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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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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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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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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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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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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If you are ever in the Lexington area (which now is the perfect time because the ponies are running at Keeneland ) people may tell you to check out Joseph-Beth Booksellers, the large independently owned bookstore/cafe. And, it is great. But the real jewel for bibliophiles is the lesser-known Morris Bookshop on Southland Drive. Just...
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I am sorry the posts have been sparse lately. So far, in 2009 I have been very, very blessed with work and travel. I am praying to keep up and at the same time not lose my enthusiasm for creative endeavors which are such an important part of how I organize (or pretend to order)...
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“John & Michael often spent summer days on the lagoon with the boys, swimming or floating most of the time, playing games with the mermaids in the water.”-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan I just finished this novel The Highest Tide. It’s a lovely, quick read if you are craving salt water like I am. I tend...
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I’m looking under rocks. Taking books off of the shelf. Searching everywhere for inspiration – for anything uplfiting. Everyone seems so depressed. Is it the economy? Are we all just sick of political commercials? Here’s a lighthouse or two making me think about all of the things about life that are beautiful and worth celebrating.-Everything...
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