I am very happy to say hello to November. Fall has officially arrived in Los Angeles and what a relief it is. Last week we were in deep...

Do you love planning and researching a trip as much as I do? It's almost as fun as the actual journey! I am getting ready for a trip...

The holiday weekend is coming up and I have been rushing around buying gifts, wrapping paper, greeting cards, ingredients for cookies, an...

A scene from the television film "To Walk Invisible" Photo via here If you are a fan of the Bronte sisters (Charlotte, Emily...

Right now many of us are craving coziness and comfort. We want to make our homes warm and welcoming and spend time with our loved ones....

Every now and then a book comes out that you know is something special. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry is that kind of book. It truly ...

As soon as we hit September, the cultural calendar heats up. And one of the best events I have gone to recently was a screening of the ...

Monks House Sussex, England -- October, 2013 With fall right around the corner (and it can't get here soon enough for me!), I h...

It's not too often that I think about the prologue to a book. In fact, sometimes when I am in a hurry to begin a book, I skip it. But...

After reading my post about signing up for "A Year In Books" at Heywood Hill in London, some of you asked me to keep you up...

What is your muse? We are all compelled by something. It may be great books, art, design, fashion, film, history, an influential pe...

Photo via here "I must have dropped off to sleep at this point, for the next thing I knew was that I had been woken up b...

A rainy weekend in Los Angeles is always a good thing since we desperately need the rain. In fact, we get a little giddy about it he...

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." -- William ...