Tuesday, August 31, 2010

At the Cabin...


We're back from our trip to the High Sierra. It was, well, bliss. I'm wading through a mountain of laundry. Will be back to regular blogging here later this week (I'm not sure, is anyone still out there reading this? I hope so!).

xo
Tina

PS: The photo -- taken by the lovely Emma -- is of a young buck who wandered through our camp almost daily...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Is Emma Watson the new Jean Seberg?


Harry Potter star Emma Watson (right photo) debuted her "pixie cut" last week, leaving her fans spellbound and Internet style pundits a little, well, breathless. Maybe it's because her new haircut makes her look so much like 1960s Breathless star Jean Seberg? (Left photo). What do you think?

PS: Sorry my posting has been so spotty. Our French foreign exchange student, Emma, is visiting from Paris this month and we've been running around LA like mad tourists. Next week we're headed to the lake house in the High Sierras!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Introducing...The Big Lebowski

...Or Dude for short...
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Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions! I suspect Winston Churchill would have been flattered to know that his name is so cat worthy. But I couldn't resist the Big Lebowski. It's perfect!!

Have a wonderful weekend!! I'm busy working on my new blog template...hope to launch next week!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Penguin Classics (Red) Editions

So, here's my latest obsession: UK Penguin's (Red) Editions....
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I love the text snippets on the covers. It makes the classics seem so current and, well, sexy.

You can see the entire set on the UK Penguin website.

It's for a good cause: a portion of the money raised from the sale of the books goes to help fight AIDS in Africa.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Electronic Books or Hardcovers?

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Amazon.com officials announced this week that the company now sells more e-books in its online marketplace than hardcovers.

So I wanted to ask....


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Help Name This Cat...


Hello Everyone,
I would like for you to meet the newest member of our family....
A very large, sweet cat...
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He was abandoned by his owner about six months ago and left to wander the streets. When my daughter and I saw him on Friday, he wasn't looking so good. We put him in the car and took him straight to the vet, who fixed him up and then sent him home with us. We're very happy to have him, but we're having trouble deciding on a name!

Any suggestions?
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He's the longest cat I've ever seen -- nearly three feet long. At the moment, he's really skinny, but he could top 18 pounds once he's been properly stuffed with Fancy Feast. One of my friends suggested that he might be a Maine Coon -- the most gigantic breed of house cat ever.

I don't even want to tell you how many animals we now have living in our flat for fear our landlady might be reading this blog. But we have a few -- and all of them are black. (Weird how it always turns out that way for me.)

This big lug of a cat with white paws was known around the neighborhood as "Shoes," although Shoes doesn't seem grand enough. Maybe Brando? Joe Kennedy? The Big Boss? (Imagine the jokes at the vet's office..."The Big Boss needs his rabies shot..." etc...)

So...any ideas!?

Thank you!