Great Movie Theme Songs

Chicks Dig It

I saw the cutest idea for Easter chicks deviled eggs, but as I wasn't cooking an Easter meal this year (as we traveled and ate with frie...

lucky fabb west coast

 Blazer: Zara; Tank: Urban Outfitters; Jeans: c/o Hudson ; Shoes: Zara; Bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim ; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Jewelry: Michael K...

New Books in the House

We hit a used book sale at a mall in Michigan with 10,000 books for sale. I would have bought more if I hadn't set a limit. Although no...

Sunday Night Poetry

Coming soon!

Impromptu shot taken by Darren, post-breakfast at South Melbourne Market. I've been wearing my berry silk crepe scarf the entire weekend...

Saturday Night Music: Skeeter Davis

Stories about a Journey

Or a road trip. Reading the excellent THE EDGE OF DARK WATER (Lansdale) right now and a few months back, I read Bonnie Jo Campbell's equ...

National Poetry Month: Dylan Thomas

The Summing Up, Friday April 27, 2012

My review of the excellent Monsieur Lazhar can be found at Crimespree Cinema. Patti Abbott, Ball Four, Jim Bouton Sergio Angelini, The Tiger...

style challenge: spotted!

Top: H&M (love this peplum top here ); Pants: Zara; Shoes: Zara; Bag: Vintage; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Jewelry: H&M necklace, Mic...

A Pinstrosity Pinstrosity

Many blog and website owners love Pinterest for all the traffic it brings, but there's always the frustration when you see some of your ...

Friday Forgotten Books, April 27, 2012

Friday's Forgotten Books is four years old this week!!! Thanks to all the people who have made it possible. I especially want to thank B...

Succulents

I've been painting a tiny bit these days. I'm planning a new series of planty paintings come July/August. Imagine succulents, native...

My Life at the Theater: THE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN

This was one of Arthur Miller's last plays and we saw it in Ann Arbor at the Performance Network in 2000. It concerned a bigamist, whose...

Film Noir for sale from Warner Archives

Hat tip to my friend Anthony Ambrogio who loves film noir as much as we do. The Warner Archive features "made-to-order" DVDs -- n...

seeing spots

Blazer: Zara (similar style here ); Dress: Unknown brand (love this polka dot and stripe combo dress ); Bag: Zara; Shoes: Christian Loubouti...

Phil's April Garden

PRIME SUSPECT

Nigel Bird talks about my poem Articulating Space for the 5-2 poetry tour. He is too kind as always. We just watched again the first series ...

Jack Johnson on a Wednesday

currently craving: distressed jeans

Moto Bleached jeans from Topshop, $70 I think with a few more rips and tears, this already broken in pair of jeans from Topshop will be a ni...

Useless Ice

Scrolling through people's boards to find pins to test for when we are out of submissions (nudge nudge...we could use some Pinstrosity s...