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Why I recommend "The Art of Travel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:35:08 GMT

by Alain De Botton

Is it more pleasurable to dream of escape than to actually do it? In the “Art of Travel” de Botton refers to the lives of artists and writers like Flaubert, Wordsworth, Rushkin, and Hopper to illustrate the psychology of travel. I really enjoyed this book.

A story about "Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:47:25 GMT

Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends

by Original TV Soundtrack

I hunted down this album because of the hauntingly gorgeous song “Breathe Me” by SiA. Gorgeous.

A story about "Footballer's Wives"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:29:43 GMT

Footballer's Wives

Sex, drugs, blackmail, paternity questions – the lifestyles of the heartbroken and heartless newly rich. Like Deperate Housewives without the irony. BBC America is airing the first season now. (I think they’re up to season 5 or 6 in the UK…)

A story about "Arular"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:06:33 GMT

Arular

by M.I.A.

This album is addictive!

A story about "The Adventures of Sally"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:04:14 GMT

The Adventures of Sally

by P. G. Wodehouse

Sally is an engaging heroine in Wodehouse’s social comedy set in 1920s Manhattan.

A story about "Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table"

nobody@allconsuming.net (haiku575) — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:52:29 GMT

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

by Ruth Reichl

I read Reichl’s first memoir “Tender at the Bone” before reading this second effort. She’s a writer who describes a meal so well that you can almost taste it.