Thursday night I celebrated the end of my MSN contract at Chapel with 18 great friends and co-workers. I drank several ginger cosmopolitans, a cucumber lemonade, a Rob Roy (thanks to the mysterious Zach), and a Bailey’s Irish Cream. Yum! Jason and Shannon presented me with a personalized version of the MSN home page. My [...]

Flightplan: Wait for the DVD. The plot was thin, but Jodie Foster was great (as usual). Crash (2005): This is a dark film. Highly recommended; deals with prejudice in a fresh, creative way. Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Good for a laugh, though it wasn’t meant to be a comedy. Johnny Depp has a [...]

Since I am a Friend of the Seattle Public Library, I was able to attend the book sale a day earlier than the rest of the public. This was my first “Members’ Preview” experience of this event (survival guide will be posted later this week). Here’s what I picked up: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by [...]

2045 Seattle is in the news once again. The Seattle Times ran an article today about the mayor’s anti-monorail stance. Here’s the 2045 Seattle paragraph: A pro-monorail base persists, including a new group of young adults called 2045 Seattle. A Seattle Times poll in July found 45 percent of frequent voters hoping some way could [...]

Yes, I am a Nancy Pearl groupie. As such, my first official post on Restless Reader should be about that librarian turned action figure turned “rock star”. Nancy Pearl’s personal website, where the motto is “Live a little. Lust a lot.” Archie McPhee’s librarian action figure…and now the deluxe action figure! “All Booked Up”: latest [...]

Welcome to my new blog, Restless Reader. Although the site is still being tweaked, I wanted to share it with you now. The posts you see below are from some of my old journals: Nothing So Serious (LiveJournal) and Biblioholic (MSN Spaces). I’ll use this WordPress blog to discuss books, movies, chai, music, restaurants, and [...]

This was my list of “interests” from Nothing So Serious (LiveJournal). I should go through and redo this list for Restless Reader when I have time: 84 charing cross road, adrienne rich, al franken, amy sedaris, authors, bailey’s irish cream, beck, book discussion, book lists, book recommendations, bookmarks, books, books about books, bookstores, cafes, chai, [...]