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Tell Me 2 Things - Part Deux
Beans & Strings(local coffee house/musician hangout)Local library (that should be obvious why ;-) )
Tell me two things you love doing with your hands?
read by the firemake a big pot of chili or soup
TM2 places you have NOT yet visited, but want to go to
Tahiti (part of my dad's family history)Scotland
I had trouble narrowing it down to 2!!!
TM2 of your favorite historical fiction books
Outlander Outlander and The Bronze Horseman The Bronze Horsemantell me two of your favorite non fiction books and why they are your favorite
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II InternmentThe Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
TM2 books you wish you had the time to read
Hmmm...I always find time to read....On my list...The Joy of Doing Nothing
Anything by Lisa See
TM2 of your favorite shoes and why
I have a hard time finding shoes I like because I have big feet.My favorite, falling apart pair of tan Earth sandals- so comfortable
A pair of purple Chuck Taylor hightops- my favorite color
TM 2 of your favorite restaurants and your favorite dish at each one
Hmmm. I don't think my family really has any. There is usually a big batch of potato salad made around that time, and slabs of ribs are cooked, so I guess that counts. Oh, and my Dad used to work most holidays (restaurant cook/manager), which I now do. (police civilian)TM2 Movies you want to see in theaters this summer
Book Club (Going with my book club in about a week)Avengers new movie
TM2 things you like to eat for breakfast
An abridged copy of Pride and Prejudice with the 1995 miniseries book cover AND Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. TM2 movies you love to re-watch.
It Happened One Night and Summer of '42. (Two of my favorites)TM2 things you grow in your garden (if you have one).
I used to waltz and I had a quick step lesson but didn't really master it.TM2 thing you have planned for the summer.
Spending a week in a tiny cabin in the mountainsGoing on a day trip to Cincinnati w/some girlfriends
TM2 things you always have in your purse...or pockets if you don't carry a purse
Wishing we had one here but I love In-n-Out burgers and also Burger King . I miss the first place so much.TM2 of your favorite parks ( national or local)
The beachAdventureland (an amusement park in Iowa)
TM2 things you're willing to pay somebody to do for you so you don't have to do them
Mary Ann wrote: "1-cut my grass2-shovel snow"
Both of those are things I pay for too! Now, it's your turn to pick a TM2 subject.
Their sex lives and all the reasons why they dislike whoever, boyfriend, parents, boss, especially if I know them too.TM2 things you enjoy talking about.
Popovers (or is that baking?)- No Pop, just overHome made gnocchi -Turns out like mashed potatoes
TM@ of your favorite BBQ foods
TM 2 things you look for in a movie before watching it (from above)Good plot
Casting
TM2 things you are planning for July 4
QUESTION: I got a new phone and my Goodread updates are now posting to my facebook - any one know how to stop this? My band is stumped
Tess wrote: QUESTION: I got a new phone and my Goodread updates are now posting t..."
Try setting FB to unfollow GR or hide post.
The smell of damp leaves in the woods in the fall reminds me of hiking and looking at the fall leaves in Shanandoah National ParkThe smell of damp brick/ concrete that smells like my grandmothers basement
Linseed oil that reminds me of the art building in college or my art studio
Tell me two moments in your life that you would like to relive.
Voodoo by Godsmack (makes a surprisingly good song for bellydancing!)Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
TM2 little things that make you happy (like finding a shiny penny heads up on the ground)
Finding a used copy of book I've wanted a long timeSunny day with no humidity so I can read on my balcony ( haven't had many of those so far this summer).
TM2 things you do during the Summer on a Sunday.
Monty Python DVDsAny of the late George Carlin's comedy routines, especially the Take Offs & Put Ons album.
TM2 things you like to do on a rainy day.
Get my father's 85th birthday party planned (just try to wrangle 5 siblings in 3 states and get ANYONE to agree on ANYTHING)Get my closet sorted & the discards taken to Goodwill
In honor of the back-to-school shopping sales that are already happening here, TM2 of your favorite school/office supply items
Books mentioned in this topic
Duma Key (other topics)The Jade Peony (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (other topics)
Knowledge of Angels (other topics)
Love You More (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Laurent Baheux (other topics)John Whaite (other topics)
Kate Kessler (other topics)
Charles de Lint (other topics)
Gail Carriger (other topics)
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Rainy Days
TM2 of your favorite places in your town/city.