Category Archives: Books
Mixed Media ~Summer~
Here is some of what I read, watched and listened to this summer: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink –a quick sensual read Julie & Julia by Julie Powell – absolutely adorable and a perfect mood boost Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky – a lovely net of stories from WWII France Food, Inc. – pushed me [...]
Mixed Media ~ May ~
Book On my flight home from Phoenix I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. (One of the classics I hunted down at the library). There’s something about these books from the Lost Generation that really appeals to me. I sometimes think that if I had a past life, it was as a young [...]
Mixed Media ~ March ~
What I’m watching, reading and listening to this month: Movies I think I’ve watched 6 movies in this past week alone. One of those ruts, I guess. All of them were quite good, and so I have decided to 1) Not bring up Paris Je T’aime again, though I think I loved it the most [...]
Mixed Media ~ Jan/Feb ~
Today I decided that every month or so, I should share the variety of books, music, movies, magazines, whatever that I’m into for the moment. And so I bring you my first ever Mixed Media post, featuring the media that’s making me swoon in these bitter winter months. Music I can’t take Andrew Bird’s latest [...]
For the Love of the Travel Guide
I have to pause to applaud the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides series. We purchased our first in advance of our honeymoon to have a resource on all things Paris. We loved that so much that we got one before we went to Alaska, and then figured we could make it a collection before we went [...]
How to Raise a Jewish Dog
Among the fantastic holdiay gifts I’ve received is the hilarious book “How to Raise a Jewish Dog” by “The Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary as told to Ellis Weiner & Barbara Davilman.” It’s particularly hilarious if a) you’re Jewish and b) you have a dog that rules your life, is decidedly (by you) the [...]
