The Sweet Life in Paris
Sometime in the early 2000s, American pastry chef, and writer, David Lebovitz, decided to leave his life in San Francisco behind, to …
Category Archives: Society
A Brief Wondrous Tale by Junot Diaz
Are you: Into anything fantasy and sci-fi? Into comic books / graphic novels? Interested in pseudo-historical conspiracy theories and rumors? …
2666
It’s hard to get excited over an 800+ page book like 2666, yet here I am, giddy as a schoolgirl …
The Interpretation of Murder
On August 29, 1909, Dr. Sigmund Freud and his colleagues, aboard the George Washington lands in New York… Later, on …
2 Weeks ’til Paris…
Exactly two weeks to go before I fly off to Paris and I’m a bit stressed out with preparations, not …
The Psychopath Test: A Story of Madness
I’ve been a Jon Ronson fan ever since I read his first book Them: Adventures with Extremists, where he interviews …
Weekend Getaway: Macau
Just returned from an interesting short trip to Macau, one of the Special Administrative Regions of China. It’s unique mix of Chinese …
Lost in Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any girl obsessed with Pride and Prejudice is equally obsessed with Mr. Darcy …
May the Fourth be with You!
Happy Star Wars Day to everybody whose calendars are still on May 4. Unfortunately, I missed it yesterday, as it’s …
Holy Week Hassles
I must be crazy trying to make Easter holiday reservations this late in the day. I know it’s futile, and …
