One cannot help but wonder...how does mortadella,

a notable Italian sausage, orginating from charming collonaded Italian city Bologna, become what is known as Baloney?

 How does a gourmet buche de noel become a hostess ho ho?

How does a classic Burberry motif

become... a snuggie?

How does respected British lawyer, Amal Alamuddin, become... Amal... Clooney? She studied at Oxford and clerked for justice Sotomayor, but now she is hanging out with Cindy and Rande, going to Nobu and Cabo with various celebs.. I kind of wish she had kept her name because Clooney, even though it is from of course GEORGE Clooney, just sounds kind of boring and ordinary. Maybe she did this because she doesn't need to. It is the ultimate ironic power play. Sort of like Madonna's Mrs. Ritchie jacket.

 

I think back to an old favorite dive in SF, Clooneys, a real bar fly haunt..

it even had its own cigarette machine...

but somehow, I want MORE for Amal. but she can pretty much do whatever she wants- you go girl!!