Contagious: Why Things Catch On – book review
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not sure how useful this book was. There are many regurgitated facts in this book […]
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Outdoor spaces at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Our garden needs help. We have a plan from a landscape architect but she went on sick leave and didn’t leave us with much of an action plan. The rough […]
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – book review
“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they’re good talkers, but they don’t have good ideas. It’s so easy to confuse schmoozing ability […]
The Mediterranean Diet Myth
Much has been written about The Mediterranean Diet and usually the focus is on how much red wine you can drink without feeling ashamed. Occasionally, they mention increasing your consumption of eggplant […]
Quick and easy: Cheesy Dinkel
Quick and easy dinner much inspired by our last trip to Italy and the contents of my pantry. We had leftover chicken breasts and the rest of the ingredients were loitering in […]
The Feminine Mystique – book review
“…women who ‘adjust’ as housewives, who grow up wanting to be ‘just a housewife,’ are in as much danger as the millions who walked to their own death in the […]
The Sun Also Rises – Book Review
“The bulls are my best friends.” I translated to Brett. “You kill your friends?” she asked. “Always,” he said in English, and laughed. “So they don’t kill me.” The Sun […]
Manarola – another pearl on the Ligurian coast
We stayed in Manarola this year and it was so wonderful to see the city different times of the day. It was rainy during our stay but that didn’t dampen […]
Staying in Manarola – La Torretta
If you want to feel like a princess make sure you stay at La Torretta on your next visit to Manarola. Well, first of make sure that Manarola, part of […]
Orange soup
We are having a slow going spring here in Emden and soup still sounds good. They are predicting warm weather for the weekend and I spotted southern German white asparagus […]
Tuscany
Beautiful Ruins – book review
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn’t familiar with Jess Walter but the recommendation from NY Times bestseller list enticed me but it was […]
