[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujMNVdpCTU To follow up on my entry about Regina Spektor, here is another blog about Musicians I’m Crazy About. This installment: Brandi Carlile. You may recognize her song The Story from the GM commercials last summer during the Olympics. Not going to lie, that’s how I found her. Apparently some of her music has been…
Sundays chez moi are reserved for three things: Laundry, housekeeping, and cooking. I get these three things done and it will last me a week or more; I don’t, and I start scrambling around Wednesday. So my Sunday cooking usually consists of a huge pot of spaghetti sauce or pumpkin soup plus something sweet. Culinarily…
At one of the places I work, all of the ladies are great cooks. Often when I go into work, there will be muffins or banana bread or lemon cake or brownies waiting on the counter in the back. And they are, invariably delicious. As I’m leaving for London soon, my last day at the…
Out of respect for a co-worker, I had to do something yesterday that I didn’t want to do. No one does. Because of the nature of the event, going was the right thing to do and the only option and I’m proud that I participated. When I got home from the event, I found a summons…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TK4wyMviss Have you had one of those oops moments lately? You know the ones I mean. One of those times when you wished you hadn’t left the house in quite the condition you did. Well I had one yesterday. I was feeling quite pleased with myself as I drove home after spending several hours running…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys Steinways may be the most well-known pianos in the world. But Faziolis are probably the most exclusive. They’re family-owned. They’re entirely individually hand-crafted, by request, in a tiny village northeast of Venice. They make both classic beauties and modern jewels. And they turn out less than 150 pianos a year. (Steinway makes around 4000 a…
With the 4th of July coming along tomorrow, grills all over my area will be lighting up! Even though I tend to wilt in the extreme heat and humidity of summer, there is something about a good cookout that I just love. The mingling smells of grass, sunscreen and the grill just make me happy….
Friends of mine have listened to Regina Spekter for years. For some reason, I always equated her with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who aren’t really my thing. Then I was listening to NPR the other day, and heard an interview with Regina Spekter, and fell in love. I only had enough money left on my…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G_EfwvmNfw Obviously Bravo knows they have a good thing, as they’ve now milked The Real Housewives of New Jersey for two reunion shows. And of course, I was totally sucked in to both of them. While the reunions weren’t as dramatic as the big blow-up at the final dinner, there was some drama. But what…
Summer heat makes me wilt quickly, but even if it is hot as blazes, this time of year is the perfect time to hit the farmers’ market. I’m one of those folks who shows up at the local market early in the season when the first pale mixed greens are coming out, and I’m one…
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