And that’s a wrap. In addition to enjoying some great live jazz with my Dad, I did manage to catch the last 75 final minutes of Grant’s journey to find love. It went as we and Litia expected. After all, on the first Group Date (GD), he told her he knew she was his wife.... Continue Reading →

Ho-hum. It's another less-than-fantastic edition of Fantasy Suite Week (FSW). One of the problems that plagued this one was the short season and not really knowing the Final Three girls or getting a sense of how strong their connections with Grant are.  But my indifference to FSW - as compared to my love of the... Continue Reading →

“Unpleasant and uninteresting.” Hat tip to Claire Fallon and Emma Gray of the Love to See It podcast for their perfectly succinct way to characterize this season’s Bachelor Yell All. At best - and I used “best” advisedly - the Women Tell All episode is an exercise in perseverance. What needs to be said and... Continue Reading →

If it feels like we’ve reached Hometown Visits faster than usual, it’s because we reached Hometown Visits faster than usual. Per @Bachelordata IG, “It's the first time since 2010 that the franchise has shortened The Bachelor. Grant didn't get the extra 2 weeks every other Bachelor has had in the last 14 years.” In the... Continue Reading →

Yes. I get it. I know that most of Bachelor Nation and all of the people who faithfully “watch” with me are singing “Ding-dong, the Witch is dead” about My Girl Carolina. But I’m feeling more like Hall and Oates1: She's gone, she's gone I better learn how to face it She's gone, she's gone... Continue Reading →

I truly believe that My Person is out there. Because I’m here for the right reasons, I can see that this process is working. In fact, I am developing real feelings. I think I may have found the One I have been searching for so desperately. Of course, I’m referring to this season’s Villain, My... Continue Reading →

A few days late. A few words short. With travel and work obligations taking up my time, instead of my usual episode re-cap, since we are already down to the Top Ten(!), I hope you will Grant me the right to just take stock and see where we are in the arc of this fast-moving... Continue Reading →