I’m months behind on sharing. Here are a few bits of inspiration for you. *I heard this song {What’s The Altitude -Cut Chemist & Hymnal} in my husband’s car the other day and, I can’t get it out of my head. The video is cheeky, but the song is good. If you like Cut Chemist,...
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Drinking: Cafe Mocha Listening to: Amelie Maybe it’s all of the red, but Valentine’s Day has me thinking about revisiting Amelie.
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Drinking: Oolong Tea Listening to: I Turn My Camera On – Spoon I watched Stranger Than Fiction again the other night. The protagonist in the film begins to hear a narrator speaking about him and he’s concerned when he hears her say, “Little did he know…. he was going to die.” He seeks counsel of...
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Drinking: Hot chocolate Listening to: You Are My Everything – Miles Davis {click play below if you want to listen with me while you read} It’s a rainy, Parisian kind of day today which has me thinking of Valentines. Here are some heart-shaped links for you: *Chocolate. Chocolove chocolate bars are my favorite and even...
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When I miss my Grandpa, I watch Return To Me. Carroll O’Connor in this movie is, to me anyway, like a little visit with him. Of course, he didn’t have an Irish accent. He didn’t drink beer. But everything else is the perfect gift. I post it here just to have it bookmarked.
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So here goes! My first of 365 tea time posts. 4:00 pm EST each day, I’ll post something for tea time. Day No. 1. Drinking: Yogi Goji Berry Energy Green Tea Listening to: Don’t Rain On My Parade Today’s tea for thought comes from NPR. This week, Robert Siegel interviewed Walter Kirn, the author of...
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If you can, get a sitter and go see Julie & Julia followed by dinner at Le Deauville. Eat outside, preferably on a chilly night. I recommend the roasted chicken with polenta and white wine, though skip their house sauvignon blanc {too sweet}. I read Julie & Julia when the book was first published and,...
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Mom and I started new schools at the same time. I began kindergarten. She began college to study art. We went to plays and galleries together. I would bring my sketch book and markers. I cannot draw to save my life, but I loved being in an environment of artists with her. It helped me...
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I spent Saturday with a family celebrating their daughter’s first birthday. They are the kind of people you wish lived next door so that you could hear them laughing and be waived over for a beer in the afternoon. They are lovely and the village of people they have collected to love this baby are...
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I can’t wait to see it. Is it on here? No. Will it ever be? Who knows. But I would love to see it.The beautiful soundtrack by Alexi Murdoch is to be released this week. I love that the screenplay was written by a couple {Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida} who are both amazing writers....
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