Interesting read (about reads)
Via Mama, actually, a thoughtful piece from the New York Times.
links for 2010-04-08
Spring Can only mean one thing: let the egg-salad wars begin! (tags: recipes food eggs)
Timely reminder
“A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.” —Billy Graham
For my next house, or this one, or the one of my dreams
Check out these photos (thanks, Loretta!). Jason & John’s Hyper Saturated Home, Part 2 House Tour | Apartment Therapy New York.
Now let us praise Dickens and Dostoyevsky and oh, so many others
This wonderful essay from tomorrow’s NY Times. I am posting the whole text so I can keep rereading it myself. February 28, 2010 Essay I Was a Teenage Illiterate By CATHLEEN SCHINE At the age of 26, when I returned…
RIP, EBO man
Easy-Bake Oven Inventor Ronald Howes Dies at 83 | Serious Eats. The original was the ONLY one to have. I can still taste those very peculiar light-bulb-baked cakes. It was fabulous. Thanks, Mom and Dad! and Mr. EBO, of course,…
Another reason to miss Brooklyn: Tanoreen
I see that Tanoreen has come up in the world. It used to be a tiny, tiny place. Now–marbled?! But of course the food was always the thing. Restaurant Review – Tanoreen Restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn – NYTimes.com.
Fabulous photos
These amazing photos of Hawaii courtesy of Daily Kos: State of the Nation. Amazing sights!
In local medical news . . .
A story you may not see elsewhere.
Remembering Lucille Clifton
I loved Lucille Clifton’s work. Some marvelous things in this piece. Remembering Lucille Clifton.