November - December 2008 | Naughty & Nice
A friend of mine mentioned Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Granola Bars on Twitter while I was away earlier in the month, and on our first grocery shopping trip after I got home, I had to buy some so I could see what all the fuss was about. I picked the peanut flavor, as […]
There are two books in my briefcase right now that have kept me company as I’ve traveled from the shining shores of the Potomac River to the beautiful desert of Arizona: The One Hundred by Nina Garcia and Note to Self by Samara O’Shea. These seemingly different books are, in all honesty, books that I […]
If you’re looking for an insider scoop on DNC media coverage check out my writing group friend, Laurel Kallenbach’s blog at www.LaurelKallenbach.com. Laurel is a media volunteer for the DNC, more specifically a press runner. Clocking aproximately 9 miles a day on a pedomiter she’s getting a workout by delivering hundreds of copies of speeches […]
Some folk say that we should grow old gracefully. My mother would say we should grow old disgracefully but it seems to me we live in a world where being young is overvalued. It may be true that young people are more attractive, have more energy and can burn the candle at both ends but […]
When I volunteered to write this week’s Inspiring Women, I’d just returned from San Francisco, and was eager to write about a famous female writer. “Who should I talk about?” I asked myself. “Madeleine L’Engle? Louisa May Alcott? One of the Bronte sisters?” Because those are the names I grew up with, those are the […]
It seems as if I am always rushing no matter what day of the week it is. What was once a leisurely pastime of soaking in a hot bathtub with candles, a glass of wine and a book seem to be in my far away past. I travel heavily and was looking for advice to […]
Earlier this week, a parent of a student that I work with came into my office. It was late in the day, and would you even believe, she looked like she had just left the house, as if it were early in the morning, make up still perfectly intact. Well, I’m one of those girls […]
I’ve always been a sort of cyclical reader. By this I mean that I find an author whose work resonates with me, and I read all of their work as fast as possible, and then I move on. There are a few authors I’ll return to, when they publish something new - Anne Rivers Siddons […]
It’s a question you are asked - or used to be asked - on a regular basis as you finalized your purchase at the grocery store - and I’ve realized that rarely am I asked these days because each store seems to have its own preference…. As we become more environmentally aware, some markets encourage […]
“Sing my sister sing
Let your voice be heard
What won’t kill you will make you stronger
Sing my sister sing*”
For years, Annie Lennox has rocked the masses with her strong, sultry, soulful voice and unique style. From the days when she was one half of the hugely successful Eurythmics to her award-winning solo work, the Scottish songbird […]
It was a classic problem, dishwasher’s not running properly, call the repair man. I was sure the machine was defective, or perhpas that pipes weren’t properly connecting, causing one in four loads to end up with standing water after the cycle was complete. You can imagine my embarrasment when I learned that the dishwasher was […]
I was gifted with long eyelashes, which isn’t as lovely as it sounds, because, for one thing, I can either wear mascara or sunglasses, but not both. Sadly, I also have the kind of skin that most make-up melts from fairly quickly, which means when I choose to wear mascara, I have raccoon eyes by […]
I hope you’ve read our interview with the August Man of the Month, George Pelecanos. Earlier this week, I attended a reading from his new book, The Turnaround at a nifty little independent bookstore, Politics and Prose. I arrived forty-five minutes early to discover a huge crowd. My wait was rewarded as one of the […]
When I was a teacher it soon became obvious that children who were unhappy were less able to learn. If a child was going through a trauma such as grieving or going through an unfriendly parental separation they would be unable to concentrate. Although this may seem blatantly obvious, it is often not obvious to […]
Whenever I am looking at inspirational quotes, it seems that many of them come from Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman named by Time Magazine as the most influential First Lady of the United States. Born in New York City on October 11, 1884, she was a shy child who was orphaned by the age […]
For anyone who travels in the US via air, you know about the 3-1-1. From the TSA Website: 3-1-1 for carry-ons = 3 ounce bottle or less (by volume) ; 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; 1 bag per passenger placed in screening bin. One-quart bag per person limits the total liquid volume each traveler […]
The first female Iron Chef, author and Executive Chef of Bon Appetit Magazine, Cat Cora is an inspiring woman.
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A man who cooks is always sexy. Mario lives his passions, for food, for culture, and for his family, and he's the perfect ingredient for Nov.
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