14 Apr 2013
by wifemothereventplanner
in Brave New World
Tags: Art, Books, cooking, food, humor, people, Photography, Selby
I like pretty pictures.
If the pictures happen to be about food or home decor – all the better.
This past Christmas a new pal gave me a really great book called Edible Selby. Although I didn’t know it was great until now. I don’t deserve new friends. Don’t tell my old friends.
This past weekend I was reading the New York Times and found an article by the same author about a taco stand in California. This is why I love the Times. You may read it for the late breaking political and social news. I read it for its taco coverage.
Todd Selby is an artist, an author, a humorist and more. I have been reading his book all weekend.
It’s not a cookbook. It’s a book about cooks and cooking and food.
It’s full of fun and whimsy.
This is the page when I decided this book is for me.
How can you not love an instructional book that starts with…plant the cocoa trees and harvest the pods. Ha! Double ha!
I also love the completely honest disclosure in the end.
Tacos always lead to genius.
21 Mar 2013
by wifemothereventplanner
in Brave New World
Tags: Authors, Baby, Birth, Books, classic, English, humor, Literature, Photography, Reading
I went to go visit the cutest little baby on the Upper West Side of NYC. I would show you a picture but his parents are normal, private people that don’t need to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram every waking moment of their new baby’s life. Instead they are living in the moment and off the social grid. Freaks.
Look at these books I found for the babe. Forget “Goodnight Moon” – cool babies read these…
I went with the fish tale…
They also had Romeo and Juliet…but that’s just crazy.
10 Feb 2013
Last summer we spent a day at this lake, sitting, eating, playing all sorts of catch, reading gossip magazines, taking random photos, trying to guess what that building in the distance was, spraying on buckets of sunscreen and bug spray. It was 90 something degrees and humid. At one point my husband took the kids for a walk around the lake and I didn’t go. I kept our cooler company and stayed put. I remember thinking about nothing, staring at the clouds and zoning out. I’d like to zone out for a living. I could be the VP of zoning out. I could project manage the shit out of zoning out. Hi. I’m the head of the zoning out group. How can I do absolutely nothing for you? sigh.
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24 Jan 2013
by wifemothereventplanner
in Brave New World
Tags: animals, Blog, Books, Cats, comedy, Entertainment, humor, Life, Nature, Photography, Writing
I asked my boy last night what I should write about on my blog
since I’ve promised to not slack off so much.
He said,”you should always write about Lexi.”
Then he spent the next 10 minutes going through all her amazing qualities:
She’s beautiful. She’s clean. She’s purrrrry. She’s his. Blah Blah Blah.
I asked him to go take a picture of his perfect cat.
And he did. And the picture is perfect too.
Now I’m annoyed.
And jealous. I think/know/am sure that he may love her more than me.
Look at her smug face. She knows it too.
And she’s accomplished something I thought could never happen.
I’ve written a cat post.
Send help.
20 Nov 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in Cooking!
Tags: Books, Chef, food, gaming, hissy fit, New York City, New York Times, Restaurant, Restaurants, Reviews, tv, Writing
I say this in my house once or 12 times a week. You don’t like dinner? You’ll be fine. Lunch isn’t up your ally? No worries, stick around for a few hours and another meal will appear. Why? Because we live in the first world, because food is over abundant and available 24/7 to us, and mostly because we’re lucky as shit – if you don’t like your food, get over it.
This past week there was a lot of buzz around a New York Times food review that tore apart a TV Chef owned restaurant in NYC. The entire article was written in questions. At first, I loved the article. I laughed. I thought it was clever and sarcastic and biting. And then I reread it a few days ago because it’s been on my mind. I was wrong. I don’t like the article at all. I know it’s a review, I get that. And I’m all for honesty in journalism. But this wasn’t that. This was written by a man-boy who basically had a hissy fit because he didn’t like the food. He scorched the concept, the people, the food, the location – everything. It was an all out teenage tantrum wrapped in sardonic writing, and he seemed very happy with himself.
I’m not sure why this is bothering me and I’ve never been to the place that was reviewed. I believe it wasn’t/isn’t great. And I’m sure there were truths to what the writer said in the article. But please, calm down dude, it’s not your last meal.
Here’s the article I’m talking about.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/dining/reviews/restaurant-review-guys-american-kitchen-bar-in-times-square.html
13 Nov 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, Books, Car, community, Driving, English, humor, Literature, opinion, Photography, Writing
There are literally thousands of blogs out there. Maybe millions. Topics include politics, religion, love, family, you name it and there’s a blog about it.
Bloggers write for many different reasons. Some write to vent or complain. Others write to educate or entertain. Still others write as a form of connection to the world. When people ask me (all 5 of you) why I write, I never have a clean answer. I dunno. Maybe I feel the need to over communicate. Maybe I’m a frustrated English grad. Or maybe I just needed a hobby, and I’m certainly not jogging. Those same people then tell me how they could never write a blog, what would they write about? Why would anyone care? They probably won’t. But who cares!
Here’s why I blog.
This is what I saw when I stopped at a light yesterday. What do I do with this picture? I blog it.
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