“Reputation, Reputation, Reputation. You’re a student at the most prestigious university in the country, and you’ve been tapped for the most elite social club. You’ve made it! Now Don’t Blow It! Callie Andrews triumphed during her first semester at Harvard: she made incomparable friends, found the perfect boyfriend, and received invitations to the…
Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
“In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest…
Here Comes the Easter Bunny…
This post is super-late, but if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that I was kind of busy last week. If you consider “busy” to mean laying on the beach in between workshop sessions. Many fun posts about that to come this week. But for now, let’s look at photos of my…
The Oasis on Lake Travis
A few weeks ago, I was in Austin for ILPC, the Texas academic journalism convention. My boss took us to dinner at The Oasis on Lake Travis, the largest outdoor restaurant in the state. The beautiful restaurant boasts three levels of wooden decks overlooking Lake Travis. The sunset over the lake was beautiful. And the…
Welcome Spring Carrot Cake
I have the *perfect* spring dessert for you today! When the folks over at the Cooking Club of America asked me to review one of their recipes, I knew this carrot cake was the one for me. I just loved the idea of adding crushed pineapple to the recipe. Genius!