And no, even though I am an avid fan of Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody mysteries, I’m not talking about whiskey and soda. For me, during this unbelievably hot and humid summer, my refreshing beverage of choice has been iced tea (or do you say ice tea?). While I still begin my days with a mug…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQChahZAmZQ First, a disclaimer. This is not my cat Princess. Princess is not a frisky little kitty, but an aging, but elegant, 13+ yr old. But at her advanced age, she’s currently acting just like this little kitty. Until a few months ago, I’d never lived in a place that had door stops. To be…
I’m a huge fan of almost every summer fruit, and have been enjoying a great many of them this summer. A few weeks back Lynn posted about her experiences with blackberries. I don’t usually eat blackberries plain, but have mixed them with strawberries and raspberries this summer and found them to be delightful. However, the…
Well, perhaps I should call this an un-cooking challenge, because it absolutely can’t involve any heat. Mother Nature has been supplying all the heat I can stand. I’ve had a particularly busy — and stressful — summer, but was doing all right with making my usual healthy meals. All right, that is, until we started…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C18rL6kGPM&NR=1 I’ve been a huge fan of So You Think You Can Dance over the past few summers. I didn’t catch the first season, but have watched each one since. Over the spring, I eagerly looked forward to a new season, wondering what memorable new dances we would see, which style of dancer would rise…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFtvCeTVN0 I used to watch every award show on TV, with the Academy Awards being my very favorite. These days, I catch so few movies when they’re out in theatres, that the Academy Awards has lost a bit of its appeal. I still watch some of the Red Carpet before many of the awards shows,…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMZJhO-SsM I don’t know what it is about the Food Network’s Chopped, but its grown on me over the last year. I’m fascinated by what strange combinations of mystery ingredients will be pulled from the baskets for each of the rounds. This clip is from one of the show’s classic final rounds, in which the…
For the last month, we’ve had a real rash of stormy weather. No, not that lovely old song, but real stormy weather. Now I don’t mean gentle rain or light breezes. I mean torrential downpours, terrifying lightning and thunder, and worst of all tornado watches, warnings, and actual touchdowns. In the past week we’ve had…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHTCglQ_Wk This past week brought the season finales of two of my favorite — and very different — shows, Glee and Top Chef Masters. About half-way through the finale of Glee, I was beginning to feel some disappointment. I so wanted the show to go out on a high note for the summer.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AUCSeyhkSs How did I miss this one? Somehow, Lifetime’s summer series Drop Dead Diva wasn’t just under my radar, it was completely outside of my radar. Then, a friend happened to mention that she was doing a “Drop Dead Diva-thon” over the Memorial Day weekend. I wanted to say, “what’s that?” but instead did a…
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