REBLOG:8 Tongue-in-Cheek Tips for Scoring Good Reviews via @KassandraLamb #TuesdayBookBlog
I’m so excited! Not only did Kass Lamb and her colleagues at Misterio Press invite me over today to talk …
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REBLOG:Meet Barb Taub ~ former castle dweller! via @patricia_sands
If I ever grow up, I want to be Patricia Sands. She’s been everywhere, she’s elegant and sophisticated, and she writes …
Her fiction = my truth? Claire Fullerton’s #romantic DANCING TO AN IRISH REEL
[Happy St. Pats! I’m celebrating with a repost of Claire Fullerton’s guest blog. Dancing to an Irish Reel might not …
RIP my old friend…or not.
This week I mourned the loss of my closest confidant. We’ve been together for over six years. When the Hub was …
If it’s January, I must owe you an apology…
One of the things that amazes me about writing a weekly column is how easy it is to offend large segments of the population.
#dejavu2015: Tap-Dancing on a Wire
Before cashing in all my karma vouchers to reach this enlightened plane of existence where I’m a writer and all my days are Saturdays, I headed up human resources for a series of technology companies. (Translation: I fired people.)
Scientific research, mojitos, movies, love tests, scones, and, um… mojitos
A Saturday night devoted to Science. Fellow American expat Ellen Hawley just published a thoughtful, well-documented, and scientific post here …
You won’t believe what I never even noticed…
I’m from Seattle. Where coffee is a sacrament.
Not the way I planned it. Best holiday ever?
One of the things that we had to learn when we moved to the UK was the British-Wave. Americans know the proper way to drive is to get there ahead of everyone else at all costs. If you let them cut in front of you, they will own your manhood and, probably, your car and wife as well. So you expect Americans driving in the UK to not only back-the-f-up when facing another driver, but actually smile and wave? That’s like expecting the Queen to put on a bikini and serve ice-cream to paparazzi. It’s both physically possible and virtually inconceivable.
Do It Yourself: Paris lunch from market to table
“Meet at Metro Maubert-Mutualité, in front of Café le Métro” the message said. My market cooking class was gathering at …
Barb Taub 