A Dangerous Woman.

I keep watching her.

We all do.

She elegantly brushes her cards back to the table.

In her previous life, she was Beatriz Galindo.

In this one, she doesn’t use titles (not even the ones she’s earned). Her essays are brilliant, even in translation.

Her osso bucco, the same.

Tonight, at this little casino in northern Spain (in the Palacio de los Condes), I remain a fascinated spectator as she gracefully flips over a straight flush, King high.

The men at the table smile.

Lovesick. Broke.

Ruffle Chiffon Dress (No. 6774). Wrap front chiffon dress with vertical ruffles all around the skirt. Chiffon is effusively printed with multi-colored fall leaf print. Deliciously sheer gigot puff sleeves with three delicate self-covered buttons at wrist. Elastic ruched waist. Stretch poly lining. Lined bodice. Imported.