February 25, 2017 at 7:25 pm (destinations, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: New York, photography, postaday, postaweek, Saturdays, United Kingdom, websites, Wordpress
Some things just work together: babies and stripes; roadtrips and loud music; beaches and beer. — Ben Huberman, The Daily Post
Here are some good matches from others around WordPress:
Check them out!
Self is gonna be posting from her next trip (United Kingdom) very, very soon!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 19, 2017 at 3:57 am (Books, Recommended)
Tags: history, reading lists, Saturdays
This book is about The Battle of Quebec, an epic battle which ended French rule in Canada. The two commanding generals, named in the title, were killed.
Self had never heard of historian Francis Parkman until a few months ago, when an article in the New York Review of Books made passing reference to him.
On p. 54, the French governor of territory disputed by the English sends a message to Queen Alequippa of the Iroquois, who is rumored to hold British sympathies:
- They (the British) hide from you their plans, which are to settle here and drive you away, if I let them. As a good father who tenderly loves his children, and though far away from them bears them always in his heart, I must warn you of the danger that threatens you. The English intend to rob you of their country; and that they may succeed, they begin by corrupting your minds. As they mean to seize the Ohio, which belongs to me, I send to warn them to retire.
Love the way the “belongs to me” is uttered almost casually. About territory. Which belonged first of all to the native Americans.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 11, 2017 at 8:08 pm (Movies)
Tags: action movies, blockbusters, Dakota Johnson, indecision, indulgences, London, memories, Saturdays
Fifty Shades Darker or John Wick 2?
Self is a big fan of Dakota Johnson.
Yup, that’s right. DAKOTA JOHNSON.
Plus, the Jamie. Come on. Ever seen this guy’s back blown up on the side of a building?
Well, self has. London, 2015. Somewhere in the South Bank. That back was pretty fine.
She is also a big fan of Keanu Reeves. Yesterday, an NPR reviewer called John Wick 2 the apogee of something: “designer violence” or “designer mayhem” or, anyway, something designer. Niiice!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 11, 2017 at 7:27 pm (Artists and Writers, Links, Lists, Movies, Surprises, Women Writers)
Tags: adaptations, Events, Jane Austen, lists, museums, Saturdays
- It is the Year of the Rooster. Kung Hei Fat Choy!
- There will be a Trainspotting 2! Also a Baywatch movie! Also a Barbie movie! Also another Star Wars movie!
- EU will abolish roaming charges for cell phones!
- The world will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, today’s most bestselling author!
- Museum of the Bible becomes DC’s newest museum!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 11, 2017 at 5:50 pm (Books, Conversations, Recommended)
Tags: fantasy, Neil Gaiman, novel, reading lists, Saturdays, supernatural
p. 117:
Shadow opened his eyes.
“Where did all the blood come from?” he asked.
“Other people,” she said. “It’s not mine. I’m filled with formaldehyde, mixed with glycerin and lanolin.”
“It’s easier to kill people, when you’re dead yourself,” she told him.
“It’s still a big deal,” said Shadow.
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February 4, 2017 at 11:44 pm (Books, Conversations, Recommended, television, Women Writers)
Tags: novel, reading lists, satire, Saturdays
NEEDLESS TO SAY, SPOILERS
p. 184:
- “How about,” he said again, slower this time, spreading his hands in an expansive gesture: “Ape House Prime Time.” He gave them all a moment to let their imaginations take flight. “The apes are in charge, twenty-three hours a day. Then, once a day, we do something to affect their environment. Something,” he said, sitting forward, “voted on by the audience. The paying audience. People who have bought the monthly package. Twenty-three hours of doing whatever they want, and then one hour a day of doing something chosen by monthly subscribers.”
This satire of ambitious people (Americans, lol) in a television-driven culture is very sharp.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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November 27, 2016 at 4:04 am (Holidays, Places, postaday)
Tags: happiness, indulgence, postaday, postaweek, Saturdays, shopping, Thanksgiving, Wordpress
Dropping by a mall: Sorry, self is shallow.
T-Shirt Resolution: H & M, Black Friday
Dropping by a beach:
Capitola, CA
Walking around the house in the snuggly-est slippers one can find:
Self found these in Chinatown.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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September 24, 2016 at 2:52 pm (destinations, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: art, discoveries, museums, Paris, postaday, postaweek, praise, Saturdays, travel, websites, Wordpress
Liking these WordPress bloggers’ takes on this week’s Photo Challenge: QUEST
Check them out!
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September 24, 2016 at 1:45 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Filipino Writers, Food and Drink, Links, Personal Bookshelf, Philippine History, Recommended, Women Writers)
Tags: Doreen Fernandez, Filipino food, San Francisco, Saturdays
Does our taste for asim come from our sour green landscape? From the proliferation of sour-towards-sweet tastes in our fruits and vegetables? Certainly we Filipinos have a tongue, a taste, a temper for sour notes, which is one of our chief flavor principles. We not only sour our soups (sinigang) and cook sundry dishes in vinegar (paksiw, adobo); we also use vinegars (nipa, coconut) and citrus (calamansi, dayap) as dips and marinades.
— Palayok: Philippine Food Through Time, On Site, In the Pot, by Doreen Fernandez
P.S. Señor Sigig, a Filipino food truck, was just featured on Bay Area food program Check, Please! Owner says everything is marinated for at least 48 hours. But the lines!
It’s Filipino/Mexican — there are burritos and nachos. Open every day for lunch and dinner. Average price of a meal: $12.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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September 17, 2016 at 6:32 pm (Family, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: Bacolod, England, memories, postaday, postaweek, Saturdays, The Philippines, websites, Wordpress
Edge of Family’s Fields: Negros Occidental, the Philippines
Path cleared for a tractor.
And one more:
Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental
Check out a few more WordPress bloggers who posted on EDGE:
- Yamanashi Kei’s blog, for the picture of Oklahoma City skyscrapers and foliage
- ilargia64, for the pictures of Antelope Canyon in Monument Valley, Arizona
- Chris Brebart’s What’s (In) the Picture?, for the shot of the Norfolk dunes
- NIVS24, for her shot of a beach in Virginia
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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