September 2009
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Steps For Pets
This past Sunday I was part of an event that was a dream come true for me — because there were dogs everywhere!
The sound of two men squealing
I’m perched at my desk perusing my electronic calendar. A quick look at the last week of the month leaves me feeling like I’m sitting pretty for the second half of 2009:
Chicago – 24-hour whirlwind trip for a cocktail party and lavish networking dinner? Check.
Hilton Head – 3 days at the posh historic beach-side hotel [...]
Where’s the Boeuf?
Did everyone who saw the movie “Julie and Julia” leave the theater and head right to the book store?
I’m guessing the overwhelming majority did, because, for the first time ever, Julia Child’s classic cookbook masterpiece, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, is number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. It was originally published [...]
And Her Hair is Always Poofy
My wallowing reminded me of the pithy entries of one of my favorite authors, The Glamorous Miss Jen Lancaster. Jen recently wrote about the reader wrath she received when the rest of what I’m sure is her 24-hour-a-day whirlwind adventure in literary glamour filled with quick calls from agents, corporate PR hangers-on, and Hollywood producers pulled her away from her blog.
Headrest
Nomar was barely six weeks old when my friend, Dee, found him in an unoccupied barn with his two puppies sisters…in January…during the coldest temperatures I can remember.