Monthly Archives: July 2011
British escape, part IV: Edinburgh, Scotland
This is my fourth post featuring a spring trip abroad. For previous travel posts, visit here. After leaving the English Lake District and heading north, we stumbled across the Scottish border to arrive in Gretna Green — a lovely stop … Continue reading
Filed under out and about
Book review: ‘Beauty Queens’ by Libba Bray
After a crash sends a plane full of beauty pageant contestants onto a desert island, the teen girls aboard begin to take inventory of what has survived. A few renegade hair appliances and makeup? Check. Only about a dozen girls … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
Eating alone
I remember the first time I took myself out to lunch. Not the fast-food variety, either; that was old hat, routine. A real, honest-to-goodness sit-down meal in a restaurant where a hostess greeted me and I had to look up, … Continue reading
Book review: ‘It’s Hard Not To Hate You’ by Valerie Frankel
Valerie Frankel just might be my new snarky author crush. It’s hard not to like her, really, in her latest memoir. It’s Hard Not To Hate You details Frankel’s struggles with jealousy, insecurity, dissatisfaction and health troubles, as well as … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
New go-to dinner: Turkey oven sandwiches
The menu around our house has slowly grown in diversity, but it takes something special — something very special — to earn a regular spot in our weeknight rotation. One night is taco night. Then we have spaghetti night, or … Continue reading
Filed under food & drink, recipes
