Books I read and celebrities I saw
The Power Broker had for so long been a white whale, a book I wanted to read, had to read, but was afraid to start. A reader my entire life, I don’t think I had ever read a book longer than 1,000 pages. I know you are supposed to drop books that you don’t enjoy […]
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Incredibly, the first entry on this list was not seen until September 2022. The infrequent sightings are due to Covid caution at the beginning of the year and then having a newborn in early June. Fortunately, on one of our first meal outings – a brunch place in Larchmont Village with another couple with an […]
1. Good Drinks: Alcohol-Free Recipes for When You’re Not Drinking for Whatever Reason by Julia Bainbridge. This 167 page recipe book was a gift from my mom after a stray remark about trying out non-alcohol mixed drinks. After a brief exploration of cocktails in the summer of 2020 and dismay over the amount of work […]
This writing distresses because Lepore is a very strong writer. I can therefore only conclude this book is a mixture of a rushed job and very poor editing, once the author and editor realized it should not have been a book. 2. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. […]
I did not start writing this post until April because of Covid. Covid means much less being outside, so many fewer opportunities to see people. Mei Lin. We finally were able to order the Szechuan fried chicken from Daybird, Mei Lin’s casual new place. This is the Mei Lin of Top Chef who then opened […]
The fourth time is the charm, by which I mean I hope I see more celebrities than last year because the third time certainly was not the charm. Jade Chang. Jade Chang is the author of one of the favorite novels I read in 2018, Wangs vs. the World. Even better, I actually met her […]
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