Last night, I went to a great event at the ever-fabulous Word Books. “Words of Love: A Night of Romance” was a panel discussion on romance novels, to celebrate Word’s new romance section. (Which is, as of last night, only one bookshelf, but it’s growing. They’re using reader recommendations to expand the section.) The panel [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments »>I was looking for something today in my massive Darwin book–wait, start over, let me tell you how much I love my massive Darwin book. It was a gift from Matt a few years ago, and a stellar one. Darwin’s four major books (Beagle, Origin, Descent, Emotions) in one really lovely volume, complete with a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »>Last summer I decided to try and teach myself to make pie crust. I’ve mentioned this before, I think. I spent a while reading recipes in all of my go-to cookbooks, spent a while reading around on the inernet, tried to figure out what advice to take and what advice to ignore, that kind of [...]
Posted in personal | 2 Comments »>I promised myself, when we moved to New York, that I wasn’t going to become one of Those People, the ones who are always talking about how much better New York is than every other city and blah blah blah. I think I’m doing okay with that promise, but I do have to say that [...]
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