The Bad Girls (and Boys) Book Club got off to a good start this 2010 with a Feb. 10th meeting at Sara’s house to discuss the inspiring fable The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. The ambitious club has decided to speed reading up a little and is scheduling their next meeting for March which considering they [...] Read More

It was a blustery Autumn night (even for Southern California!) when the book club met to discuss their latest novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows. We were thrilled to be welcoming new member Craig and commiserating that Brandy was out of town and Miriam was stuck [...] Read More

Snuck off yesterday and treated myself to an afternoon showing of The September Issue, the documentary by R.J. Cutler about putting out Vogue’s largest issue to date back in September 2007. This is a real insider movie and I think if you don’t know who these people are you are not going to enjoy the [...] Read More

If you’re not a member of our bookclub you are probably asking yourself what does Michael Cera have to do with anything? I keep asking myself the same question, but anyhow here goes the tale of last night’s fabulous book club meeting! Hostess Miriam somehow managed to work the entire day but still laid out [...] Read More

Ok girls, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long long time. And alcohol only had a little, ok, a bit to do with it! After submitting suggestions and picking from a hat, Miriam’s book choice (see below) came up first and a lively discussion ensued. An even livelier discussion ensued when we came to [...] Read More

Our book club finally met this past Thursday evening at Elizabeth’s house. The book, Mademoiselle Benoir: A Novel by Christine Conrad was a sweet, enjoyable and interesting book – a somewhat easier read than what we’d been previously reading. Younger man leaves big city live, buys farmhouse in South of France, becomes a painter and [...] Read More

Black and White Ball Ok, I’m finally over thinking about the inauguration and realize I MUST MOVE ON!!!! So my seguay is another type of ball and a recipe served there. The famous Black and White ball held in 1966 by Truman Capote. And funny enough, I learned all about this ball and this Quirky [...] Read More