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Originally posted on Westphoria:
For the next workweek, whenever I’m craving some chocolate, I’m going to eat something sweet and fresh like this fruit salad instead. Maybe minus the candied ginger. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself. Fruit is my friend! Who: Trina Enriquez, copy editor I’m giving up: Chocolate (and—deep breath—any dessert with…
Originally posted on Flavorwire:
[Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #1, was originally published January 31.] With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and…
How is it that January 1 so often finds me with a cold these past few years? Oh, well, at least I’m in good company. Happy New Year! Pictured, some comforting sick-day reads, clockwise from top left: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley French Milk by Lucy Knisley The Most of Nora […]
Read More In bed with booksIt’s startling how Billy Collins pierces through the verbosity of prose to the core of an emotion. Since I discovered “The Lanyard,” poems like “Old Man Eating Alone in a Chinese Restaurant” and his new work “Cheerios” and “To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl” from Aimless Love have found their way into my scrapbook. “My Hero,” […]
Read More “My Hero” by Billy CollinsNormal day, let me be aware of the treasure that you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before we depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not be always so. One day I […]
Read More “Normal Day” by Mary Jean IrionAnne Frank once roamed these Amsterdam streets. She played and posed, sunned on the roof and leaned out her window. Before she became an icon, this is where she was just a girl. A photo montage of Anne (right) and her friends Eva Goldberg (left) and Sanne Ledermann (middle) in 1936, superimposed over what the streets look like […]
Read More Amsterdam: Anne Frank’s MerwedepleinThis afternoon I regaled a coworker with stories behind my slew of Amsterdam photos, which made me realize I’ve neglected to post one of the best parts of my trip on the blog! So here it is: a bike ride from Amsterdam to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a village south of the city. The weather […]
Read More Amsterdam: Biking to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel