I'm winding up the A–Z bar list. I had brunch at Vee Vee the other day, and it was fantastic! I opted for a grapefruit mimosa instead of a beer at 11:00 am. The veggie frittata and homemade biscuit were scrumptious. ... Continue Reading →
Ayer Mansion and Gallery 360
Phew! I just hopped off the hamster wheel that is my life to do a quick check-in. Last weekend, I visited the Ayer Mansion. Its claim to fame is that it's the sole surviving residence that was originally designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yes, famed stained glass... Continue Reading →
Money Can’t Buy Happiness
That's my takeaway from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night (#28 on Modern Library's Top 100 Novels List) and Wuthering Heights (#73 on AFI's Top 100 Movies List). Tender Is the Night focuses on a husband and wife who seems like a dazzling duo at the outset. They're wealthy, flit between European countries, and... Continue Reading →
Finding a Long-Lost Relative* by Way of a Hamster
Backstory I worked in a Wegmans bakery department throughout high school and college. One day, a coworker proclaimed that I laughed like a hamster. And a nickname was born. I don't remember the details, but my coworkers gifted me with an actual hamster after I had given notice. I couldn't care for the hamster for... Continue Reading →
T – 58 Days
I'm closing the book on another decade in fewer than two months!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! I'm taking solace in my new Peeps socks. I have 20 things left to do on my list and am trying to talk myself into staying calm. I'm planning to finish Tender Is the Night... Continue Reading →
