Just got a listserv email from someone named “Harvey S”. This can only mean one thing…

noseinabook:

New year, new you, right? If one of your goals for 2013 is to read more, here are some tips to make your resolution reality.

Take Part in the 50 Book Challenge Or 25 book challenge or even 200 book challenge. You can pick the number. 50 books in a year is approximately a book a week and is…

trompester:

“Unconditional love, for everybody”

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extremedream:

Some things turn out worse; some things turn out better. But I think it all evens out in the end. Or, if you’re lucky, the better-than-you-imagined moments far outweigh the worse.

washingtonpoststyle:

An oldie but a goodie.

Hi Cindy, 

Your Google Maps problem report has been reviewed, and you were right!

We’ll update the map soon and email you when you can see the change.

Thanks for helping us to improve Google Maps! 

kennedycenter:

Before “The Tudors” or “The Other Boleyn Girl”, there was Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. Classical WETA’s Nicole Lacroix hosts this audio preview of the bel canto masterpiece, which opens September 15 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. 

Musical excerpts courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon. 

After over a year of wanting to get tickets to an opera and plans always falling through, I will finally get my chance to see one later this month. So excited to see Anna Bolena at the Kennedy Center!

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How All Those A-Little-Too-Cool Instagram Photos Really Happen

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10-Month-Old Girl with Down Syndrome Will Be the Face of Designer’s Swimwear Ads

Isn’t she such a cutie?!

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Got my first print edition of The Economist in the mail today!

This Bastille Day, I shall celebrate by singing La Marseilleise and re-watching La Vie En Rose.