I like my melons salted… err, I like salt sprinkled on my fresh cut melon. How do you take your melons? Take the poll below. Salt Campers: Makes the flavor more intense with the salty-sweet contrast Increased salivation to awaken taste buds and increase juicy factor Allows a humble melon to aid in goiter prevention […]
Cutting for Stone: Abraham Varghese On the bus the other day I saw a lady reading this book and I was nearly overcome by the urge to talk with her about it. Was she completely drawn in to the setting, the colors, the smells? Ponder what her life as a novel would read as? Feel […]
[Warning: this is a text heavy post, but appropriately so] On this Scripps National Spelling Bee Eve, I am reflecting upon a word that I to this day can’t more often than can spell correctly the first time. I misspell this word apparently so bad, that spell checker isn’t quite sure what I mean and […]
Moloka’i – Alan Brennert Moloka’i is a beautifully written piece of historical fiction. Until the book came up during an interview at work (HINT: a great way to build your personal reading list and learn about candidates is to ask them what the last book they read for fun) and quickly piqued my interest. Until […]
Recently I attended the ACT Theater production of Grey Gardens with my dear friend, ASB. We have been attending the theater together for almost 8 years now (whoa!) and always aim to watch some classic Broadway, some new releases and a few more obscure. This year, obscure was Grey Gardens. It was a nice production, […]
Recently I attended the ACT Theater production of Grey Gardens with my dear friend, ASB. We have been attending the theater together for almost 8 years now (whoa!) and always aim to watch some classic Broadway, some new releases and a few more obscure. This year, obscure was Grey Gardens. It was a nice production, […]