Dolce Far Niente

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

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:22:40 -0500

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

Nose in a Book: Tips To Help You Read More in 2013

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:58:53 -0500

Nose in a Book: Tips To Help You Read More in 2013:

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”

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:12:04 -0500

trompester:

“Unconditional love, for everybody”

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:08:38 -0500

extremedream: Some things turn out worse; some things turn out...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:01:18 -0500

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.

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:52:27 -0400

washingtonpoststyle:

An oldie but a goodie.

Hi Cindy, Your Google Maps problem report has been reviewed, and you were right! We’ll update...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:45:00 -0400

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!

Two months later, but at least it happened!

kennedycenter: Before “The Tudors” or “The Other Boleyn Girl”,...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:47:05 -0400

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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Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:58:59 -0400

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Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:28:18 -0400

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

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:31:32 -0400

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

10-Month-Old Girl with Down Syndrome Will Be the Face of...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:27:57 -0400

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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Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:54:50 -0400

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

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:10:22 -0400

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

This Bastille Day, I shall celebrate by singing La Marseilleise...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:49:41 -0400

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

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Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:34:02 -0400

Gabriel García Márquez's brother confirms the author has dementia

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:06:32 -0400

univisionnews:

“Death does not come with old age, it comes with oblivion,” Gabriel García Márquez.

By EBONY MONTENEGRO

As we suspected earlier, Gabriel García Márquez is in fact losing his memory. The Nobel Prize winner, affectionately known as Gabo, suffers from senile dementia, according to his brother Jaime García Márquez, who spoke yesterday in an academic conference in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

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VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s was on...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:35:07 -0400

VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s was on yesterday so I decided to travel down memory lane. All of a sudden I start singing “Only Wanna Be With You” by Hootie and the Blowfish for no reason at all whatsoever and I couldn’t pinpoint the reason why this was happening. When the song finally came up on the countdown it immediately clicked why I had started singing it at all in the first place.

A-E-I-O-U!

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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:11:00 -0400

firstbook: Yep.

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:37:11 -0400

firstbook:

Yep.