Monthly Archives: December 2007
Basking
It’s been cold today here in the DFW metroplex, and while our winters are nothing compared to winter in places like Minnesota and Ohio, for us it’s been a brutal day, made worse by wicked wind. I do not usually have a problem with cold weather, so long as I can be home, wrapped in … Continue reading
Reading Matters: Location
It’s weird. I like to write in cafes, where I am energized by the steaming, frothing and whirring of the espresso machines, the cheerful banter between employees, and the half-heard conversations from other patrons, but I don’t particularly like to read in cafes. My favorite place to read is in bed, followed by the bathroom … Continue reading
Wanted: A Local Bookstore
Could someone tell the local real estate franchise folks that we need to update the shopping in Grand Prairie? I mean, we have a lovely Target in the same shopping center as Home Depot and Starbucks, but it’s really lacking a bookstore. Oh, I know, there’s a Borders and a Barnes and Nobel just up … Continue reading
The Nanny Diaries
I just finished watching The Nanny Diaries, the movie based on the book by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Klaus, and starring Scarlett Johansson . While I thought the book was delightful, and enjoyed the movie as much for the story as for the luxury homes in Manhattan where it all took place, I’m never entirely … Continue reading
Vacation Plans
We’re off to Baja Sur for Christmas in a week, and while the only resemblance my parents place outside of La Paz has with any piece of Wilmington NC real estate is proximity to the ocean, I’m still in the mood to read a bunch of Anne Rivers Siddons novels before I get there, because … Continue reading
Rises the Night
by Colleen Gleason Rises the Night isn’t just the second installment of Colleen Gleason’s series about Victoria Gardella, slayer of vampires and wearer of lace and corsets, it’s also the second novel in this period that I’ve read and enjoyed, and it’s all because Gleason manages to make her characters ride the edge between being … Continue reading
Gold Medal Wines: Wine of the Month Club
One of my favorite relaxation rituals is to light a candle, pour a glass of wine, and recline in a hot bubble bath with a good book. In California, I was lucky enough to have stores like BevMo (Beverages and More) at my disposal, as well as easy access to a number of great small … Continue reading
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte
by Kyra Davis San Francisco mystery novelist Sophie Katz, half Jewish, half African American, drinks chocolate brownie frappucinos as if they were nutritional supplements and talks to her cat as if he’s a person. In this, the first book about her and author Kyra Davis’s first novel to be published, she also finds life imitating … Continue reading
