Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Plaid Tidings to You
Yes, it's over a month away, but still not too early to add the Scottish Festival to your calendar. From February 18 to 20, wooly goodness, from tartans to sheepherding, will be on view at the Queen Mary. There'll be bagpipes and Highland dancing and traditional food and (ahem) drink as well as competions and kid-friendly activities.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Books, Glorious Books
Here's a random sampling from the LA Times recommended lists
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
The Tree by John Fowles
Five Skies by Ron Carlson
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Los Angeles: Portrait of a City
Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
Broken by Karin Fossum
Emily Dickinson's house m-plus-e.com
My Hollywood by Mona Simpson
Take One Candle Light a Room by Susan Straight
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
The Tree by John Fowles
Five Skies by Ron Carlson
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Los Angeles: Portrait of a City
Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
Broken by Karin Fossum
Emily Dickinson's house m-plus-e.com
My Hollywood by Mona Simpson
Take One Candle Light a Room by Susan Straight
New year, less pounds
Yes, the year must be changing because I have this irresistable urge to shed some pounds. So what am I going to do about it?
Serve dinner on salad plates, and serve dishes with a teaspoon; Use tall thin glasses; store snacks in individual serving pouches; serve from the stove instead of from platters on the table
Examine my eating habits: overeating at mealtime; binging at parties; stuffing things down in the car or at my desk; indulging at restaurants; snacking without thinking
Choose three things to change: give up potato chips, throw away half French fries, only eating dessert if I buy it separately
Include a fruit and vegetable with dinner and lunch
Don't eat white foods at dinner.
Fill half your plate with salad or veggies.
Have a sweet or salty afternoon snack only if you first eat a piece of fresh fruit
Drink one glass of water before every meal or snack
Order only two items other than the entree at restaurants
Never eat in front of the TV
Eat a piece of fruit on the way to work every day
Save desserts for weekends
Freeze half of what you make, and serve the other half
mindlesseating.org
Serve dinner on salad plates, and serve dishes with a teaspoon; Use tall thin glasses; store snacks in individual serving pouches; serve from the stove instead of from platters on the table
Examine my eating habits: overeating at mealtime; binging at parties; stuffing things down in the car or at my desk; indulging at restaurants; snacking without thinking
Choose three things to change: give up potato chips, throw away half French fries, only eating dessert if I buy it separately
Include a fruit and vegetable with dinner and lunch
Don't eat white foods at dinner.
Fill half your plate with salad or veggies.
Have a sweet or salty afternoon snack only if you first eat a piece of fresh fruit
Drink one glass of water before every meal or snack
Order only two items other than the entree at restaurants
Never eat in front of the TV
Eat a piece of fruit on the way to work every day
Save desserts for weekends
Freeze half of what you make, and serve the other half
mindlesseating.org
Scrimping and Saving
Here's some advice from Sunset on trimming the waste from your lifestyle.
Get rid of junk mail: dmachoice.org; catalogchoice.org; for first class mail marked address return reguested, you can write "refuse" on the envelope. You can track the sender dwon via phone or email and thell them to take you off their list.
Websites: besimpler.com; zerowastehome.blogspot.com
Shop twice a year (April and October) at a thrift store to replace items that are discarded.
Wardrobe: 6 pairs of shoes, 7 tops, 7 pants, 2 skirts
Buy in bulk and bring your own jars, fabric bags, and canvas totes; even cheese and meat go in jars
Freeze bread
Clean up with microfiber cloths instead of paper towels
Get rid of junk mail: dmachoice.org; catalogchoice.org; for first class mail marked address return reguested, you can write "refuse" on the envelope. You can track the sender dwon via phone or email and thell them to take you off their list.
Websites: besimpler.com; zerowastehome.blogspot.com
Shop twice a year (April and October) at a thrift store to replace items that are discarded.
Wardrobe: 6 pairs of shoes, 7 tops, 7 pants, 2 skirts
Buy in bulk and bring your own jars, fabric bags, and canvas totes; even cheese and meat go in jars
Freeze bread
Clean up with microfiber cloths instead of paper towels
Step it up Los Angeles
Looking for guides to all the stairways of the city? Dan Koeppel leads a Big Parade up and down 101 of them in May.
Public Stairs lists stairways all around the world.
Check out these books: Public Stairways of Los Angeles by Bob Inman and Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles by Charles Fleming
Public Stairs lists stairways all around the world.
Check out these books: Public Stairways of Los Angeles by Bob Inman and Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles by Charles Fleming
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