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Category Archives: Good Reads

Aces

*Molly Ringwald’s book Getting The Pretty Back is lovely and feels like a conversation with a really genuine, interesting friend. *I’ve worn out the link to this wedding from Leigh Miller. Her work is so inspiring. *I love this post from Hula Seventy: Things I’d Like to Tell My 17-Year Old Self. It’s brilliant and...

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tea time no. 99: Notions & Threads

Drinking: Green Tea Listening to: Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – Don’t Give Up On the rare occassion that I go to Keeneland and actually win a two dollar bet, I am the loudest, most surprised winner of the day. That was sort of my reaction to winning a giveaway from one of my favorite...

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tea time no. 88: Radio

Drinking: coffee Listening to: Regina Spektor – On The Radio Regardless of how many cds and mp3s I collect, there’s no replacing the radio. Even Pandora {while very helpful} isn’t the same. During National Public Radio’s pledge season, I start to believe their messages of why I can’t live without radio. But I like more...

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tea time no. 67: Unflappable You

Drinking: coffee from the office kitchen Listening to: Mushaboom – Feist I love Michelle Slatalla’s article, 10 Secrets of an Unflappable Working Mom, in the March Real Simple. For 5 years, I’ve read everything from Working Mother Magazine to self-help books on this topic and this may be the most succinct collection of tips that...

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tea time no. 64: the art of ideas

*This weekend I am looking forward to checking out The Art of the Idea & How It Can Change Your Life – by John Hunt. Sam Nhlengethwa’s artwork in the book is as inspired as the text. Here is a link to an interactive excerpt. All profits from the book go to Room 13, “a...

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tea time no. 24: Be Mine

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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Tea Time No. 17: Streets To Make You Feel Brand New

Drinking: English Breakfast tea – again. I guess I’m a creature of habit. Listening to: Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keyes Jay-Z {An aside: recently, a witness’s phone rang during their deposition with this song as the ringtone and I had to lean over at the next break and say, “I’m sorry, but was...

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tea time no. 11: The Fashions

Drinking: coffee. lots and lots of coffee. Listening to: Ladies First, Queen Latifah. A group of bloggers have begun posting photos of their outfits every day. They call themselves The Bloganistas and they have a flickr group you can check. It’s really clever and I love seeing what they put together. Fashion is something I...

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Project 365! A Year of Tea Time

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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Sound Bites

This is not the first time I’ve turned off cable TV. As a first year law student living alone, I knew I could not be trusted with unlimited access to TV. Thank heaven I had dial up internet as opposed to something faster or I would never have graduated. I lived alone in an antebellum...

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