There's still time to get ready for next week's installment of our lubricated reading group Books & Bars. Join us Tuesday night (the 11th) at Bryant Lake Bowl (map) for conversation and a beverage with some very interesting folks. Doors open at 6:00pm for socializing; discussion begins in earnest at 7:00pm.December's book is Cat's Cradle … Continue reading Book with a Beer Chaser
Author: Anders
The Wow Factor
This just might be the world's most beautiful bookstore. It's an eight-hundred-year-old converted Dominican church in Maastricht, in the Netherlands. Today it's part of the Selexyz chain. Best of all, it's an English-language bookstore, so if you get the chance to visit, you can take home a souvenir you can actually read.Check out thecoolhunter.net for … Continue reading The Wow Factor
Happy Birthday, Calvin
Today is Calvin Trillin's birthday. Trillin is a prolific writer, whose work spans several disparate genres, and he's one of my favorite authors.Trillin is an avid eater and food writer: The Tummy Trilogy brings together three of his best works on the subject.He's a wicked political poet: besides being the "Deadline Poet" for The Nation … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Calvin
Musings from Magers and Quinn 