Tag Archives: books

Damy Ephron: My Aspirational Future Self

In coming up with a tweet about my excitement over new books from Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, I realized something about myself: I want to be them. As in, all three in one writer. A Damy Ephron, … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under books

Idle Hands…

Everyone who is getting ready to start another work week tomorrow will hate me for this and they will have absolutely no sympathy for me — and I readily admit they have every right to feel that way — but…here’s … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under blogs, books, Brooklyn, clothes, entrees

Bad Boyfriends and The Lone Wolf: Or, What I’ve Learned from Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Whitney Houston, Theodore Roosevelt and the Wizard of Oz.

I’ve already more or less shared my Bad Boyfriend Theory of Freelancing…but since some time has passed, it may be worth revisiting (…at least briefly)… Let’s say for the sake of argument that I got a call a few weeks … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Alaska, birthdays, books, Brooklyn

Lisa & Julie & Julia

I can’t believe I missed June completely. It’s been hectic though…filling in for my old job *and* trying to find direction, purpose and meaning in my life. I’m not back in NY for long this time though. My dear friend … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

A Little Cake Trivia Before the Ides of March

What’s *really* the difference between yellow cake and vanilla cake? An interesting question, no? I have a friend whose birthday is coming up — she was born on the Ides of March, believe it or not — and her favorite … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under birthdays, cake, chocolate

Lessons From Julia

Sometimes I have ADD with books and I start them, but if they don’t suck me in wholly and completely right away, I get about halfway through and never finish. I have a number of these books lying around my … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under books

It’s Raining Todd English

So…I had never heard of Todd English before and now he’s all over the place. (It amuses to me to no end that one of the first hits you get in Google is his MySpace page.) For example, my friend … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under books, British foods, pudding