having originally been produced for, and by, Showtime), Ripley is the platonic ideal of television.

To find a series as perfectly realized as this is a shock unto itself, and the fact that Ripley is a retelling of an oft-told tale that’s already received two superb big-screen adaptations (1960’s Purple Noon and 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley) simply makes its triumph that much more astonishing. Hewing closely to its source material even as it expands on it in canny ways that would make its subject proud, Zaillian’s saga begins in New York City with Tom Ripley (Scott), who gets by via low-level scams; he convinces doctors’ patients that they owe overdue payments, which he then has sent to his (fake) collection agency. Tom is a snake who hides in plain sight and knows how to play the angles. He’s also someone who has a particular knack—due to smarts and sociopathic self-interest—for slipping out of trouble, as he does when this ruse suddenly falls apart.

Unsure of what next move to make, he’s smiled upon by fortune when he's contacted by a private investigator (Bokeem Woodbine) who’s working for shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf (Kenneth Lonergan). Greenleaf has mistakenly heard that Tom knows his son, Dickie (Johnny Flynn); he wants him to track Dickie down in Italy, where the scion has lived for some time in the lap of layabout luxury as an aspiring painter.

Tom is a peerless chameleon precisely because all that lurks beneath his charming surface is a void of greed, cruelty, and ambition, and Scott evokes his deceptive ruthlessness through his eyes—which slyly convey the machinations developing and spinning in his head—and his thin, unwelcoming smiles. Charismatic and scary in equal measure, Scott has never been better, and he’s aided in his exceptional cause by Zaillian, whose writing is razor-sharp and his direction just as assured. Collaborating with Elswit, the filmmaker’s monochromatic imagery is at once classically beautiful and coolly menacing as—it reflects the inherently bifurcated nature of his protagonist, who’s defined by the interplay between his light (exterior) and dark (interior) sides.

Together, the writer and cinematographer (along with production designer David Gropman and composer Jeff Russo) provide a bounty of aesthetic delights: deft framing in which Tom is constantly spied at alienated distances in narrow passageways and doorways; recurring, heavily symbolic sights of mirrors, water, Roman statues, and the paintings of Caravaggio, whom Dickie loves and Tom comes to adore; and numerous, precisely playful sequences that crosscut between written and spoken words, reality and imagination.

Ripley follows Tom to the rapturous coastal Italian town of Atrani, where he slides into the life of Dickie, whose careless arrogance facilitates Tom’s subterfuge, and Dickie’s girlfriend Marge (Dakota Fanning), who’s penning a self-indulgent travel book about the area. Marge is wary of Tom, especially because she suspects that there’s a financial as well as homoerotic strain to his friendship with Dickie. Zaillian’s scripts shrewdly imply those undercurrents—as does Tom, deliberately—while simultaneously making clear that the character truly feels nothing but a burning, unquenchable hunger for that which he does not have: wealth, status, and the satisfaction of besting those who think themselves his superior. To satiate that craving requires an endless procession of logistical, emotional, and psychological cons. Luckily for him, Tom is the master of his trade, and part of the series’ thrill is Zaillian’s depiction of his subject’s ploys as both adeptly premeditated and—as in amazingly lengthy, methodical scenes of murder and the ensuing cover-ups—concocted on the fly, one cautious and clever detail at a time.

Tom longs not to be with Dickie but to literally be him, and once that fantasy comes true during a harrowing third episode, Ripley picks up steam as it watches Scott’s phony strive to transform himself by juggling innumerable lies and complications, many of them brought about by a subsequent homicide and, with it, the pesky involvement of Rome’s Inspector Ravini (Maurizio Lombardi). From Scott to Fanning to Lombardi, Ripley’s every participant is phenomenal, imparting that which isn’t uttered aloud through pointed looks and crafty insinuations. Formally speaking, Zaillian does likewise: periodic panoramas of crashing waves and water relate to Tom’s fear of getting in over his head; close-ups of Caravaggio works (and, ultimately, flashbacks to the painter’s own murderous past) cast Tom as his kindred artist; and shots of ticking clocks, reflections, ashtrays, suitcases, wine glasses, rings, and romantic Italian getaways amplify a sense of Tom’s materialism, vanity, and covetous deviousness.

The story of a man who’s potentially doomed by his inherent self, Ripley has a noir heart and a striking style to match, and like its protagonist—who’s nothing if not an actor and a director—it performs a skillful tightrope act. Be it Dickie pal Freddie Miles’ (Eliot Sumner) gender-neutral identity, religious iconography, or repeated scenarios (e.g., Tom walking past cops as he disembarks from trains and ferries), every specific element contributes seamlessly to the whole, and Zaillian orchestrates it all with electric confidence and flair. Miring Tom in a duality-drenched mess of his own making, the series only grows more edge-of-your-seat exciting as the walls begin to close in on the fraudster, and he’s compelled to carry out a succession of gambits that hinge on a confluence of table-setting manipulations, in-the-moment maneuvers, and unlikely twists of fate. That Ripley pulls off its conclusion with aplomb while additionally laying the groundwork for a possible follow-up (with the participation of John Malkovich, who starred as Ripley in 2002’s Ripley’s Game!) is, in the end, almost too good to be true. Fortunately for viewers, it’s par for the course of this tour-de-force—the finest thing TV has offered in many years.'

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Fargo Season 4 Finale Post-Credits Scene Explained

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This Fargo article contains spoilers for the season 4 finale.

Fargo season 4’s finale, “Storia Americana,” wraps up an uneven season of FX’s crime series about as effectively as one could have hoped. The hour is thematically consistent, if a little short (which may have had something to do with the final two episodes’ abbreviated COVID-19 production schedule). In true Fargo fashion, the season ends with plenty of our main characters dead. Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman) is killed for not properly realizing the power of his own family (and for a simple misunderstanding with killer nurse Oraetta Mayflower), while Loy Cannon (Chris Rock) is killed for underestimating the power of another family.

All in all, “Storia Americana” tells a rather complete story…or storia. But then, Fargo showrunner and this episode’s writer Noah Hawley decides to give viewers one more post-credits scene for the road. The post-credit scene in “Storia Americana” brings back a beloved actor and character from the show’s second (and best) season, and ties him into the loose Fargo continuity in a rather effective way. Here is what you need to know about the post-credit scene from this season 4 finale. 

Midway through the Fargo season 4 finale credits, the black screen slowly gives way to a cracked asphalt road somewhere out in the American Midwest. Then the camera pans up to find a car driving down that lonely highway. Sitting in the backseat of that car is none other than Mike Milligan (Bokeem Woodbine). Mike was one of the central antagonists from Fargo season 2 – a charismatic and talkative enforcer sent by the Kansas City mob to deal with the Gerhardt family, Fargo’s most notable crime syndicate in the ‘70s. Driving the car is one of the two Kitchen brothers (Wayne and Gale, played by Brad and Tood Mann), who served as Mike’s bodymen. 

As Mike looks out the window, a scene of Loy Cannon’s son Michael a.k.a. “Satchel” walking down the road after escaping the Faddas fades in and is displayed beside Mike’s face. The implication here is clear. As many viewers have long-suspected, Michael “Satchel” Cannon grows up to be Mike Milligan. It turns out that being traded from one crime family to another, experiencing that new family trying to murder you, only to return home to one’s birth father just in time to watch him die is a compelling formula for how to create a murderer. 

Fargo, bless it, was never shy about dropping clues to Satchel’s ultimate fate. In the first minutes of season 4’s premiere, the show reveals that one of Kansas City’s earliest gangs is the Irish crime family known as “The Milligan Concern.” This set off some alarm bells for Fargo fans, who are presumably always thinking about Mike Milligan. They knew a guy named Milligan, and he came from Kansas City after all! 

Of course, the Milligan Concern was not long for this world, edged out first by a Jewish gang, and then by an Italian one. The name lived on, however, in the form of Patrick “Rabbi” Milligan (Ben Wishaw). Rabbi Milligan is so-named because he was traded by his Irish family to the Moskowitz Syndicate. After a few years, Rabbi helped his old family take out his new one and the Moskowitzes were annihilated. Then, when the Fadda Family came to town, Rabbi’s father humiliated him by trading him again instead of his younger brother. Rabbi then helped the Faddas take out his own family, including him personally executing his own father. 

Throughout the series Rabbi Milligan proves to be a valuable companion to Satchel Cannon, after Satchel himself is traded to the Fadda Family. If there’s anything that Rabbi knows, it’s what it feels like to be traded as part of a power-sharing agreement between two crime families. Rabbi and young Satchel a.k.a Mike Milligan grew close, and when the order came down from Josto to kill Satchel, Rabbi saved the boy’s life and the pair hit the road together. Rabbi saved Mike’s life once again, but in the process was carried off by a tornado (because Fargo). This sent Mike out on the road alone with only his motel terrier buddy Rabbit for company. 

Perhaps Mike had eyes on returning to a “normal” life when he finally arrived home and reconnected with his father. But any hope of that ended with one gunshot from Zelmare Roulette (Karen Aldridge). Mike then presumably found his way into the life of crime like his father. Unlike his father, however, he was unable to establish his own crime family. As the Fargo season 4 finale makes clear, the days of boutique little crime families are coming to an end. The Italian mafia has infiltrated just about every meaningful aspect of organized crime in every major city. Any other crime syndicates will serve at the Italian mob’s pleasure. And it would seem that that’s just what Mike Milligan does. 

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The adult Mike Milligan is a highly proficient negotiator, diplomat, and killer. The Kansas City mob is happy to work with him because he gets things done…and can deftly recite Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” from memory. Earlier on in Fargo season 4, a character named Joe Bulo was introduced to Josto. Joe Bulo is actually a character in Fargo season 2 (played by Brad Garrett), and it is he who convinces the Kansas City crime family to send Mike Milligan north to shore things up with the Gerhardts. It now seems clear that Joe Bulo being introduced this season was no accident and it is he who helps transition one-time Fadda family member Mike “Satchel” Cannon deeper into the crime world. And when Mike enters into that world, he adopts the name of Rabbi Milligan, the man who saved his life over and over again. 

Each season of Fargo is distinct and is intended to be appreciated on its own merits. Through four seasons now, however, the show has filled out its modest canon here and there. Season 2 previously revealed that Dodd Gerhardt’s helper Hanzee Dent (Zahn McClarnon) received plastic surgery to become Fargo mob leader Moses Tripoli. Season 3 also had some tenuous ties back to season 2, including the existence of Mr. Wrench. It’s this Mike Milligan reveal though that proves once and for all just how deep the Fargo rabbit hole can go.

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In de wild right now: Lonicera #caprifolium the Italian #woodbine, perfoliate #honeysuckle  goat-leaf honeysuckle, Italian honeysuckle, or perfoliate woodbine, is a species of perennial flowering plants in the genus Lonicera of the family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to parts of Europe. It is a vigorous, deciduous climber growing up to 8 metres. It bears masses of very fragrant, cream-coloured flowers, tinged with pink, appearing in midsummer. (bij Borgo Bazziganta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNUAhxKnMX9/?igshid=j02qhxx9rnp1

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Flowers Masterpost A - Z

Arisaema triphyllum Senecio vulgaris

A personal list of correspondences, as well as health facts and other names.

Arum - immortality, vitality (don't take while pregnant/breastfeeding)

Angelica (archangel) - wards, banishments, protection, purity. Soothes cough/cold, reduces fever. (Don't take w diabetic meds)

Arnica Montana (mountain daisy, mountain tobacco) - health, protection. Anti-inflammatory, oil eases muscle pain. ( poisonous in large amounts - severe gastrointestinal fever, nausea, fever, dizziness, diarrhea, internal bleeding)

Agrimony (rats tail) - reversal spells, protection, divination, sleep, revealed lies/secrets. Oil relieves muscle/nerve pain. Cream helps circulation, arthritis, and colds.

Azalea (Rhod odlendron) - happiness, spirit work, burial ritual offerings (poisonous - nausea, vomiting, coma, deep depression, difficulty breathing, fever, internal bleeding, abnormal heart rate)

African violet (saint paulia) - protection, spirit work

Althea (Hibiscus syriacus)  - purity, prosperity, anger, protection

Aster - love, offerings, protection, wishes

Astilbe (False goatsbeard)  - purity, prosperity, anger, protection

Avens (Geum) - exorcisms, purification, love

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides) - encouragement, subsequent danger, fields of them = fae are near, death omens (bulb is poisonous)

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) - an ill omen, warfare, death, secrets, murder, protection from fae, fertility, bad luck (poisonous in large amounts)

Bachelors Button (Centaurea, cornflower) love, death, offerings

Balm of Gilead (Ceclronella) - spirit work, love, secrets, beauty, confidence (skin irritation, severe stomach ache, don’t take if pregnant/breastfeeding)

Belladonna (nightshade, Atropa belladonna, death herb, devil’s cherries, devil’s herb) - death, dream magic, transformation, divination, astral projection, visions, curses (deadly poisonous - blurred vision, hallucinations, red skin, fever, dry mouth, loss of balance, coma, can be absorbed through skin)

Bryony (Bryonia diocia) - luck, money, life 

Burdock (Arctium Minus, fox dote)  - displeasure. Reduces throat infections, minor rashes and boils.

Buttercup (frog’s foot, Ranuculus areis) love, madness (poisonous - rash, blisters)

Bleeding heart (lamprocapnos spectabilis) - expression, love, passion, death, luck, bad omens, tragedy (poisonous in large amounts - convulsions, rashes)

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) - empowerment, purification, money, love breaking, protection (Don’t take if pregnant - miscarriages)

Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa, cat’s foot, snakeroot)  - courage, power, love, potency, protection, happiness (don’t take if pregnant - miscarriages, nausea, rash, headache)

Betony (Stachys Officinalis, common hedge nettle, bishop wort) - purification, protection, cleansing, devotion

Bindweed (Convoluos arvensi, devel vine, devil guys) - humility, curses

Black - eye - Susan (rudbeckia hirta, brown betty, gloriosa, daisy, golden Jerusalem, English bullseye, yellow oxe eye) - transformation, life, healing, soul, love. Soothes swelling, back pain, earache, immune booster

Blue flag (Iris Versicolor, poisonous flag, chagon flower, dagger flower, dragon flower) - sorrow, hex breaking, don’t trust fae holding this, (poisonous - nausea, vomiting, irritation of mouth, skin, throat and digestion track, headache, watery eyes)

Bromeliad (chameleon star) - invisibility, stealth, remourse

Blue vervain (Verbena hastata, enchanters plant) - enchantment, protection, wards, celebration, sacred, marriage, love. relaxes the nervous system, pain relief for rheumatism, joint pain, and neuralgia (don’t take if pregnant/ breastfeeding)

Camellia (Taponica) - wealth, luxury. Oil treats burns

Calla (water arum) - death, curses. Treats cold/flu and snakebites. (poisonous in large amounts - tingly tongue)

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus, Alli flower) - strength, healing, death, love, bad omen for talents, agony. Aids sleep

yellow - disdain, contempt, rejection

white - offerings for funeral rituals, intuition

Calendula (bride of the sun, marigold, tagetes) - legal matters, rejection, Samhain, grief, vulgar, youth, jealousy, despair, joy. Energizer.

Cowslip (Primula Veris) - discoveries, treasure, youth, beauty, fae magic (Allergic - hypotension, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal irritation)

Chrysanthemum (mumindictum, mums) - fae magic, youth, fire, used in burial rituals, ancestry, blessings, bad luck on love, clairvoyance. Tea treats migraine, anti-bacterial.

Celandine (Chelidonium majus, devil’s milk, pilewort, fig buttercup) - protection, business, law, confusion (nausea, dizziness, fatigue, fever, liver damage)

Centaury (Centaurium erythraea, christ ladder, feverwort) - Luck, sun, ancestry. Aromatic, bitter, tonic, aids rheumatism, soothes, snake bites

Chamomile (from the loins, blood of Hestia) - fortune, protection, curses, fae magic, love, purification. Anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, calming, sleep (don’t take with blood thinners)

Colt’s foot (Tussilago, winter heliotrope, clay weed, fieldhore, British tobacco) - love, speed. treats cough, bronchitis, clogged nose, poultice. Don’t take if pregnant/breastfeeding, on blood pressure meds, if allergic to ragweed, don’t take with alcohol)

Columbine (aqaliqua) - foolishness, innocence, protection, love, courage

Crocus Sativvs - love, strength

Carlina acaulis - health, sex, fertility, protection. Anti-viral, helps cold/flu

Daffodil (Narcissus) - love, luck, fertility, innocense, water, fae realm, youth (poisonous - staggering, numbness, paralysis)

Daisy (Bellis perennis, Soapwort, little star, oxe eye) - good and bad luck, growth, water, returning innocence, cleansing burdens, love, youth, reincarnation. aids diahrea, anti-inflammatory, helps cough and sore throat.

Dittany of crete (origanum dictamnus) - fertility

Daphne (laurel, Daphne odora) - hex breaking, darkness, fear, ill omens, dream magic (nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, rarely but can be deadly)

Datura (Datura stramonium, angel’s trumpet, moonflower, devil’s apple, witchweed, jimson weed, Devil’s snare) - visions, divination, spirit work, love, charms, insomnia (deadly poisonous, don’t inhale or consume - dry mouth, vision problems, nausea, vomiting, constipation, fast heart rate, hallucinations, high temperature, breathing problems, confusion, death, seizures, convulsions)

Dahlia - Beauty, tragedy, bad luck, eloquence

Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale) - invisibility

Eyebright - mental clarity

Eryngo (sea holly) - luck to travel, peace, luck, love, exorcism

Echinacea - power, strength, invisibility, love. reduces cold/flu, anti-bacterial, (don’t take if you have tuberculosis, have HIV/AID’s, any auto-immune diseases, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or are allergic to ragweed)

Forget me not (Myosotis) - bad luck, love, earth, prosperity, hidden wealth, unlucky to lovers, don’t trust fae holding this

Foxglove (digitalis, bloody fingers, dead man's bells, fairy fingers, lady gloves) - fae magic, offerings, wards, immortality. (poisonous, toxic - upset stomach, blurred vision, slow pulse, nausea, vomiting, muscle weakness, tremors, confusion, convulsions, abnormal heart rate)

fleabane (Erigeron, colt’s tail, semen of Nepriesos) - exorcism, protection

Gardenia Japsminordes - love, harmony, healing, peace, purity, innocence, hope, trust, protection, breakups, steal love, spirit work

Goldenrod (Solidago, Aaron’s rod) - treasure, wealth. Relieves gout and cramps, aids digestion eases cold and hay fever) (don’t take with liver medications)

Geranium (pelargonium, chocolate flower, crane’s bill, crow/dove’s foot, old maid nightcap, shame face) - fertility, health, love, protection, death, weddings, friendship, wishes. Relieves stress and tension, uplifts mood, anti-inflammatory, soothes itchy skin.

Galega officinalis (goats rue, French lilac, Italian fitch, professor weed) - health, healing. Ant-bacterial, mild diuretic (don’t take if pregnant/breastfeeding)

Gorse (ullex, prickly broom, furze) - protection, fertility, restores faith, sun, Lammas, encouragement, good omen

Groundsel (  Senecio vulgaris, old man in the spring) - Health, healing

Gelsemium sempervirens - tradition, curses, death, ill omens (extremely poisonous - headache, vision problems, difficulty swallowing, dizziness, muscle problems, seizures, breathing problems, shallow heartrate)

Heather (Calluna Vulgaris) - health, luck, durietic, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, aids cold and cough

Hawthorn (crataegus, bread and cheese, hagthorn, mayblossom)- fertility, chastity, happiness, water, luck, protection, wealth, beauty, don’t trust fae holding this, associated with fae underworld Berries - anti-spasmodic, cardiac, diuretic, tonic and vasodilator.

Heliotrope (turnsole, valerian tagara) - protection, dream magic, luck, deception, visions, astral projection. Calms, aids IBS and high blood pressure.

purple - new love

white - innocence

imperial - majesty

Hellebore (Helleborus, semen of helios, Christmas rose) - water, protection, invisibility, nature, banishments, intellect. (don’t eat - stomach ache, burning mouth, eyes and throat, vomiting. If applied to the skin - irritation of the mouth and throat lining, vomiting, diarrhea, nerve problems, blindness)

Hemlock (tsuga Canadensis, devil’s oatmeal/porridge) - power, astral projection, death, bad omens, destroys love, fertility (stomach ache, vomiting, progressive paralysis to the nerve system, neuromuscular block, can be fatal)

Henbane (hyoscyamus higer, devils eye, stinking nightshade) - love, reversal magic, shapeshifting, invisibility, binding, protection (dilated pupils, hallucinations, increased heart rate, convulsions, vomiting, hypertension, ataxia, delirium, mania, dry mouth, death)

honeysuckle (ionicera, woodbine, goat’s leaf) - protection, money, dream magic, luck, affection, weddings. Relieves gout, anti-inflammatory

Hyacinthus (old man’s bells) - peace, sleep, love, luck, grief, pain (nausea, vomiting, can be fatal)

Hibiscus (bats wing) - lust, love, divination, passion, independence, confidence

Holly - protection, luck, prophetic dreams, money (berries are poisonous)

Hydrangea - hex breaking

Iris Croatia - wisdom, beauty, purification, protection from fae, fae offerings (severe digestion problems)

Jasminum - love, meditation, harmony, sleep, moon magic. aromatherapy, Calms, regulates blood pressure

Juniper - protection, love, bad luck, dreams, exorcism, health

Jack-in-the-pulpit ( Arisaema triphyllum) - tragedy, ill omen, death, love, revenge (skin and mouth irritation, swelling, burning, difficulties breathing, upset stomach)

Lily (Lilium) - strength, success, faith, ill omen, death, bad luck, vitality, rebirth, beauty

water lily - purity

lily of the valley - happiness, sweetness, divination, bad omens, indoor protection, death

yellow - falsehood, happiness

white - purity, sweetness

tiger lily (figridia pavonia) friendship, pride

Lilac (syringa Vulgaris) - protection, banishment, rain, mourning, spirit work

Lotus (nelumbo Nucifera, sacred lotus) - eloquence, love, recantation

Lavender (Lavendula, elf leaf, nardus) protection, healing, beauty, air, attracts good and bad entities when worn, longevity, fertility. Reduces anxiety, tension, headache, stress, indigestion, low blood pressure, anti-bacterial, antiseptic, disinfectant (causes drowsiness, don’t take w sedatives/lithium)

Lobelia (Indian tobacco) - love, longevity, elegance, peace (toxic - dizziness, intense nausea, and vomiting, don’t take if under 18, if pregnant/breastfeeding, or have any heart conditions)

lovage - love

Life everlasting (Helichrysum arenarium) - longevity, health

Masterwort ( Peucedanum ostruthium) - Strength, protection, courage

Magnolia (cucumber tree) - love, persistence, death, wisdom, insight. Aids high blood pressure, dysentery, diarrhea, fidelity

Mallow (Malva) - protection, exorcisms, love

Morning glory (pomoea, devil’s gut, goats foot) - binding, banishments, attraction (toxic - diarrhea, gastrointestinal pain, anorexia, hallucinations)

Myrtus (myrtle, periwinkle, viena minor, devil’s eye) - love, fertility, peace, money, beauty (poisonous - should not be consumed, nausea, vomiting, hearing and hair loss, dizziness, seizures,low blood pressure, death )

Orchid (Orchidaceae) concentration, memory, focus

Oleander Nirium - sickness, bad luck, protection, transformation

Pansey (throla tricolor, var hortensis, love of idleness) thoughts, love, marriage, disappointment, divination, rain

Pennyroyal (mentha puleqiuem, stinking balm) - luck, resolution (severe kidney,, liver, and brain damage, stomach pain, nausea, burning of the throat, fever, vomiting, confusion, restlessness, dizziness, don’t take if pregnant - miscarriage)

peony (Paeonia) - shame, beauty, luck, charms (don’t take while pregnant/breastfeeding)

Pimpernell (angellis arvensis) - change, protection from deception, melancholy, sleep, banishment

petunia - relaxation

Plumeria - love

pipsissewa - money, spirit work

poppy (blind eye, papauer somni ferum) - luck, happiness, dream magic

red - consolation

white - dreams

scarlet - extravagance

primrose (password, butter rose, pimula Vulgaris) - youth, sadness, inconsistency, merit, healing, fae offering, bad omens

Rose - love, beauty, happiness, tranquility, curses, glamours, pride, grace, charms. Anti-bacterial, astringent, tonic, aids cold and flu and digestion pain.

white - worth, unity, purity

red - love, courage, respect, passion

yellow - jealousy, friendship, joy, creativity

white and red - unity

yellow and red - new love

peach - gratitude 

coral - desire

orange - desire, enthusiasm

light pink - sympathy, admiration, grace

lavender - love at first sight, enchantment

blue - unattainable, impossible

Burgandy- unconcious beauty

Senna- love, faith (irritable bowel lining, laxative)

snapdragon (calf's snout, antirrhinum) - protection

Spiderwort ( Tradescantia) - love

sunflower (helianthus annaus) happiness, optimism, health, luck, confidence. Diuretic and expectorant, aids fever, reduces swelling, aids an upset stomach

trillium - love, luck

Tulipa - love, beauty, glamours, grounding, protection

Valerian (bloody butcher, capon’s tail, cat’s herb, Ram’s horn) - nightmares, anxiety, sleep, purity, 

Veronica officinalis (birds-eye) - fidelity, trust

Violet - death, rebirth, love, luck, nervousness, anxiety, paranoia

wolfsbane (aconitum) protection, invisibility (disables nerves, lowers blood pressure, avoid skin contact, stops the heart)

Wisteria - enchantments, fae magic, longevity, adventure, purity. (poisonous - severe stomach pain)

Zephyr flower - expectation

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Thy Protesilaus— all wood plates from his quench in

A treochair sequence

               1

Between that is being alone, dear brown- eyed like descended, but not

free from her passion near thee perforce, at last in battle. Thy Protesilaus—

all wood plates from his quench in marble or a flowed his song, lie

of sovereign place me sighs wi’ me. On did the woodbine spices that then

no more. Through the flower at his eyes, their store: the solitude reticent

gorge in each other on the refuge in earth that wake the heaven

knows: but that from thee! Wounded, your flocks, and child yet in contracted bed.

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You fleeting. Even their hapless graves with thou hast commits. Upon a

throne. That Youth’s sake, my sheet, with a wondrous shame, and labour of the railway:

love her face, or other legs embargoed from the end; for the rimes,

parking to medicine a lion new, and my condition do we

affect of thys so wantonness and freeze and went, wounded; yet could that

he would be bequeathed, dissolve in happy date with human those koi. The

sad truth, I rather two—would hear horse, and go. That I am, yet be

not the mirror, This I sealed: the Honye is fled, and o’er cloud thy early

about, and watching they set you. Is the same men of greene, let be count

Wares, they pass long since first Summer dreams do belong gold to Venus, but

not witch-on- girl violence he would lose, the ground; and stir or lips, except

the recourse belongs than did wander: I though warp and rise had strife.

               3

Destiny of the cup before King Oberon’s breast breathe, that’s so dumb

as the common school, his speechless tender Lambes, they models, such as

on thee, let none but them grows in whose the basilicas rise in

Jerusal stand, seeking forth eternal beau. Your girl of absence asleep

and bite back. And let me hope doth she stream with and whispers of evening.

I really look like aught with Pitfall a price more,—he fell on Menie doat,

and breathe, or bitter wrought back his broad, sunningly he craved, and your great

enough to dull earth which wrong—a heart would forgot: let Rustum lay about,

below on the best sign of base declining that it well: dear

Conversational important thou dost distress’ thrall, came vested all the

mother. One in she has rolled, its walls so fayre a myrtle warbling is

yearning six knots an angry asp, then run out silver snow nor hail they

went, he on till truly, waking on the other foes; but some fellow

really thing, in his lip, whiskery dot that he is call’d something hue,

vermilion- spotted winged her left in a bed of amorous the no

more cause somewhere hast left so sweet husband, I thinking althought her heard

to see, my dead; corruption came out one to the end. The like a woman

in the stand my ten-speed across the golden trembling, stranger’s well,

nor I half this is the wood, amang the first attraction of the river

from bonds so pure as fast asleep laid it on for you canst the bright.

               4

Yet this occasion whether mothered: the fashion. Ere thought help of

shepherds unlike, and restraining through, not I, ’ he saintly bent, two widow

and smile when the summer-palace we die. In fact; from her sire’s sweet

flatter to be Italians nickname mule’, and the neck, seen up-close did

it reminded the lang I’d been, she passe: this second had his

admire, which elements were strong by Dame Partlett reared at her more pliant,

and here in Pluto’s garden lake to drink upon years, and approaching

saw the very weel waled were obliged to the world will be known.

               5

I give the very worst of forest root of yore, and make sweet your

tenderness—and now a pause, and the sun, followed me not the Key of skin,

of mock- heroic gigantesque, and thought his wrong—a heavy tears, and,

having Leander, fearing, and Sultán’s Turret in a waver of a

thousand honour is her eyes. As it leaves expressed, I learning stars black,

a king; he catch’d at last wheelings the devil, the chases two for my

sake lay on the mostly minding like Phoebean dart, strike, yet has caught me.

I tell how some inscrutable that woe afternoon, a certain summon’d

hand his gold coin could have a certain light all depart not—lest that

wretched in the Grape my feeding on the angry than at first in the

sideburns a pillar, not thou or I, whylst your hearts bleeding. Said one—

Folks of like an apples for blood before one; sweet plight. Weed grows that is

great Argument about the Sun, round the gods’ protection ever; quo’

she, minding like my soft nervelets were oblivion, thus his mantle,

but spoiled with language of his mother hands reached of the victorious

sleights from the springs are not see: but when that Earth’s fire but the drums

do belong gold together one, our loves on many a stable Outside

silk, with his eyes turned ere the sun-flower, long: and three time music.

               6

And now Will’s eye that He who forbids our before, in equal verse alone

among through the night oft meeting the gentle pleasure have concluded

thus! Short solace, vain, and then no more.— Like fine needful preludes of

the steady surprise; her eyes than slept in hold them indeed speak with the

brawest lad, the frosty wine, you were denied. Mother, but makes breast, its

dwelling. Were seeme my origin with the must be—yes. But be so dumb

as the lot of Kaikobád away, for one were two; thy soul. And pity

on as Thou new Vintage present, safe and blear-eyed little lily

leans, then the long, attend the straight a sudden laughter beside and serene

a goodness give—and That all depart not be—or I am waiting

on the heard to the power, and good to refer winged verse’s ear

and the lies now all’s past Regrets and we are stood that love will not; we

our wood still bear, and thirst is Lies; the longed Diana, in heavy price

is all help Lo Collin, haue a double you can to swimmers. And neither

half a friends soothed in the dark with Juan. Some and that Life provide,

affection every scholar pool, when then both my soul of doubt a column.

The sun was fall to thee. At last, she knew not with a shoebox. Betwixt

the could surely not we should vouches from the publish danger. Music

clash’d the roaring head, half the fingers of comforter! They seem like life,

for Lamia beheld they could still he stock than summon, ah! My home?

               7

Which may no men, not always is conceit; with no more than appears, when

a’ our fair looks fresh—for whom the nearest; which on the winds, but she had

kept soundest resemblance, how it smoothly this, that else would have made the

sky, and forth music which the cloud thy case, to be train, like a congregation.

Brain that he flitter first two being many, poor and thy shades

we’ll build in such murders to his must be— yes. An ordinary want

subject of inurbanity,—all her aunt, and then desire on

his face as high talk: over the lofty service may compact, yet, as

it ran warm, flush on hylls, or rather, whom cruel lady, well-bred—most exceed

the think some: other Arac, nor would vanish’d foe sues for buttocks,

and the same, counting in all my grave unborn so fayre a moment, toot!

               8

To have light. Me—me, they saw not whither gown; she saw them watch her pride

once I am coming, measures doth the day was sparkle in low coral

to the bills. And perhaps thy sprite with cheerless, and who had a splendid

dream, with infinite agree? You—tell us what flinty savage

mountains, therefore they will keep their arms I hold a tale, left me and human

feasted fruitless dove. A rose-leaves thy everlasting of his first

release. At lengths of mine? To-morrow and whither knew such delicious

pealed that lightheaded Bacchus hung, and spiraled the end then one else

was the Simoom sweep your eye I eyed, such strange diagonal, and that

loss; both find when, started for, hearing that we least, tea and chime: o let

me for their poesy, unless invisible, quite away, and in Rows.

               9

My body does with a kiss than a pike, true fire witless verdure, turning

tride, in such sight I wak’d, thought it take way long. My verse must Courts of

Material Form, and sword, a foolscap, hot-press darling. Mount the flowers

of Heav’n Parwín and all that never quivering beams mock this prize?

At th’ shepherds the cloudy evening, words hart made sugarcane sweet

till China and Africa meet, and whispered to give me, lose who live

alone surveys that art the hardest flinty savages, as she

saintliness, memory of ages on Heaven for you and my collector

would not there was the Sultan, and Rose-in- hand my tender brood, there grain—

iness and faults done. What taught him would seem so. Like to embrac’d, and, with

the collector would on her loves, and largeness I cannot break with your sin

the while our wood, the only chisell’d, and under care the cause, for under

an arch, a beauty dwelt; Hero wrung him with unseen! The Nighting

with such towns, courts is overrules that is being up; and my youth whom

I must gives us ourself so bless thrice- turned into fingertips, the

ruddy cheerlesse fayth, is turned, ere though anger not to fly they one who

say! They turns the green, above through her face boil’d up, she pours that elder

lov’d the scorn that laid undertaken out, at ease history stays blank as

dew of gold the drew the years over ward thy thou dost love heart, forget.

               10

It was honesty against all the same by which we bantered with his

wings—to Helene once again afternoon whether curvëd point,—what bosom

sits that is it thou, unskilfu’, try the choir’s amorous boy; like that

test. Now it smooth speech her who masks and omnipotently rain’d, cribb’d, confined

been, what endearing his whist and with me this, by which from Fez, where

euery kynde to tye thee, divine Musaeus sung, dwelt among this sorrow

shadow’d thy thou should stay, thou usurer, thoughts of the Prince, ’ I replied

the waves might melts down like a snare. Cast down, its water doth a Muezzín

from her backs with an instant ferns, and false fire is not incline too became

her towering suddenly strike, who slumbering it free discussion

and the user so deleterious throw a football with their trickes;

while quacks of space where I will conquer’d with envy I do not quarrel

of my loves but say the Heaven, remain; the white, comfort her, but

the came. Welcomed both day say strange in the fairest fast asleep. The more

me like summer’s bloodless of them again. For I impair not annex?

               11

Mirror of some uncertainties now continue pure as beautiful,

exactly. But this love or thy decreed: at length not the dear as he

the waving leave head for as in a glade of them cruel things about her

past: the life? The three winters wrath, my with long row of a romantic

and this must comes more rustled: him with stealth. With the same, and freeze in your

lips to advance, and Up-and-down without the day where by mystery.

A person shin’d so clear how sweetness: Tim lying fauns would bear the sails

the river durst not what and start; you wilt in the quietly, disrobed

the sun in art, and Heaven, that stars, thus is defiled, full of

some think upon it light, and tumbling stars, like him na: at length begins.

               12

Continued not wish we no more, to dreams came to choke his rude in love

and treacher as if he bent its thicke, might invaded me with small returns

to the Road; but like a certain summoner, which grows passion, from

sonny rayes, where the wrinkles playe, I cast he scarce would heart of my woes

for pow’r of mine eyes, and branches sang sae merry-make; and to refer

to. Was tint, her name strict sensate by the Rights chases two or the flat

hills, they have a few, I really hardly it be scarce would write then, in

a moment they bound by the love were denied pin’d as if banishing

expresse: not one exterior sense; unlink’d to the heavenly her

name it who am I …? Such suits tomb, until thee alone. Doe fleet as

fair cream? You could as a stranger; remember young, I’m o’er his snaky

rod did charmed: we saw was Juan’s the world of men, not the thing guile keeper ….

               13

While Hermes, let it fly as a commonplace of the martyrs burn’d, spurd

with temptation and shake the Quarrel with constantly be brought I saw

myself to the Air, as from succeed. Born expected; but heal the Seven

as the comfort her, to hers, saint he sets to sew by degrees and

leave the true sense by nature lies. Until he forst to prevent our springs.

And upstaring suddenly on each encumbrances are parently

on her ear, than was serpent, step after many reason was broken

meaning made the blink in her could not long glance in language, torture

fix’d ferocity, will be on you had hope deluding under that

sweet as a son? Fair, thy sprite with thee doth delicious, harebrained to speaks

we’ll build inhabit soone with the empty bottle across a language,

torture fix’d on board, with his wings borne, would seem to a treated of eyes

beheld the tryste, he dance was tint, he was sinking them, for succeed in

heaps of your dear delight of Hell; they knew he was spitting closely, you

and I had before their christall fade, die to the wayle my grief, but

sought in each pew and one his love unacquainted fade, die to that was

not Briton; here perish. The cups of untended Pleiad, will the rich

in our distrust to me subscribe but gaudy nymph of this leaden Metal

into itself I’ll love as I had made to themselves must be—yes.

               14

Like cloudy even now is done. Joy; shall see, my two or the lips: but

come anymore. Thou can not come hidden in Heavens. And now but it

down to a cypress-tree: be the time when this wreathe? Man, which wexen old,

last divided, touch, did shrouded was you never beauties peece, as love’s

sweet tales, wealth, worth. I travell d. Then thou fill with more mellow, and hit

as meaning much refined, there’s thievish Boy, would ye have no more. It

is a monument, fair, on a burning without a tomb. Done, Ay me,

such a theme for mild, but the same. Nor stopped for, he never quickness to

be moved with more joyful than his plump cheeks. Nothing saw the large length

beginnings. Of having corn dies, I would breast an airy instant of rock.

               15

Of her in a man, the sun, and builds a foreign place made gloom on this

capering glad I see the last years …. An’ it’s like men receivest not

claim this husband. Twelve negressed, to dally with my fingers are very

free, let her pride another joys as rare, the earth’s affect of the

same fervent and gave thy power the same loves, and in her dreamt I saw

thee here came. From me. After a To-morrow kind, and coughed, pulled him, who

is agony of pleasure on the Face of Thee the than evening’s real

woman-statue roses, and strong and sweet arguments the river’s path.

               16

Another Cup to drown all might, and offices, sighs in the waters

falling strived them shot in each other in thee rhetoric to her

love your Castalians nickname mule’, and corruption came, and hacked and a

live her senseless, would come, and the guarded not the rosebud garden …. Some

worse the longing little sweet is she have drunk, kick up who had great song

for youth be fleeting. Of orphans of spices the west by the night concealed,

much love your lips a kiss and married and raging, being both forests,

my life, but she, too, was glad i’m half the bush, nor brere, nor countries,

to keep. Were identify the rich and lively vine in an Yuie todde

there lay something written, unload my breast, happy shown, the meal. I’ll trouble

eye,—that my line thou by praisde: it is, so fierce and faint in thy case,

the fire to the silently round her this showe, the more serious ditties

rhyme on a treat it, remember’s eyes; for so coole, as the naked

feet were music sadly? Thought to pour, until the Cloth of us—Pish!

               17

The gull and was grandsire left the forks. Steal a kiss thy glass will crush’d in

her cheek laid open; but that hue; blue as your warm or her mammie’s

composition do we you, I call it be wise and every balls of time

she whole world will now she lay and lightheaded spide, with your clever

forensics. The God fostering was in her do. And Haidee’s eyes. A windy

morning, long path, lying far a modern subject, when qualified

with constellation rank; he gave a sisters to touch but me and an

index to a rage. And in the great she could fail and blood be thy sightless

cold stampèd face boil’d up, as vainly as before. Not I had, better

shades of every worst of a world of the fresh—for why sae sweet to myselfe

his crosses throbbing block away, and which her face with many Grace

the same looked her more to behold. I’m so entangled bit, and the thou

will, and in the Seed of Wine, as it may word she had made loving Finger

writhing, and dance of mine came, as thy memories, so oft as sleep—

the powerful hope; to look we for what to his knees both in Lethe fire.

               18

As he toiled for fame, may rue therefore the broods drove him was showed to stagnate,

the lady there the came, Last Harvest wheat; they that we yet so quite

understood temple her leafy locks to war. Where fynd, to springs all

honour is purest love for them ease mine eyes it fell,—she thou then wild

inhabit; there; fresh from fame’s blood-hounds, which, with Florian, unperceived,

while our hands and something, and lips, your handmaids were mayet they with

rich close it in Men’s Eye much trembling wynde, some patient fabled, in they

probably said, who is agony of please, and like thread-bare Penitence

of moss, of love, tender embassy of love, and see. Hands we our sweet

excess, an old archer’s wealth, a poorer prove At last, our reverend fate?

               19

With each the sweet rose: this throughout hereafter rising main two personal

wall; and he stay’d to another ridge whose sound, should suit? If we have

contents to served up herself! In laurel, the life, for its mist and her

less at first concerns, misfortune flout, the deep enraged, his sabre, in

breath’d upon thy love! Thought of the name for shaw, the sun in a woman?

               20

Oh, young girl who still fabled, in act to thee will’s eye that starting green

tea! Race, showing wan and offices, soft, cried, Lycius, so fierce and do

not to faint, and fear, his mine eyes like, let none long and greedy love with

than cozy, once I wonder of past wheat; they are so indefeasible

redundance they flung, it seemed—and tall grass upon that the tentie seed.

               21

For that he and strength; their sandals swept spirit— not a tomb. His mind, or

speaks in the pear or plum, and air, invisible, yet somewhere Nancy,

I though th’ horizon peeps, so threw herself being down woo’d and

and in the fault but go my way to be hamburg. I call inheritor

and half to dwelling. Thou hast sorrow seem on his slomber broods drove

his sphere to dream it was melt, and faith embraced be; but that these woeful

valleys, vouchsafe together I sometimes a gleaming to my plaint. Its

little warbling in all I did wears and fear, like Lucifer where dwelt.

And, lang I’d been, who wished through all my name. She was a maid? I love

in breath, where Truth. Not in one, are it. And married him with kindling, that

faints and blue as lyfe I was; but be supply his own religious sleights

a hundred years on his neck regal white rose opening he doth bind.

               22

And die for mild, but sold my spirit? Woo’d and make heard next day—that I’d

let me mention, one Glimpsed he did wandering, like silver white drest

it up where foil’d, yet never saw some shipwrack treasure, which is dumb, think

of you; the seraglio wall; her more,—her sire: On me, ’ she look, then

go, and as real. For their hours, a breach, but a chase,—he seemed for gold. The

sun has rolled up the grass to love to the Winds like me! But could be more

than the river; and, look on Heaven stoop to her; and whom all in whose

glorious dint that the way off, tremulous, devout, passion’s ties; charm’d

with the cry of them so hands reachery, were float about to love or

three ladies, she is much passe thy rymes bene ytost: thy love

you, by which man to crown! But down in universe, they have not other’s

head, the lore of all my paines me sweet contract of gold,—twas the woman

of this to cold weight converse let be not in our places. My substance

of the joys that I am water wrought into the woods together

my turf, and the vanquish’d days, ere you are alike diamonds shone great

labour than seen, as you from heaven with the Daughter be gin simmer,

sir, and go; but in them: knowledge was uprightfully unkempt straw. The

ruling parley, to speech her through though a heart as his worth did end. For

I grow as we wrinkling, born within an after it end? No thirsts appeased?

Shall alike, by a token. What art in peace the envious night.

               23

Thee, Cogniac! For golden bars, its dose;—hers with my life, and yet to-day,

to see till not forget. Look them both, and I connection, harsh truth doth

take; I shall move too late, and come, leaped like Phœbus sung they have thee, nor mermaid-

like, unto Crested thus beseech. But a chases two friend hate, despise

the women like them I lost are not, nor the mulberry and turning

for gifts, unknown as what: on a sodger lad, the sixteenth left in

the Last little God I heard no more that love, and light, the green grass, how

you love kindly, she striv’n in vain disorderly, carefull Cupid

beats down the early in themselves have liv’d still in their belly; and haste

that Earthern started up with and what we should no long immortal thing

recital was in fear that she defied all crimson holly-hoaks, among

this swooning soil beneath those temptation and and fate? For God to

see my though I lacked and slays with Leander’s elder lover’s path. They see

no means to the one or the deserved up her hearts’ delight; whether this,

t’ have ceased Counsel, and there was told, for she, you’ll find her teens. These woeful

valleys, these responses gives them orphans pain cry, Speak or shaken.

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Italian Woodbine/Lonicera caprifolium

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In conclusion, the cost of a private dining room can vary widely depending on several factors, including location, size, time of day, additional services, and demand. At Tony Locos Bar & Restaurant, we pride ourselves on delivering not just a meal, but a culinary experience that celebrates the vibrant flavors and rich traditions of Puerto Rican cuisine. Join us for an unforgettable dining adventure that will leave you coming back for more, only at Tony Locos!

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'10.0

Tom Ripley doesn’t exist. Not just in the sense that he’s a fictional creation of thriller novelist extraordinaire Patricia Highsmith, no; as a man, Ripley is a chimera, a shadow, a formless void that hungrily sucks in whatever nourishment it can from whatever or whoever is around him. Damn the consequences. He’s one of literature’s (and, in the case of several cinematic adaptations, moviedom’s) greatest conmen, a remora with nothing behind the eyes except the next game, the next mark, the next place to flee when suspicions run too high. Now, writer/director/showrunner Steven Zaillian has adapted the first of Highsmith’s novels into an eight-episode miniseries for Netflix (it was originally slated for Showtime before they sold it), and by virtue of those pedigrees, it’s maybe the best original series the streamer has put out all year.

When we first meet Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), he’s a low-level grifter eking out a living with some street-level mail fraud in New York City. But one day, a private dick (Bokeem Woodbine) taps him on the shoulder and hauls him in front of a wealthy shipping magnate (filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan) for a special mission: travel to Italy on his dime to find his layabout painter-wannabe son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) and bring him back home to fulfill his business responsibilities. Ripley doesn’t know the man, but he agrees — the chance to start all over somewhere else (and be bankrolled for it) is too great. So he swans off to Atrani, a small beachside villa where he ingratiates himself to the pampered Dickie and his writer girlfriend, Marge (Dakota Fanning), two people as insulated by their wealth as they are by their respective artistic mediocrities.

Unlike previous adaptations of the material, Zaillian barely (if ever) clues us into any kind of deeper humanity lurking under the surface for Tom Ripley. Matt Damon’s version from The Talented Mr. Ripley was motivated by emotional impulse; here, Scott plays him like a reptile. There’s something downright alien about his cold tilt of the head, those shark-like eyes (aided by Robert Elswit’s chiaroscuro photography, which we’ll get to later), the way his delivery teeters between blase deference and a flat, manipulative affect. He seems less like a desperate hanger-on than a predator, one all too happy to take rich people for everything they’ve got and discard them when he’s sucked all the meat off their bones. He doesn’t covet the lifestyles of the rich and famous, and even the script’s frequent allusions to Ripley’s subtextual lust for Dickie don’t seem to fully account for his motivations.

Instead, his most honest, wounded moments come when he sees the rich people around them wasting their wealth. In one episode, he can barely contain a sneer when he sees Dickie and Marge shopping for a refrigerator. “A fridge isn’t freedom,” he bites back at them. Domesticity, security — these are curse words for Thomas Ripley. It’s all about the method, as Ripley‘s episodes meticulously follow his schemes, step by step, so we can see exactly how he does it and every possible circumstance he must account for (and how he deals with the few he can’t).

This coldness is reflected in Elswit’s staggering cinematography, crafting high-contrast, elegantly framed compositions in nearly every shot — the way his camera captures the beauty and immensity of the show’s many Italian locales evokes the works of Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini. Precision is the name of the game in every shot, whether it’s Ripley silhouetted against the bright-white Atrani sky or a close-up of a particularly observant gatto who is maybe the only living witness to any of Ripley’s crimes. It’s a bit like watching the world through Ripley’s own eyes: drained of color and beauty, a blank page that can be filled in with whatever shades required to survive until tomorrow. (The deep, abyssal blacks also remind you of the works of Caravaggio, whom Zaillian smartly parallels with Ripley throughout his journey.)

Zaillian, a veteran screenwriter and filmmaker whose talent has touched masterworks like Schindler’s List and The Irishman, as well as other TV projects like HBO’s The Night Of, crafts an expertly-paced tightrope act that defies the usual pacing problems of streaming miniseries like these. Where many Netflix shows are leaden, this one is merely patient; it keeps you hooked because it, like Ripley, is biding its time. When Ripley engages in one of his rare, but powerful, bursts of violence, the cleanup may well take the rest of the episode. But it’s minute-to-minute exciting, with new complications thrown in along the way that make you almost — almost — feel for Ripley in his momentary plight.

Really, it’s that strain of dark humor that keeps the whole thing from feeling like an exercise in misery. Granted, there’s always a kind of gleeful transgressiveness in watching works about monsters, but Zaillian lets us in on the grand class joke of Ripley’s schemes. Scott’s coldness slides perfectly into a kind of cattiness at just the right moments, like when we share his disgust for Dickie’s horrible paintings (which look somewhere between a fifth-grade art project and DALL-E trying to recreate the “French girls” painting from Titanic). The aforementioned attempts to dispose of the rare body or two are prime comedies of errors, and the Italian inspector (Maurizio Lombardo) cool on Ripley’s heels treats his American subjects with a delightful bemusement. (Love the way Elswit lets us peek at the inspector’s notebook after hearing Richard Greenleaf’s nickname: “DEEKEE.”)

All told, Ripley positions its intriguing central character as a nowhere man, making nowhere plans for nobody. He’s intriguingly hard to pin down, even when Elswit’s evocative eye and Scott’s chameleonic performance tease out a broader ‘why’ for their protagonist’s worldview. But maybe that’s the point. All he knows, all he’s ever known, is lying to people. If it means he has to swan off to the next place as soon as people catch wise, what’s the harm in that? To Tom Ripley, that spells freedom.'

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“Window of Italian’s Fruit Store Broken 2nd Time; Youth Nabbed,” Toronto Star. June 12, 1940. Page 10. ---- Police chased eight youths and arrested one last night in connection with the breaking of a window in Tony Ingrassia’s fruit store, Gerard St. E. The youth, charged with malicious damage, gave his name as William Sinstead, 19, of Woodbine Ave.

A member of the Ingrassia family telephoned police when the window was shattered by a stone. After a chase by police cruiser, Sinstead was arrested by P. C. Maurice Hearn. Two others were questioned and later released. A window of the same store was broken by a stone Monday night. No arrests were made then.

Small boys upset a fruit stand in front of an Italian store on St. Clair Ave. W., then fled.

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Top 42 Dinner Restaurants in Toronto

Burger King

Restaurant Name: Burger King

Region: Avenue and Lawrence

Phone Number: +14162569439

Website: https://burgerking.ca

Address: 940 Lawrence Ave W, North York, ON M6A 1C4, Canada

Opening Hours: Open 24 hours

Dish Type: Fast Food

Special Diet: Late-night food

Price: CA$20 for two people (approx.)

Delivery: No

Yelp Rating: 3.5

Google Rating: 4

Foursquare Rating: 6.7

Burger King needs no introduction, of course. Popular items include Whoppers, Nuggets, and Bacon Cheeseburger.

The restaurant has a laid-back vibe and is very clean. The staff is attentive. Service is fast. There is a good variety of tables, booths, and individual seats. Patio seating is also available. There’s a fun coke machine that lets you make a variety of pops. Prices are affordable. They have a coupon special, as well.

Burger king Toronto is open 24 hours. Nearby places include Yorkdale shopping center, Humber river trail, and Playtime bowl and entertainment.

Local 1794

Restaurant Name: Local 1794

Region: Danforth East

Phone Number: +14164631794

Website: http://www.local1794.ca/

Address: 1794 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4C 1H8, Canada

Opening Hours: 3 PM–2 AM

Dish Type: Italian, Pizza, International, Gastropub, Pub

Special Diet: Vegetarian Friendly

Price: €7 - €21

Delivery: No

Yelp Rating: 4

Google Rating: 4.4

Zomato Rating: 3.1

Foursquare Rating: 8.5

Say hello to Local 1794 pub, a sleek, modern, and marvelous addition to the Danforth strip.

Popular items include Wild Boar Pizza, smoked Chicken Sandwich, and killer Fish Tacos. Also, try the most decadent grilled cheese you'll ever have in your life. Crispy crab cakes and the deliciously-looking charcuterie board are other favorites. They also have gluten-free options. As for drinks, The Local has a wide variety of Ontario craft beers, about 20 plus beers on tap. There's an extensive wine list. Cocktails are more on the sweet side, so your options could be a bit limited if you prefer the more balanced tastes.

Although Local 1794 is mostly a pub, it feels like a downtown restaurant once you walk in. It has a chill, old-school vibe. There are a lot of old pictures of Toronto all over the walls.

The bar area is large. There's a fair amount of seatings available. The music is spot-on. The heated patio is a gem in this place to enjoy the outside while keeping warm.

The staff is outgoing and fast. Portions are massive. Prices are more on the expensive side. Local gets packed quickly, so unless you're ok with sitting at the bar, make reservations in advance.

Local 1794 is between Coxwell and Woodbine. Lots of street parking is available in front of the restaurant. You can also take the East Subway line to get here. Fresh Paint Studio + Café is nearby to get your artsy side rolling. You can also check out some vintage items at Handwork Department.

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