Seven years at Soap Opera Weekly and a lifetime of soap opera worship have afforded me so many wonderful experiences. I don’t even know where to begin a little stroll down memory lane. Do I talk about how my first official phone interview was with Chris Beetem (ex-Jordan, ATWT) in 2004 and my first in-person… Read More Lathering up for a look back…
This week a friend and I tried out a new small plate restaurant in Sunnyside, Salt & Fat. It joins fellow newbies Molly Bloom’s and Cafe Marlene — slightly upscale establishments in a neighborhood that could definitely use more options besides Thai restaurants and pubs! Don’t get me wrong, I love Thai restaurants and pubs,… Read More A little salt, a little fat, a lot of bliss!
There’s a growing trend in historical romance to write about more common people, and I rather like it! Not that I don’t enjoy stories about the ton, but there’s only so much Lord Whosit and Lady Whatsherface you can read before it all blurs together. I often laugh that if you packed every Regency author’s… Read More Perfect Romance Review: One Night is Never Enough, by Anne Mallory
Last night was the first preview of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert on Broadway, and from a casual theater fan’s perspective, it felt more like a wildly successful opening night! Stephan Elliott’s book is an incredibly faithful adaptation of his 1994 film, and the award-winning costume designers are on board for the musical as well,… Read More Priscilla: queen for a night
It seems as though Hollywood’s “remake fever” has reached critical mass. When, pray tell, will this odious trend finally explode, set fire to the fallow field of the industry, and let us start anew? I’m not saying that remakes are inherently bad. I think The A-Team was loads of fun and re-imagined the series while… Read More Remake it or break it (I wish it was all in Hamlet’s head!)
Pale Demon, the brand-new, ninth installment of Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series, takes Rachel Morgan and her offbeat, dysfunctional band of merry men on the road — and what a long, strange trip it is! Shunned witch Rachel has but a few days to get to a crucial meeting on the west coast that will determine… Read More Perfect Romance Review: Pale Demon, by Kim Harrison
Music is a huge, defining, thing in my life. I’m an average singer and terrible pianist, but I know the words to an absurd amount of pop and rock songs. Lyrics run through my veins like blood. I tap my toes to the radio, dance to my iPod and sing along to the jukebox. When… Read More If music be the food of love, play on
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