The IFC Center offered a viewing of the out-of-print film My Dinner with Andre a few weeks ago and I couldn’t resist going. My friend Shannon is a huge fan of both the film and Andre Gregory, so I knew it was a must-see movie. The film is simply a conversation between two old friends [...]

There’s a great series of videos from notdavidlynch on YouTube called “David Lynch: Problem Solver”. My favorite so far is #2, which focuses on the curious woman at the airport from Fire Walk with Me.

From the Earth Hour 2008 Website: “Earth Hour will bring millions of people around the world and across the United States together on Saturday, March 29, 2008 to make a bold statement about climate change. Together they will turn out their lights for one hour—Earth Hour—from 8 to 9 p.m. local time.” The site also [...]

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I will be offline for a few days while Christian uses my computer. I’ll check email via my iPhone, but not as often as I do on my laptop. Then I have lots to chat about including books, the death of Arthur C. Clarke, and a few movies I’ve seen this past week. Enjoy, Restless [...]

Minnie Driver is pregnant!!! (thanks for sharing, Seno)

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris Date: Monday, April 14th @ 7:30 PM Location: Solas Bar

The New York Times has published an article in the business section entitled Book Lovers Ask, What’s Seattle’s Secret? Now, I’m not thrilled that the gist of the content focuses on book sales at Costco, Starbucks, and Amazon, but the article also features my hero, librarian Nancy Pearl. Here are some highlights: While she doesn’t [...]

Tomorrow I must head back to work, but I’m feeling really weak from sleeping the past four days. So I decided to cook brunch today: scrambled eggs, hash browns, soy sausage, and biscuits. It sounds simple enough, but I ended up with a mess (wishing there was a Teflon alternative right now). So I threw [...]

My favorite bookstore will begin hosting literary events at Solas (where my book group meets once a month). Here’s the scoop: TWO GRAND INAUGURAL READINGS TO KICK OFF OUR FIRST-EVER, TWICE-A-MONTH ST. MARK’S BOOKSHOP READING SERIES AT SOLAS Announcing the start of a brand new reading series, hosted by your favorite bookstore! Two special readings [...]