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Bad News for Chocoholics
New reports are saying that chocolate will become “like caviar” — i.e., a luxury good beyond the price range of most people — as prices and demand skyrocket. This is terrible. I eat an obscene amount…
Eagerly Awaited December Books
For December, I think many of us are planning to catch up on our reading and do some Christmas gift shopping. Though we’ve had a good reading year by and large, for some reason there just…
Dressing up
At the opera house some weeks ago, my husband and I watched the audience and were struck by how little most of the women dressed up. Mind you, it’s easier for the men: Wear a dark…
Kiss and Tell
I read Surrender of a Lady recently, and as I read it, the heroine’s past really stuck with me. For those not familiar with Tiffany Clare’s debut, it centers on a heroine sold into slavery in…
Doing Without
So Friday I got ready to spend the weekend at a friend’s, got myself organized, and everything’s great. PJs, check. ProActiv, check. Weekend work and Loretta Chase, double check. All is well. Until Friday night arrives and…
Sherlock
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQq_bC5kIw I first discovered Sherlock Holmes when I was in the 8th grade, and a friend gave me a copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles. I stayed up late reading it, completely scared myself, but…
Ah…Italy!
I recently took a trip to Italy with close friends, and as I strolled the streets of Rome or admired the views in small Tuscan villages, I couldn’t help wondering why I don’t find more romances…