Category Daily

Today’s snap

The view from here, ie, as taken from the chaise. Where I have been lounging after coughing all night.  

Reading

Great quote by the late, lamented Nora Ephron: “Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is…

French style and elegance

Perhaps it’s the charming backwater where I live, but I have noticed that, for all their vaunted style and elegance, the French do some extremely odd things. As in today’s photo, which is “something new.” I’ll say. And no, I…

The year in reading

Yesterday I finished Yes, Chef. A great story, very well told (thanks to a ghost-writing friend, apparently!).

New year, new projects

I am starting–ha ha!–once again! Photo of the day, via Fat Mum Slim (not, as I have often misread it, “Fat Muslim”) ;-). Today was supposed to be something like “how I spent my day,” but in my jetlagged fog,…

Went to Raleigh today to see Rembrandt in America. Some very fine paintings to admire.

Crazy times

It has been so long since I posted on my own blog that I  just felt compelled to put down a placeholder. The lure of travel still beckons: Bangkok, back to India, Malaysia, Vietnam, and so many other places I…

You’re crazy not to make this!

Found via Splendid Table, a recipe from a Park Slope, Brooklyn, restauranteur! Delicious.   Zucchini and Corn with Cream Reprinted with permission from Truly Mexican by Roberto Santibañez with JJ Goode and Shelley Wiseman (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2011).…