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August 17, 2016
Lit Life: Labor of Love & I Kissed Dating Goodbye
As I mentioned yesterday in my Citrus Coconut Drinks post, my alumnae book club recently discussed Moira Weigel‘s Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating. I’ve been a member of the book club for many years now, and I love the intellectual banter that arises for the wide variety of books we choose. We’ve read classics like J. D. Salinger’s Catcher […]
August 16, 2016
Citrus Coconut Drink Two Ways: Virgin and with Malibu
My alumnae book club was coming over the other day to talk about Moira Weigel‘s Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating, and my apartment was as hot as a sweatbox. I decided to whip up a variation of Kellie Van’s Le Zoe Musing’s Citrus Coconut Soda, which I’d found on Pinterest, to keep everyone cool and refreshed. […]
August 10, 2016
August and Everything After
It’s August. How did that happen? This summer seems to have flown by. What do I have to show for it? A faded sunburn. An outdoor theatre experience. A few trips out to the boroughs, where it’s much more pleasant to dine al fresco. A writing intensive that resulted in a couple more chapters of […]
August 9, 2016
Happy National Book Lovers Day!
“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It’s like falling in love.” ~ Christopher Morley Happy National Book Lovers Day! I don’t read as much as I used to these days. Or, maybe I read more. It’s hard to tell. As an editor, I read all day at my job. But […]
August 8, 2016
Charles Dickens Quote on August
“There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August.” ~Charles Dickens in The Pickwick Papers You may also be interested in how Jack Kerouac’s hometown inspired Dickens. Filed under: Life Tagged: Charles Dickens, quote
August 5, 2016
The Olympics: Invented by the Greeks
We Greeks like to claim we invented just about everything. The most famous? We invented democracy. If you’ve watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding — 1 or 2 — you know that Greeks invented any word you can think of. This is not an exaggeration. I grew up hearing my father explain to me the Greek root to English words […]
August 2, 2016
The Starving Artist: Savory Nectarine Salad
I am so mad! It was raining on Sunday, and I desperately wanted to avoid having to lug my grocery bags home in the rain. Ah, the perils of a fabulous Manhattan lifestyle! So, the starving artist, though trying to be better about pinching pennies, caved and bought lunch out on Monday. (Dos Toros, […]
July 19, 2016
Peaches ‘N Cream Barbie and a Summer Peach Parfait
Every summer when I was growing up in New Jersey, my parents would take my sister and brother and me on a road trip down to Maryland to see our cousins. We loved spending time with our cousins in Baltimore! They were the only cousins we grew up seeing regularly, and we were all fairly close […]
July 14, 2016
10 Books of Beat Generation Letters
The other day I wrote about viewing Neal Cassady’s infamous “lost” Joan Anderson letter at Christie’s Auction House.. Letters are a great way to get to know and understand the writers of the Beat Generation. The novelists and poets were prodigious letter writers. Here are ten books of collected letters by the poets and writers of the […]
July 12, 2016
Summer Fruit Salad with Mastiha-Flavored Yogurt
The other day I spotted Homeric Mastiha in the store, and I had to try it! I’d heard of mastiha but never tried the legendary Greek liqueur. I like anything with a literary connection, and Stoupakis’ Homeric Chios Mastiha Spirit offered a unique intermingling of literature, Hellenophilia, and food and beverage. Made from evergreen […]
