As crazy as I am about books, I can usually put them down when it’s time to dive into a meal or hit the hay. But this one I literally could not stop reading. Elizabeth Gilbert is a talented writer (she also wrote Eat Pray Love), and her subject – Eustace Conway – is one [...]
A friend’s wedding this week has lured me to Paris, France, the City of Light. Also the city of pastry, wine, espresso, chocolate, foie gras, rich sauces, and a bunch of other stuff that will kill you in America but is somehow magically good for you in France. I find myself consuming it in quantities [...]
The following words are a tiny sample of over 2,035 (!) that were introduced (invented, coined) by one person. Do you know, or can you guess who made ‘em up? (Answer below…) cranny forefathers aggragate (verb) beautified abstemious antipathy critical dwindle extract horrid vast excellent eventful barefaced assassination lonely leapfrog indistinguishable well-read zany and countless [...]
