books
link loveAddie ManisCall Your Girlfriend, blood drive, blood donation, Bleed for Amina, books, feminism, A Wrinkle in Time, Sisters in the Storm, Jessica Valenti, Eater, Cecile Richards, food, politics, culture, Parkland, teenagers, BuzzFeed, organizing, flatulence, Sophie B. Hawkins, travel, luggage, Oscars, Get Out, Dunkirk, Marc Maron, WTFComment

Somethings & Nothings: March 4, 2018

a national #Bleed4Amina CYG blood drive, a Marc Maron WTF garage tour, flight-landing flatulence, a ode to "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover," and more

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Somethings & Nothings: March 4, 2018
books, recommendationsAddie Manisbooks, reading, recommendations, The Answers, Catherine Lacey, Bitch Doctrine, Laurie Penny, Bonfire, Krysten Ritter, perfume, senses, Grace Bonney, Design Sponge, makers, inspiration, In the Company of Women, M. F. K. Fisher, Love in a Dish, How to Cook a Wolf, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, trilogy, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, Samantha Irby, Meaty, Bitches Gotta Eat, The Mother of All Questions, Hope in the Dark, Rebecca, Solnit, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words, essays, briefs, decisions, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, The Reporter's Kitchen, Jane Kramer, Eve Babitz, Sex and Rage, Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Tender, Nigel Slater, Marissa A. Ross, Wube, Wine. All the Time., 2017Comment

The Best Books I Read in 2017

food memoirs and dystopias and feminist essays, oh my

books, recommendationsAddie Manisbooks, reading, recommendations, The Answers, Catherine Lacey, Bitch Doctrine, Laurie Penny, Bonfire, Krysten Ritter, perfume, senses, Grace Bonney, Design Sponge, makers, inspiration, In the Company of Women, M. F. K. Fisher, Love in a Dish, How to Cook a Wolf, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, trilogy, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, Samantha Irby, Meaty, Bitches Gotta Eat, The Mother of All Questions, Hope in the Dark, Rebecca, Solnit, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words, essays, briefs, decisions, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, The Reporter's Kitchen, Jane Kramer, Eve Babitz, Sex and Rage, Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Tender, Nigel Slater, Marissa A. Ross, Wube, Wine. All the Time., 2017Comment
The Best Books I Read in 2017
link loveAddie ManisHoly Supper, haluski, kolache, pierogies, Ann Patchett, financial diet, Borough Market, London, poké, Mark Bittman, gift cards, gifts, Christmas, holidays, bookstores, books, anxiety, parenting, horses, diet, culture, horsemeat, Highland Park, Cafe Birdie, brunchComment

Somethings + Nothings: December 22, 2017

a video tour of London's Borough Market (aka my favorite place on Earth), the backstory on those Harry & David pears, the abandoned theater problem in Newark, NJ, and more!

link loveAddie ManisHoly Supper, haluski, kolache, pierogies, Ann Patchett, financial diet, Borough Market, London, poké, Mark Bittman, gift cards, gifts, Christmas, holidays, bookstores, books, anxiety, parenting, horses, diet, culture, horsemeat, Highland Park, Cafe Birdie, brunchComment
Somethings + Nothings: December 22, 2017
link loveAddie Manistravel, summer, happiness, Erin Boyle, Paris, pastries, gardening, figs, libraries, books, Los Angeles, cycling, food, work, economy, business, minimalism, ostentation, vinegar, ItalyComment

Something + Nothings: July 27, 2017

afternoon links for summer travelers and readers

link loveAddie Manistravel, summer, happiness, Erin Boyle, Paris, pastries, gardening, figs, libraries, books, Los Angeles, cycling, food, work, economy, business, minimalism, ostentation, vinegar, ItalyComment
Something + Nothings: July 27, 2017
link loveAddie ManisGood Friday, Pesach, cottage cheese, Hillary Kerr, books, reading, Great Barrier Reef, global warming, senses, cooking, baking, food writing, culture, cuisine, cultural appropriation, work, self-care, wellness, Adam Schiff, Congress, health, steps, rabbits, farming, travel, Mexico City, doughnuts, donuts, fried chicken, Astro Doughnuts & Fried ChickenComment

somethings + nothings: april 14th, 2017

good friday reads

link loveAddie ManisGood Friday, Pesach, cottage cheese, Hillary Kerr, books, reading, Great Barrier Reef, global warming, senses, cooking, baking, food writing, culture, cuisine, cultural appropriation, work, self-care, wellness, Adam Schiff, Congress, health, steps, rabbits, farming, travel, Mexico City, doughnuts, donuts, fried chicken, Astro Doughnuts & Fried ChickenComment
somethings + nothings: april 14th, 2017
link loveAddie Manissunshine, walking, exercise, health, mindfulness, podcasts, A Time and a Plate, food, food writing, Lindy West, books, Fix Feast Flair, Cardamom Buns, Spanish Chickpea Stew, Cabbage Potato Gratin, Ella and Louis, jazz, music, The New Darlings, Feminism, friendship, personality, science, risk assessment, Angels' Flight, Los Angeles, Death Valley, road trip, travel, Rebecca Traister, The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu, Porto's, Burbank1 Comment

somethings + nothings: March 8, 2017

wednesday distractions

link loveAddie Manissunshine, walking, exercise, health, mindfulness, podcasts, A Time and a Plate, food, food writing, Lindy West, books, Fix Feast Flair, Cardamom Buns, Spanish Chickpea Stew, Cabbage Potato Gratin, Ella and Louis, jazz, music, The New Darlings, Feminism, friendship, personality, science, risk assessment, Angels' Flight, Los Angeles, Death Valley, road trip, travel, Rebecca Traister, The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu, Porto's, Burbank1 Comment
somethings + nothings: March 8, 2017
link loveAddie Manisrainy season, Los Angeles, France, travel, Loire Valley, Tours, refugees, words, language, linguistics, social science, anthropology, boredom, creativity, books, reading, politics, activism, trains, myth, routines, work, productivity, coffeeComment

somethings + nothings: february 23, 2017

things to read while it rains

link loveAddie Manisrainy season, Los Angeles, France, travel, Loire Valley, Tours, refugees, words, language, linguistics, social science, anthropology, boredom, creativity, books, reading, politics, activism, trains, myth, routines, work, productivity, coffeeComment
somethings + nothings: february 23, 2017
books, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manisbooks, book, reading, 2016, recommendations, GoodReads, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, socialism, history, neuroscience, Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself, Appalachian Elegy, poetry, bell hooks, The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir, existentialism, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo, clutter, Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff, newlyweds, Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, America, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, creativity, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, dystopia, My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem, feminism, Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill, shortstories, Men Explain Things To Me, Rebecca Solnit, mansplaining, Revenge Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Paradise Now, Utopia, In A Dark, In A Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware, bestsellers, Remembrance of Things Paris, Gourmet Magazine, Blue Nights, Joan Didion, grief, sadness, Woman Code, Alisa Vitti, reproductive health, The Magician's Lie, Greer MacAllister, romance, First Bite, Bee Wilson, food, taste, parenting, parenthood, Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar, do-gooders, The Woman in Cabin 10, mysteries, Multiple Choice, Alejandro Zambra, experimentalism, Voyager, Russell Banks, photography, You'll Grow Out of It, Jessi Klein, comedy, Barbarian Days, William Finnegan, surfing, Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, philosophy, Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer, The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrara, The Fire This Time, Jesmyn Ward, racism, politics, Simple Matters, Erin Boyle, responsibility, home, Hagseed, Shakespeare, Hope in the Dark, The Nest, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, family, The Year of the Goat, Margaret Hathaway, The Existentialist Cafe, Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance, citizens, The Girls, Emma Cline, Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danier, How to Set A Fire and Why, Jesse Ball, In Praise of Slow, Carl Honore, burnout, On Writers and Writing, writing, In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri, language, The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister, The First Bad Man, Miranda July, Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhig, efficiency, One Perfect Day, weddings, Rebecca Mead, The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer, daughters, Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon, #girlboss, The Widow, Fiona Barton, unreliable narrator, The Tenth Muse, Judith Jones, gourmand, foodie, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli, science, physicsComment

Last Year in Books

Looking for a good book to read?  Look no further.

books, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manisbooks, book, reading, 2016, recommendations, GoodReads, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, socialism, history, neuroscience, Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself, Appalachian Elegy, poetry, bell hooks, The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir, existentialism, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo, clutter, Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff, newlyweds, Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, America, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, creativity, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, dystopia, My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem, feminism, Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill, shortstories, Men Explain Things To Me, Rebecca Solnit, mansplaining, Revenge Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Paradise Now, Utopia, In A Dark, In A Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware, bestsellers, Remembrance of Things Paris, Gourmet Magazine, Blue Nights, Joan Didion, grief, sadness, Woman Code, Alisa Vitti, reproductive health, The Magician's Lie, Greer MacAllister, romance, First Bite, Bee Wilson, food, taste, parenting, parenthood, Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar, do-gooders, The Woman in Cabin 10, mysteries, Multiple Choice, Alejandro Zambra, experimentalism, Voyager, Russell Banks, photography, You'll Grow Out of It, Jessi Klein, comedy, Barbarian Days, William Finnegan, surfing, Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, philosophy, Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer, The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrara, The Fire This Time, Jesmyn Ward, racism, politics, Simple Matters, Erin Boyle, responsibility, home, Hagseed, Shakespeare, Hope in the Dark, The Nest, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, family, The Year of the Goat, Margaret Hathaway, The Existentialist Cafe, Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance, citizens, The Girls, Emma Cline, Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danier, How to Set A Fire and Why, Jesse Ball, In Praise of Slow, Carl Honore, burnout, On Writers and Writing, writing, In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri, language, The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister, The First Bad Man, Miranda July, Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhig, efficiency, One Perfect Day, weddings, Rebecca Mead, The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer, daughters, Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon, #girlboss, The Widow, Fiona Barton, unreliable narrator, The Tenth Muse, Judith Jones, gourmand, foodie, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli, science, physicsComment
Last Year in Books
link loveAddie ManisAmy Schumer, introversion, introvert, London, Brexit, restaurants, theater, nausea, motion sickness, ice cream, Japan, college, education, career, jobs, work, meaning, purpose, age, ageism, experience, hiring, social media, teenagers, growing up, Smitten Kitchen, Deb Perelman, books, reading, recommendations, Boomerang, hack, productivity, GMail, Bob Ross, hair, NPRComment

somethings + nothings: September 5, 2016

Labor Day distractions.

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somethings + nothings: September 5, 2016
link loveAddie Manisjet lag, popsicle week, popsicles, frozen treats, #scrubday, parenting, 30s, single-tasking, coffee, farming, books, reading, justin cronin, city of mirrors, rebecca traister, all the single ladies, politicsComment

somethings + nothings: June 23, 2016

Jet lag distractions by way of popsicle week, clean coffee, exfoliation, and vampire novels.

link loveAddie Manisjet lag, popsicle week, popsicles, frozen treats, #scrubday, parenting, 30s, single-tasking, coffee, farming, books, reading, justin cronin, city of mirrors, rebecca traister, all the single ladies, politicsComment
somethings + nothings: June 23, 2016