Posted on May 7, 2013 in Books
Usually, I read this the year they are published, but I had a busy 2008 and must have missed it then. I usually wouldn’t go back so many years, but Anthony Bourdain edited this edition. Bourdain is one of my favourite travel writers so I was interested to see what articles he had selected.
Since this being Bourdain, I was hoping for a food bent, and there were indeed a couple of food targeted articles, but less than you would expect from the former chef. There was a theme in the articles and the Middle East and Central Asia were prominent. I think this was partly because of the time too, but these are locations that Bourdain has not explored a lot on his shows that much.
In any case, I love this series as it always has some illuminating and interesting articles. I found the last article about Easter Island and travel really evocative and poignant too. One of the better selected edited books from this series.
Read May 4-5th 2013.
Posted on May 5, 2013 in Books, Fitness
Hello, everyone! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last Sunday Salon and I’ve read a number of books including: The Brief Encounter screenplay, If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino, Where’d you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, and The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde. I’ve posted some more knitting posts as well.
Today, I’m reading The Best America Travel Writing 2008. After this, I have a few other library books, but I would really like to catch up to the Game of Thrones series.
In other news, I am still keeping busy with work and fitness. Last Saturday, I ran 7km and achieved a personal best in my 5km. I also started Muay Thai or Thai Kickboxing this week, and it really whooped my butt. I am definitely going to do it again. I even bought a skipping rope today so I could practice it at home. I have not jumped rope in years, but I remember even liking it as a workout as a kid.
The weather has been really nice lately. As is usual, it seems to have skipped right into summer. I hope to take some tulip photos this week and add some new headers to this blog.
What are you doing this May?
Posted on May 2, 2013 in Books, Fitness, Knitting & Crafting
What’s your favorite hobby OTHER THAN reading? – BTT
Probably knitting, but I have a lot of other hobbies now that I’ve cut down on so I can balance them out. So the more “active” hobbies include reading; knitting; blogging/writing (which ties into the first two); TV & movies; working out which includes running, yoga and just after yesterday, muay thai; and photography. Even the last one I don’t do as much, but will hopefully do more of as the weather is getting better. Here are my more dormant hobbies: travel, spinning, fiddle, ukulele, cooking, canning, and baking.
Does socializing count? If so, that’s far up there too.
What do you like to do other than reading?