Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
This is a food memoirs by an Ethiopian born, Swedish adopted and now American chef. I had not heard about Samuelsson before this memoirs. I…
Sunday Salon: Cloud Atlas
Hello, everyone! This past week my review of Ex Libris was posted. I posted beauty reviews of my favourite hand creams and first impressions of…
First Impressions: Lioele Triple the Solution and Dollish Veil Vita BB creams
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="461"] On the left is the Triple the Solution sample beside the Dollish Veil Vita[/caption] I recently ordered some BB cream samples…
FO Fridays: Shedir
This is my second Shedir. My first Shedir was made over five years ago. I really liked this pattern the first time, and it is…
Booking Through Thursday – Soundtrack
Do you ever try to pair music with the book you’re reading? Play the movie soundtrack while reading the original book? Find mood music that…
Hand Creams
As I was perusing Sali Hughes's recent article about hand creams, I realized that I've used and experimented with a lot of hand cream over…
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
A book about books that I've wanted to read this for a number of years. Anne Fadiman wrote 18 essays over four years about reading…
Sunday Salon: Verboten
Hello, everyone! I read a book this week: Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman. The review will be up tomorrow or Tuesday. It feels like an…
Anime
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon is copyright Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation and others.[/caption] For the past month, I've been experiencing an anime…
Booking Through Thursday – Winter
It’s the depth of winter here where I live right now … what books do you like to read when it’s snowy and white? What…
Sunday Salon: Fanfiction
Hello, everyone! This week I was very unproductive and rather escapist. I read one a beauty book: The Beauty of Color by Iman. But really,…
The Beauty of Color by Iman
This is a book about makeup and beauty for women of colour. Even though I rarely wear makeup (more of a skincare person), I do…