Posted in Alice Waters, Dalia Sofer, Elizabeth Hand, Fave Food LA, Food, House of Meetings, Jamie Oliver, Mario Vargas Llosa, Martin Amis, Nancy Silverton, Nigel Slater, Psychology, Recipes, Russ Parsons, Septembers of Shiraz, Simon Hopkinson, The Bad Girl, books, reading on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I’ve put Scrabulous in its place, I can get to the posts I wanted to write at the end of last year.
My top reads of 2007:
The books that moved me the most this year are ones that took me to a contemporary place revealing a world previously unknown to me.
In Martin Amis’s House [...]
Posted in History of Love, House of Meetings, Martin Amis, Nicole Krauss, POST, books, reading on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In case you have the impression that I only watch episodic TV, herewith are my impressions of two books I’ve read recently. One is History of Love by Nicole Krauss (wife of post modern wunderkind Jonathan Safran Foer), which was much celebrated when it came out and which I recently read in paperback. [...]
Posted in Fourth of July, Life, Los Angeles, Martin Amis, POST, Paul Simon, Personal on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Fourth of July and anyone in Los Angeles heading to see fireworks had better already be there. I can hear the first crackles and pops from Universal Studio’s display, and if I try, I could maybe see some twinkling star fire above my neighbors’ tree tops. But I’m not of a mind to angle [...]
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