Sometimes I buy vintage photo lots from Etsy. I love flipping through old photos of people or places I’ve never known. If it’s a person, I like to imagine what his/her life was like at the moment the photo was taken. I’ve scanned some of the photos I’ve collected, and posted them here to show… Continue reading 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
Polysyllabic Spree – December 2010
Books Purchased: (or acquired) Role Models by John Waters It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken by Seth Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Christmas present) The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore (Christmas present) Tales of Belkin by Alexander Pushkin (Christmas present) More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin Travels With Alice by Calvin… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – December 2010
2010 – My Year
My 2010 Books and Reading Recap post covers all my book related stats and highlights from 2010, so this post is for everything else. I had a great 2010, and the highlights were: going to Ireland with my best friend, getting promoted to Director at work, hosting Thanksgiving for my family, and learning to like… Continue reading 2010 – My Year
Teaser Tuesday
Today’s Teaser Tuesday is just one line. The best first line of a novel that I’ve read in a while. Hello, this is Paul Chowder, and I’m going to try to tell you everything I know. -From The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker, page 1 _____ Teaser Tuesdays is a fun weekly bookish meme, hosted by… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday
2010 Books and Reading Recap
Posting my yearly reading recap is always my favorite post of the year. I get quite nerdy breaking down the stats of all the books I’ve bought and read during the previous year. I hope you enjoy this year’s recap in all its nerdiness! Previous annual installments include: 2009, 2008, 2007. (Also, my 2007 Book Flow Chart.) 2010… Continue reading 2010 Books and Reading Recap
2010 Recap: Food
I’m ready to start posting my 2010 recaps, so let’s start off with an easy one, shall we? Here’s my 2010 – in food. I love taking photos of food, and the shots below are some of the best and yummiest food & drinks I consumed this year, and they also are memories of some… Continue reading 2010 Recap: Food
The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
I can never resist a book about Reading, so when I saw The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, From Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder, I immediately added it to my Christmas wish list, and Ryan obligingly got it for me. :) Anyone with fond memories of the heroines that shaped their childhood (or adulthood) reading… Continue reading The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
Polysyllabic Spree – November 2010
Books Purchased: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare As Always, Julia edited by Joan Reardon Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace Carney’s House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace Books Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (re-read, audio) Heaven… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – November 2010
Teaser Tuesday
For the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball — better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest — laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday
Polysyllabic Spree – October 2010
Books Purchased: The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman The Autobiography of Mark Twain edited by Harriet E. Smith Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris Books Read: Great House by Nicole Krauss Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris Harry Potter and the… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – October 2010
Ireland, Part 1: Dublin
This post is long overdue, but it took a while to upload and sort 1400+ photos to Flickr. :) In August, I went to Ireland with my best friend Emma. We were there for 10 days, and we rented a car and drove around the spectacularly beautiful countryside. I’m going to post my favorite photos… Continue reading Ireland, Part 1: Dublin
Teaser Tuesday
When children are lonely, they invent imaginary friends to talk to. Adults such as myself invent imaginary television shows to keep the howling dogs of alienation at bay. Nobody is lonely in a sitcom. The characters show up at bars, diners, or sporting events, and everyone they know is already there. I often think that… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday